Players often say they play for the name on the back of their jersey. At the 2025 All-Star Game on Tuesday, they will proudly ...

So I put the pencil to my thoughtfully pursed lips, and I searched for the reasons to have a jersey without names. Except I write on a computer, so I had to put my closed laptop to my pursed lips.

Jersey names were the brainchild of White Sox owner Bill Veeck, who added monikers to the team's uniforms in 1960. Scorecard vendors protested, ... "Hawk," on the back of his jersey.

6 Jersey Names the NFL Has Shot Down. ... They didn't let Smart use the name on the back of his jersey when he was in the NFL, either, so it's not really much of a surprise. ...

Also, as it sits right now, custom jerseys with players names on the back are only limited to football. “Basketball always comes up,” Hirth said. “I think everyone wants it to happen.

Jersey naming conventions in MLS are, for the most part, pretty straightforward. Each player generally gets his last name on the back of his jersey. If there are multiple players with the same ...

New Jersey (and New York) will have a team in the relaunched XFL when it kicks off in 2020. But that team doesn't have a name yet - at least publicly. What should Vince McMahon's new league name it?