Simply stated, these jerseys are the pits  Originally Published:
October 21, 2010 By Paul Lukas | Page 2  Football -- it's the
pits. Literally.  Uni Watch is of course referring to the
increasing exposure of armpits on the gridiron, an unsightly
development that has been brewing for years and now is
threatening to boil over into a full-fledged pit-astrophe.  Uni
Watch  First, some quick background: Once upon a time, football
jerseys had these crazy things called sleeves. Bizarre, right?
But sometime around the late 1990s or so, players started
becoming obsessed with minimizing the amount of jersey fabric
opponents could grab onto. So jerseys became tighter and sleeves
began shrinking. Aside from quarterbacks, kickers and punters,
most pro and college players these days wear jerseys that don't
really have sleeves. Instead, they have just enough fabric
around the shoulder area to strrrrrretch over the player's
shoulder pads, along with an elasticized armhole. The result is
something more like a sleeveless T tha