The San Francisco 49ers’ try and get some reduction from a warmth wave within the type of a particular uniform request was shut down by the NFL.
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Friday that the group had requested to put on its all-white uniforms for Week 5 in response to a serious Bay Space heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to strategy triple digits round kickoff and the Niners hoped that carrying white as an alternative of pink would supply some modest reduction from the warmth.
Sadly for the 49ers, Shanahan mentioned an NFL rule prevented them from getting that approval.
“We acquired the memo earlier within the week that it was going to be sizzling like this. So we requested on Monday, and we weren’t allowed to do it,” Shanahan mentioned, via Kyle Posey of Niners Nation. “We needed to do it earlier than the season began. To ensure that us to do it, we needed to make a dedication earlier than the yr that we put on all-whites till the center of October or no matter after which go to regular.”
Shanahan then provided additional clarification.
“Nevertheless it’s not normally this sizzling,” he mentioned, “so we’ll in all probability try this transferring ahead. They’ll allow us to do our throwbacks, simply alternate it with others. We’ll get as a lot white on as doable. Probably the most we are able to probably do is white pants.”
Clearly, the 49ers had no approach of realizing earlier than the season that an October sport could be this sizzling. NFL guidelines don’t enable for a lot flexibility in that regard, so they are going to simply should cope with the warmth. The Arizona Cardinals may have the benefit of carrying all-white highway uniforms as an alternative.
At this level, Shanahan needs to be an professional on obscure NFL wardrobe guidelines, as a result of he has his own personal stories from prior seasons.