It's tradition. They have never had names on them, only "Army" or sometimes "Duty, Honor, Country”. It's because everyone on the roster plays for the team, not for themselves. The names are on the front of the jersey just like they are on the uniform. Also during the Army vs Navy game they always wear a patch on the sleeve honoring a division. One year it was the 82nd Airborne. A few years ago it was the 10th Mountain Division, this year they were wearing the "Screaming Eagle" patch honoring the 101st Airborne.
Btw, Army isn't the only team that doesn't have player names on the jersey. Notre Dame, Penn State and USC don't have the names on the jerseys either. Traditionally no colleges put names on the jersey. Sticking to the tradition is the reason some school still don't do it.
Now.. Was it always, or just in the Central Bank era?
We definitely always advocated sports as good for creating strength and regal fluidity, but they certainly don’t do the latter now, and did we always have so much preoccupation with professional sports? I rather doubt it.
It's tradition. They have never had names on them, only "Army" or sometimes "Duty, Honor, Country”. It's because everyone on the roster plays for the team, not for themselves. The names are on the front of the jersey just like they are on the uniform. Also during the Army vs Navy game they always wear a patch on the sleeve honoring a division. One year it was the 82nd Airborne. A few years ago it was the 10th Mountain Division, this year they were wearing the "Screaming Eagle" patch honoring the 101st Airborne.
Btw, Army isn't the only team that doesn't have player names on the jersey. Notre Dame, Penn State and USC don't have the names on the jerseys either. Traditionally no colleges put names on the jersey. Sticking to the tradition is the reason some school still don't do it.
That’s a relic I could stand to see come back if sports is going to continue to hold any place in culture, which it hopefully doesn’t.
I highly doubt that, America is a highly sport centric culture for better or worse
Now.. Was it always, or just in the Central Bank era?
We definitely always advocated sports as good for creating strength and regal fluidity, but they certainly don’t do the latter now, and did we always have so much preoccupation with professional sports? I rather doubt it.
True, I could do without the hero worship of sports and Hollywood stars
It was long before 1913.
Football and baseball were national institutions before the Federal Reserve came along.