The definition of a millennial sports caster:
“He’s the 25 year old on TV who looks like his suit was left over from his grade 8 graduation”.
I snorted. I read, “…detention for the **temerity **of…” as,
“detention for eternity…”
Of course, it could have been that too.
When I was in middle school in the early '90s I think that Champion and Starter were much bigger brands for shirts and jackets. Nike certainly didn’t have the monopoly on that part. Also a lot of surf/skate shirts like Billabong, Quicksilver, and Stussy. I think some of that stuff is now generic Target house brands, but back then you had to go to “cool” shops that were also the official Levi’s place, depending on how far away and hip the big mall stores were. I lived in a mostly rural area near the beach so in addition to the generic “athletic wear” kid you had farmers, preps (mostly “Structure,” Girbuad and such), soccer players, and surfer/skaters who all had a different look.
Also, at least for the time period I was a kid this whole official Nike and jeans uniform was mostly white guys (especially the Adidas/soccer style version). I played basketball and was into hip-hop but I mostly stuck to “white fashion.” Many of my other friends were into the Karl Kani, FUBU, Boss jeans, etc. Another “urban” variation was the more colorful Levis and other denim “short sets” and black guys were more likely to have full “outfits” with matching shirts and pants and possibly vests and jackets. Fortunately this was before the JNCO era. “Track pants” were only worn by some gym teachers and like warm up pants for the basketball team. I thought that was a only a thing lower class UK kids wore based on my internet browsing.
In 1992 my version of this, depending on the weather, was something like a Champion t-shirt, Levi’s Silvertab jeans, Nikes, and a Starter jacket. On another day I might wear Structure jeans with a button up plaid shirt and Fila sneakers. or some Timbs. Or maybe a long sleeve Billabong shirt. Summer meant denim shorts with 9-11" inseams or Champion basketball shorts. Nike took over more dominantly when the fad brands faded out or showed up in Walmart. My friends who were really into soccer would wear Adidas shirts and Sambas with Levi’s 505 or 550.