Speaking of team uniforms, let’s talk about basketball uniforms. From the 1930s to the 1980s, the pants on professional team uniforms were cut at mid-thigh. Then for some reason they got long, knee-length, and very baggy. They still look to me like they stepped out of a photo from 1915.
Was this longer pants change a mandate from the NBA?
No mandate. Just style.
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Speaking of team uniforms, let’s talk about basketball uniforms. From the 1930s to the 1980s, the pants on professional team uniforms were cut at mid-thigh.
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Mid-thigh, my ass. 
Jordan’s NCAA winner
The “long shorts” era really started with the “Fab Five” at Michigan in the early 90s.
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The “long shorts” era really started with the “Fab Five” at Michigan in the early 90s.
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And saying the old ones hit at mid-thigh is rather generous; they were more like hotpants.
The NCAA allows longer shorts than the NBA also.
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The “long shorts” era really started with the “Fab Five” at Michigan in the early 90s.
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I thought it had more to do with Jordan, who wore his UNC shorts under his Bulls uniform.
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I thought it had more to do with Jordan, who wore his UNC shorts under his Bulls uniform.
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Yeah, thought so
from the link
How would that make the shorts longer?
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And saying the old ones hit at mid-thigh is rather generous; they were more like hotpants.
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They were called “Marilyn Monroes”.
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How would that make the shorts longer?
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Assuming you’re asking me – to cover up the “under shorts” whcih, if veiwable, would be a violation of the NBA’s “uniformity of uniforms” rule. But the link says it had more to do with comfort.
Recent thread in IMHO on the same topic.
For the ladies: A line of NBA jersey style dresses, sometimes worn as prom gowns.