UConn may go beyond patches in support of BLM
The school last month committed to joining others in the Big East conference in adding BLM patches to basketball jerseys. Those talks accelerated after the the NCAA's Rules Oversight Panel on July 30 approved rules to allow student-athletes in all sports to wear social justice messages on their uniforms. Patches sound good in theory, but finding room for them might be difficult and patches also tend to ruin jerseys and become a permanent part of them. The Big East announce on Aug. 20 that UConn and other members schools would wear a BLM patch on its jerseys. Since then, basketball players have hinted on several occasions that they are planning something beyond just uniform patches when and if the season begins.