The Backwards Baseball Cap
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
So we have a discussion board on the front page of the site. It's linked here. The idea behind it was to allow y'all to occasionally interact. I get so many great emails that don't end up featured in the mailbag or whatnot for a variety of reasons. Often because I forget about them. Then, a month later, I go back and see I've starred something in google but it's far too late by then.
Anyway, the message board is designed as a way for you to talk with each other (you're all much smarter and funnier than the average message board crowd). Also, it seems to me that intelligent fans of different sports teams don't interact that often on message boards. The message board universe is balkanized. So I'd like to think we can have a different vibe than your general site. Occasionally I'll dip my toe in and post as well.
Here's a solid discussion that spiraled onto the ClayNation radio show and onto the message board. What are the rules for wearing a backward baseball cap? In particular how old can you bee and still do it. Enjoy. And golf claps for everyone who participated on the thread. Feel free to add on your opinion to the thread and we'll craft our own rules for the backward hat in the near future.
ChipHolland
Junior Member posted 11-06-2008 06:29 AM
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I just found the site. What a national treasure we have here.
Anyway, on to the topic at hand. While at the UGA-UT game this year, I noticed an unusually disproportionate number of Tennessee fans wearing their hats backwards (also noticed on the home page of this website). Is there a reason behind this?
If there does turn out to be some sort of scientific theory behind my observations, I demand full credit, much like your discovery of Bama Bangs.
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ClayTravis
Junior Member posted 11-11-2008 10:51 AM
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That's a great question. I've actually been debating this lately. When are you too old to wear the backwards hat? I'm coming up on 30 this April (so far my suggestion that my wife bring in a second woman for a birthday threesome has not been as well received as I would have hoped). As part of coming up on 30, I'm thinking that I have to give up the backwards hat.
Trooper Taylor and Will Muschamp are both older than me but they do sporting related jobs that require them to interact with young men. Me, I write books about young men. Plus, I have a kid now. I'm going to throw this question into the general mailbag because it's so good. I'm interested in other opinions.
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TCUVol
Junior Member posted 11-12-2008 02:24 PM
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I just want to know where i can find hats with brims on the back and on the side. Also why do some like to wear a hat that is 4 sizes to big and keep the brim perfectly straight?
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DEHIII
Junior Member posted 11-13-2008 08:29 AM
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Clay,
It all depends on who you ask. However if you were to ask Dan Brooks, the defensive line coach for UT, he would say the limit is probably around age 70. He is 57 and still sports the backwards while coaching on the sideline.
So it appears Clay you can rock the headwear backwards for many more years to come.
Ward
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Angry Pirate
Junior Member posted 11-13-2008 12:05 PM
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I think it also depends on both the type of hat and what you are doing. For example, wearing a non-fitted hat backwards is not acceptable if you are balding, older than 24, or not a douchebag. Mesh hats are simply not meant to be worn backwards unless you are in Tee-ball and its those crappy ones that the local McDonalds bought for your team.
Wearing a hat backwards is acceptable, regardless of age, during the following: (1) manual labor in which the bill of the hat could hamper your progress (working on a car, noodling, etc); (2) playing with babies and/or dogs; (3) coaching a contact sport; (4) anything that could ultimately lead to sexy time (if a UK fan, you can leave the hat on the entire time).
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ClayTravis
Junior Member posted 11-13-2008 07:29 PM
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Angry Pirate, those are gold. Especially the UK fan hat business. I think if you're a UK fan you're required to have sex in the Jeff Shepherd jersey at least once a year. No matter what.
Good point too on the mesh hat angle. Those can never be worn backwards. I own a single mesh hat (it was free) and I wore it once and was ridiculed without mercy for the entire night.
Also, one of the regulars at my favorite bar always wears a mesh hat and he's actually known as mesh hat. So I can see the danger here.
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IrishSaint
Junior Member posted 11-20-2008 12:52 PM
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Backwards hats are ok at any age if worn duringn intense moments as mentioned above. The only time i would consider wearing a hat not directly straight forward or backward is when you are drunk!
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DownUnder
Junior Member posted 11-23-2008 12:08 AM
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This topic of conversation came up today in my household. At 29yo, and with baby #1 on the way my wife suggested it was time to give it up. I bargained for at least the right to wear it until the baby was born, to be renegotiated at that point. To emphasise my authority I wore it today shopping for a pram. To emphasise their lack of respect for a man with a backwards cap (albeit supported by status as a BGID) the shop staff directed all focus on my wife, clearly indicating that the juvenile with her was not the brains behind the operation. Oh well. I still wore it. Labels: backwards baseball cap rules age claynation message board
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