Helmets, pads, cleats, locker room - property of football team.
Hair, underwear, deodorant - property of YOU.
The stupid part is a fucking coach that is close minded enough to think he deems what kind of damn hairstyle is acceptable. Seriously? There are pre established school rules concerning a student or student athlete's attire. This is NOT one of them apparently. Its ARBITRARY.
The "gameday attire" is arbitrary.
Asking the team to get together on Thursday nights for a team dinner, which helps establish team unity, is arbitrary.
Asking the team to have personal conduct rules off the court is arbitrary.
And asking the team to have a hair style acceptable to the coach's liking is arbitrary.
You're absolutely right. The rules can be describe as stupid, but it's the coach's prerogative. And the players should respect the coach enough to go by his rules. Just like Chizik telling our players to take their hats off in the athletic department.
Token has hit on this enough - it's more ridiculous that our society is hell bent on being politically correct and catering to people's feelings.