Almost 50 years later New York Yankees The owner George Steinbrenner implemented a policy that prohibits facial hair, the team made the surprising announcement to finish what Hal Steinbrenner came to learn was an “outdated” rule that could have potentially serious consequences for the organization.
Hal Steinbrenner announced the change on Friday before the opening of spring training of the Yankees and deepened the process that led him to make a New policy where players can now look “well arranged”.
The New York Relief of the Yankees, Devin Williams (38), participates in spring training in George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Images of Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn)
As Steinbrenner explained, facial hair has become the new standard. He pointed to the leaders of our nation, including vice president JD Vance, as an example of how times have changed since the policy was first implemented in 1976.
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“This generation, the vast majority of the 20s, 30 in the 40s, men in this country have beards. Our new vice president has a beard, the members of Congress have a beard: the list continues and continues in this country and in this Country this world, “media members told media.
Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Constant Political Action Conference, CPAC, in Gaylord National Resort & Amp; Convention Center, Thursday, February 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, MD. (Photo AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
“It is part of who these youngest men are, it is part of their character, it is part of their personality. Do I totally interact with that? It is difficult for me, I am an older guy who has ever had a beard in his life. But it is something very important for them and feel that it defines their character. ”
Steinbrenner continued to explain that knowing this led him to a “true concern” that politics could be harmful to the final objective of the Yankees to win their first World Series title since 2009.
The Yankees announcer, Michael Kay, reacts to the change in the team ‘seismic’ facial policy of the team
“If I ever discovered that a player we wanted to acquire, to improve ourselves, get a championship, he didn’t want to be here, and if he had the ability, he wouldn’t come here due to that policy, as important. As for that generation, that would be very , very worrying.
Archive: The owner of the New York Yankees, Hal Steinbrenner, looks before a baseball game between the Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays on August 21, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, Archive)
“I am quite convinced that it is a real concern,” he said.
Steinbrenner, who happened to his father as a controller owner in November 2008, said he had considered the problem for some time, but said that this season he actively discussing the problem with the players and others.
