How The Fab Give Changed Sports

When looking back at college basketball the basic look for players were solid white socks, small shorts and basic team shoes. The Fab Five freshman of Michigan University changed the culture and media of college basketball.

Bleacher Report quotes, “It’s hard to imagine that something as simple as altered clothing, or in this case longer and baggier shorts, could fashion a lasting culture for the NBA.

But the game changed when the nation’s premier high school talents joined together in 1991 to set a trend that would carry into the NBA and transform the league as it stands today.

It was more than just amplified shorts and black socks; the “best recruiting class ever” trotted out five freshmen, all with unfiltered attitudes to match the distinct look.”

The new fashion of wearing black shoes and black socks was a true upside to the media. The media portrayed each of the individuals as “thugs” and “bad guys” for wearing these colors that weren’t natural attire for college basketball. Was it because the athletes were African Americans?

Work cited

“How Michigan’s Fab Five Changed the NBA Forever.” Google Search, Google,