Conspiracy Alert! UC Only AAC Team Not Wearing Conference Patches On Jerseys

Soooo apparently Cincinnati is the only team in the American Athletic Conference not wearing patches with the AAC’s logo.

This clearly means one of two things.

1. In an effort for long term savings, since UC is Big 12- or ACC-bound as it is, Cincinnati collaborated with Under Armour to provide them with uniforms without a conference patch on them. Each one must be stitched into the fabric and considering material and labor, savings approach roughly $4.27 per jersey*, or upwards of $400 per year for the entire football team. Every little bit counts and it makes little financial sense for UC to spend those hundreds of dollars on patches only to throw them away with their impending upgrade to a new conference just around the corner.
2. Nothing.

*My numbers, not their’s or anybody’s, really.

All kidding aside, it raises all sorts of additional questions as to why the Bearcats aren’t wearing the AAC logo patches. UC unveiled the Under Armour uniforms on August 3rd, meaning they had them for at least a couple of days prior to that date. So they’ve had them in stock for over a month, giving UA plenty of time to stitch on the names and numbers for each player on this season’s roster but not the AAC logo?

It’s curious to say the least. I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on if the patches are eventually added at some point this season or if Cincinnati decides to keep them off the football jersey or any program’s new UA uniforms this year.