Thread: No shoes in team pictures?

OK, random question: Does anyone know if there's a reason why teams often pose without their shoes on for team pictures?

Here are some examples...

http://www.aicyellowjackets.com/imag...1SBteamweb.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6005/5...5ca2e5a7_b.jpg

http://www.rockvalleycollege.edu/Ath...Team-Photo.jpg

http://www.floridatechsports.com/med...12Seniors1.jpg

Been noticing this. Personally, I'm not crazy about it; I think it looks a little informal.

Is there some kind of tradition behind it? It seems to be a softball-specific quirk.

My guess would be because they don't have cleats/sneakers that match (each other) or are clean?

Most of the pictures were taken indoors?

That one team must be real good!!! They only have six girls

I was on the indoor train, then I saw the Lincoln team. Of course we could also blame the fact that they are DD's!

with the cost of college going up,maybe the baseball team had a game that day and they needed the shoes,their AD has the share the shoes program.

Perhaps the daddies are carrying their bags and their shoes are still in them?

I hate seeing a parent carrying a girl's bag, (unless they are injured)