The NCAA, NBA [PDF], and WNBA [PDF] all enforce this general guideline. âOpposing team uniforms shall be of contrasting colors,â reads the official NCAA menâs basketball rule book. âThe home team shall wear light game jerseys and game shorts and the away team shall wear dark game jerseys and game shorts. This rule may be altered by mutual consent of the competing institutions.â How did this tradition start? Americaâs pastime probably had something to do with it. Towards the turn of the 20th century, Major League Baseball clubs began touting dark blue, black, or (usually) gray jerseys on the road, and white ones at home. Back in those days, teams sometimes had difficulty finding laundry services outside of their own cities.
The preserve is privately owned by Crystal Springs Preserve, Inc., a closely held private company. The spring is the source for Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water, a commercially bottled water product. The water that is bottled represents less than 1% of the flow of the Spring.
REV 082014 2 Though Ozarka Spring Water Company officially began in 1905, our roots can be traced back for centuries. Prior to being bottled deep in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the site of the brandâs original source had long been considered sacred ground.