Runners at the GFNY - Sebring, FL were reporting that the race crew and director were requiring participants of the marathon to wear their jersey for the race or be disqualified. Shockingly, this is actually in their equipment rules:
https://florida.gfny.com/rules/
I'll admit it does look cool to see a sea of people wearing the same color, but in such a lengthy and uncomfortable race to begin with, why force participants to wear something that may not fit them right, be to their standards for breathability, or what they're familiar with? Has anybody done their races and found out what their justification was for this silly requirement?
Besides this obviously upsetting the participants, I guess the race director had the participants start the first quarter mile in the wrong direction and then go back to the start.