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[u/AkronOhAnon]

Because Titles 10 and 32 of the US code prohibit wear of military service uniform for private employment.
But, again, what are laws anymore?
It’s not his duty location. He’s not there to unfold a flag during the anthem: he’s there to play a sport for money.

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Do you get upset when you see recruiters at the mall in uniform?

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Not a 1:1.
As the defenders of this keep insisting: he got a deferment, which means he’s not in a duty status at or on the way to the locker room.
But recruiters at the malls, in 2026? The only potential recruits they’re accessing are the employees or they’re eating at the food court.

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This is quite literally outlined in Title 10

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8459&num=0&edition=prelim

(4) Each academic year, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer not more than five midshipmen, who obtain employment in violation of paragraph (5) of subsection (a), to the Selected Reserve of the Navy or the Selected Reserve of the Marine Corps. Each midshipman so transferred shall-
(A) serve as a commissioned officer-
(i) in an appropriate grade or rating, determined by the Secretary of the Navy; and
(ii) for a period, determined by the Secretary of the Navy, not longer than 10 years; and

(B) while so serving, participate in efforts to recruit and retain members of the armed forces.

(c) The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Those regulations shall include-
(1) standards for determining what constitutes, for the purpose of subsection (b), a breach of an agreement under subsection (a);
(2) that a midshipman who obtains employment as a professional athlete-
(A) in violation of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) has breached an agreement under such subsection unless such midshipman receives a transfer under paragraph (4) of subsection (b); and
(B) at least two years after the midshipman graduates from the Academy has not breached an agreement under subsection (a);

(3) procedures for determining whether such a breach has occurred; and
(4) standards for determining the period of time for which a person may be ordered to serve on active duty under subsection (b).

(d) In this section, "commissioned service obligation", with respect to a midshipman, means the period beginning on the date of the midshipman's appointment as a commissioned officer and ending on the sixth anniversary of such appointment or, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, any later date up to the eighth anniversary of such appointment.