Michigan Alumni Plan to Honor 5-Year-Old Fan

Cooper Barton, age 5, has become a hero to University of Michigan alumni as news spread that he was forced to turn his Michigan T-shirt inside out because of a rule in Oklahoma City, where he lives, banning most T-shirts with writing on them in the public schools. There is an exception for the attire of Oklahoma colleges, but not out-of-state institutions. Barton has already received a call from Michigan's athletics director, and tickets to a football game. Now the university's alumni association is calling on all alumni to wear their shirts inside out on August 31 to show solidarity with Barton, AnnArbor.com reported.