Athletic hair tie

A hair tie comprising, in combination:

• a cap having a hollow hemispherical configuration thus defining a hollow interior with a free lower peripheral edge for being removably situated on a head of a user, the lower peripheral edge having a thin rectangular band situated within a sleeve mounted on the lower peripheral edge, the thin rectangular band being equipped with a pair of free ends each having a length which is about 1/2 a circumference of the lower peripheral edge and extending from a rear extent of the lower peripheral edge of the cap for being selectively tied thereby securing the cap to the head of the user;
• and
• a hair sleeve including an elongated rectangular strip having a top edge integrally coupled to the rear extent of the lower peripheral edge of the cap and extending downwardly therefrom thereby defining a pair of elongated free side edges and a short bottom edge, the hair sleeve further including a plurality of spaced pairs of rectangular tabs each mounted on opposite elongated free side edges thereof and extending perpendicularly therefrom in collinear relationship with respect to each other for being tied together thereby rendering a tubular sleeve for containing hair of the user,
• wherein knots associated with the tabs are situated behind the hair sleeve.