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  1. Wouldn't they have had to have had that change on the jersey in the works for over a year though? Either way, I think the blue stuff looks a lot better with the white uniforms than the reds.
  2. I think that the blue equipment looks much better with the aways. It adds some much needed blue to a very burgundy dominated uniform and let's them use both colors in their scheme. The homes, on the other hand, already have a good amount of blue on the jersey and having the equipment be that color as well makes it compete with the burgundy too much. That and the issue of blurring the border between jersey and pants. I always assumed that the blue equipment was meant to go with the white jerseys and that the homes were the afterthought.
  3. People just didn't seem to live in Durham and work in Raleigh or vice versa in the numbers that I would consider necessary to be considered part of the same metro. Cary, Apex, Morrisville all have so much intermingling between residents, employers, and things to do and that just doesn't seem to be the case in Durham. I haven't done any research on this though, this is just how it seemed to me when I lived there as a child and a teenager. People seemed to always be travelling between Raleigh and all of those western suburbs but I'd rarely hear of anyone going to or coming from Durham for any reason besides a baseball game or a musical.
  4. I am from the area and I don't consider Durham to be in the Raleigh metro but I can't fully explain why. Also, I think Raleigh would be a better market for MLB than Charlotte. Charlotte is less risky because of its much larger population and is overall a nicer city. But Raleigh has clearly shown itself to be a far superior sports market. The area has a top 5 in attendance NHL team, a top 5 in attendance MiLB team, and 2-3 college basketball and football teams that get high pro level support. Charlotte's two teams are notoriously two of the least supported teams in their leagues. And I say that as a fan of both.
  5. These would have been absolutely perfect if they had been put in their current color scheme. The navy absolutely kills the look for me, especially with the roads. Takes them from a top 5 look to low teens to early 20s. Crazy how one bad decision can make that much of an impact.
  6. I don't think that publicly financed stadiums are always a bad decision. Just usually. If a team provides a crucial piece of the city's identity, I think it makes sense to pay to keep them. The StL Cardinals. Any NHL team in Canada. The Lakers. The Chiefs. The Bills. Teams that are one of the first things that comes to mind when people think of their city. No one in the last 50 years has thought to themselves "Chicago? Oh, you mean where the White Sox play!" Ship 'em to Nashville on the next bus out.
  7. This isn't just true of the White Sox though. This is true of all teams in the NHL, NBA, and MLB. Putting games behind paywalls has been nothing short of disastrous for all of them. The NFL and the Cubs are all the proof you need that exposure should be the #1 goal of any mass entertainment entity. These teams are stepping over dollars to pick up pennies with their RSN deals.
  8. The increase in taxes to pay for that health care is the financial equivalent of every single person getting into a life threatening car accident every single year. So yeah, brilliant. Congrats.
  9. Add a thick black outline to the numbers and a orange/white color swap to wear at home and that's what the Flyers should wear full-time forever. The Rangers stadium series is much better than their new navy alternate. Speaking of navy, I hate it for the Islanders. Even this same design in royal blue would've been much better. But still not great. The Devils jersey is fine for this purpose. Works well here but glad we won't see it again. The dumbest thing about the stadium series jerseys to me is this: They make the numbers huge to be able to be seen from far away - but then make the contrast horrendous. The Devils, Flyers, and Islanders have horrible contrast between jerseys and numbers. Alll of them are much worse in that regard than their primary uniforms. The Hurricanes were the same last year. There are definitely more that I'm missing that have used ghost numbers for a stadium game. Pick a lane.
  10. But the NHL both allowed the Canucks to make the wrong decision and forced them to stick to that wrong decision. There is no reason to do both of those. Either force them to make the correct decision or allow them to make the wrong decision for only some games rather than all of them. Obviously the Canucks are the ones who made the wrong decision, but the NHL not only allowed it - they made it worse than it needed to be. I'd rather see the primaries required for all playoff games too but I'd take mix and match over the current rule. Whatever's going to have alternates worn as little as possible would be ideal.
  11. Exactly why the playoff jersey rule now is so stupid. The Canucks may wear a jersey with completely different colors and logos than their primary brand during the most important games. Nothing could possibly be more brand diluting than that. Either A) let teams mix and match jerseys in the playoffs (like the MLB and NBA) or - ideally - b) make teams wear their primary uniforms for all playoff games (like the NFL). There is literally no reason to force teams to dilute their brands by wearing alternates or throwbacks for every playoff game. Let them wear them for just a couple games or ban them for the playoffs entirely.
  12. This has to be one of the most disastrous rebrands because (at least IMO), the rebrand was a huge part of their downfall as a company. They had their own brand with distinctive colors, unique wall decorations, and fun menu names - and threw it all away to be Chipotle 2: Electric Boogaloo. Shortly thereafter, they are closing locations left and right. Turns out if people want Chipotle, they will go to Chipotle.
  13. I never said those things don't matter. I said that many teams in the NFL have uniforms that look awful from any distance and have no redeeming qualities. Compared to those, I will take unfortunate decisions on small details. And I don't know that the yellow is that unpopular.
  14. I don't mind the shade of yellow at all and actually prefer it to the athletic gold they wore in their Jared Goff SB season. I don't like the segmented horn either but it's the definition of something you don't notice from a distance. While worse than the previous horn, it doesn't drag the entire uniform down IMO. The bone is obviously awful but I think nowadays you just have to ignore team's alternates. So many teams have terrible ones and they only wear those like once a year. And I don't understand the muddling you're talking about.
  15. Yeah that's what I'm saying is that if they're going to operate the two arenas anyway, they might as well have a team playing in each. Heck, the Wizards and Capitals could alternate years on each side of the river. It would make far more sense to not move at all or to get rid of Capital One Arena if they leave it. But I think the one team in each would make more sense than what they're proposing.
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