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10 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

And there is zero percent chance that the charities are able to bring in the same money without having signed jerseys to auction off. 

“I want to support the charities, but what’s in it for me?” is always a weird argument from “altruistic” people. 

1 hour ago, DTConcepts said:

 

i swear, nobody hates the nhl more than the people who run it.

They’ll still have the theme nights. Warm up jerseys were always a ridiculous idea in hindsight, especially if the league’s most prominent reporters were advocating players be banned, arrested, and deported for not wearing the warm up jersey. Seinfeld’s “Who’s not wearing the ribbon?” episode was spot on in this case. 

Fans will just have to donate to charities without expecting something in return. 

20 minutes ago, nuordr said:

The stripes on the gold pants match the helmet. 

The stripes on the purple pants should be purple-white-purple

The stripes on the white pants match the jersey, so maybe they will wear a white helmet with it with matching stripes. 

 

There is a lot of unanswered questions with only releasing these 4 images and only 1 helmet shown. 

My distaste of the pants stripes has more to do with them being thick at the top and really thin at the bottom. The tapered look doesn’t match the helmet stripes. 

1 hour ago, MNtwins3 said:

 

New uniforms for Washington

• Stripes added to pants
• Gold outline removed from home numbers
• Updated Adidas logos

Those pants stripes just don’t make any sense

12 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said:

You missed a fad that they chased. The facemask changed from black to chrome.

Contrast this with changes made by most other teams, and it's a lot in terms of number of changes. This gets at the 'year after year' statement, which I agree with.

To be fair it’s more silver than shiny chrome, to match the shell. Falcons and Cardinals also introduced silver masks after the Lions. The Rams should have done a metallic mask instead of regular blue. 

1 hour ago, wildwing64 said:

I like that the numbers don't overlap the sleeve stripes anymore. Still don't like the nameplates but at this point they've made it their gimmick so whatever.

 

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The Ducks just posted this, giving us a look at their 30th Anniversary patch on the home jersey and pretty much confirming no major changes this year, unless there's some sort of throwback or other anniversary jersey planned. Oh and there's an ad now too. Yay.

 

Still amazes me the Samuelis stuck with those jerseys for another year, and probably no changes after the adidas deal expires. The look has some local brand equity as practice rinks have a derivative version of it…but it’s just so early 2010s and everyone wants 90s lol

Just now, HOOVER said:

Also, this feels like what the Saints did last year:  replaced their perfectly acceptable normal helmet worn with their alt uniform with something worse.

I don’t think anyone liked the silver helmet with the gray jersey, which is opposite of the Saints’ pre-2022 quasi-throwback look. 

4 minutes ago, oldschoolvikings said:

I mentioned a page or so back that its been mentioned here in Detroit that this helmet was designed with next year’s rebrand in mind. 
 

 

Let the wreckless speculation begin.  

The blue helmet will probably return next but without the historical logo (probably regular logo instead). 

On 6/16/2023 at 3:48 PM, SSmith48 said:

Colorado State unveiled some new (long overdue?) uniforms. A bit more of a classic take; only gold pants, no gray alternates in sight, striping on the pants and sleeves. Not bad, it looks good in green and gold.

Can't help but think that their rivals down in Boulder might feel a little ripped off though: 

 

 

It looks like CSU redesigned the horns a bit…they’ve always been a tad different than classic LA Rams, but the horns seem to be very different in these pics. 

49 minutes ago, Germanshepherd said:

https://wkusports.com/news/2023/6/21/wku-football-unveils-new-uniforms
 

New Western Kentucky uniforms. Points for stripes on helmets, jersey and pants, minus big points for keeping the chrome helmets around. 

Silver helmets would definitely look better IMO, but the rest of the uniform looks great. Drop-shadows are sharp when done right. 

18 minutes ago, MNtwins3 said:

From 2014-2019 that was what they did and it was a great way to still keep the wonderful assortment of looks while also connecting to the city they were playing in. Some were better than others, but I enjoyed that era of ASG looks (I'm still punching myself for not getting the panel front Twins hat from 2014)

Didn’t the Miami ASG only have orange and blue hats with that bubbly looking material? Maybe I’m misremembering.

Update:

There was this set...which I don't think was really ever worn, which was in blue and orange:

But the 2017 ASG (which I think were the actual game hats) also had team color hats in this pattern, which were pretty nice though seemed to be better suited for the LA game than the Miami game:

I wish the sleeve numbers were outlined (orange outlines on the black numbers and black outlines on the white), and get rid of the nameplates. 

47 minutes ago, TBGKon said:

All Star merch is out.  No jerseys yet.  

 

https://www.fansedge.com/en/mlb-all-star-game/o-1287+c-96409639+z-92756-2846502399?pageSize=72&sortOption=NewestArrivals

 

These are the hat styles.

 

The workout hats with the team-specific color stripes are pretty nice…it’s an interesting idea. 

2 minutes ago, Eszcz21 said:

The Lions already stated the helmet is going to be worn with the gray color rush uniforms. It is for sure going to be a blue helmet with silver stripes to match the car in the picture.

Yeah the blue car with silver stripes wasn’t just by chance. 

28 minutes ago, Shumway said:

 

Yeah, I'm assuming blue with stripes to match the car. I don't love the idea, but I also don't like them wearing anything other than silver helmets and pants with either blue or white jerseys.

The alternate helmet can’t be worn with regular home and road unis. 

11 hours ago, Shumway said:

Thankfully, I don't think it'll just be about soda this time

 

 

Lions wore blank light blue helmets from 1950-55. My guess is that will be the shell but not sure as what the logo will be, if any. (ALT HMT is blue…Lions trying to be clever)

edit: Metallic blue helmet, silver stripes, silver logo, and a metallic blue facemask is my guess. Essentially an inverse of the current helmet, to go with the gray jersey set. 

1 hour ago, dont care said:

The helmets were always eggplant

No, no they weren't. They had black helmets only in 1997-99, and also wore them with the jade alts.  Apparently they only had black pants for those two years too, which looked okay for the alts but was a downgrade for the regular set. (The helmet and pants on Paul Kariya in the pic below are clearly black). 

On 6/15/2023 at 4:58 PM, neo_prankster said:

This is the best that the Anaheim Ducks have ever looked.

 

Just because sports purists treated the Ducks worse than the Harlem Globetrotters all because of the Disney connections early on was a silly reason for Henry Samueli or Brian Burke to get rid of the original look IMHO.

The set with shoulder patches was an upgrade from the original, and the dark jerseys looked better with eggplant helmets rather than black. 

8 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said:

They'll keep the A's name, colours and most of the branding that isn't Oakland specific, not just because of brand equity, but because Fisher and Kaval are too cheap to change anything.
 

Oakland has been trying to get a stadium deal done, the major sticking point is that Fisher and Kaval want the city to pay for it and Oakland hasn't got the money to do it. Not that the A's owners wanted to stay in Oakland - if they did, they wouldn't have been sandbagging for the last two seasons in order to kill the fanbase in the city.

 

This just isn’t accurate. No proposal so far has the City of Oakland paying for the stadium, only the infrastructure. The A’s would have privately financed the stadium and business/residential areas (everything privately financed would have been about $12bn). Oakland found infrastructure money through BIL and state grants (to the tune of ~$375M, which will be spent by city no matter if there’s a stadium or not). Schnitzer Steeel’s hazardous waste and numerous special interest groups blocked most progress into getting a deal done. 

Anyway, I see the A’s changing to a Vegas gold once they move but keeping most everything else the same. 

19 minutes ago, TBGKon said:

Oh crap, this might be a real possibility.  I have never seen those prototypes before, but it definitely checks out with Lavonte David's comments.

Lol they’re not gonna wear prototypes. 

29 minutes ago, _RH_ said:

Will Vegas' gold jerseys be the ugliest to ever hoist the cup?  Off the top of my head, yes!

Anaheim's tiny wordmark crest sweaters in 2007 are far worse than the Knights. 

Pittsburgh's black and khaki paint-by-number color block set is a close second. 

14 minutes ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

Also, the shoulder loop going all the way around on the old template was 10x better than the way it is on the jersey Chark is wearing

I think it looks better as a USC/Texans style stripe than as a full loop. It's got more of a clawed feel to it. 

1 hour ago, tBBP said:

 

For what I have to say about it, their entire identity, save for the typeface of their *primary* uniforms, is about as forgettable as it gets. That said, those 2023 city sets are probably a decent base to build from—or would be if either the Nuggets organization or the NBA/Nike cared anything about building/preserving brand equity.

 

Anyway, I've never really paid much mind to the City sets to know what was going on with them, so I went back and looked again at their "story" and, well...

 

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The Denver Nuggets 22-23 City Edition uniform is inspired by our hometown of Denver which continues to evolve and change: a city proud of its past but always driving forward. This uniform derives its design from the city’s iconic architecture including Union Station. The Nuggets will dedicate this season’s City Edition uniform to recognize civic organizations that contribute to making our city an even better place to call home.

 

Elements of Union Station are embodied in this season’s City Edition uniform. “Denver” displayed on the chest, represents the iconic “Union Station” font and arc. The uniform color of pure platinum and unique burgundy side trim on the jersey and shorts is inspired by the color and design of Union Station’s stonework. Lastly, the strings of lights that adorn many restaurants and streets in our fair city are reflected in the burgundy trim that includes gold dots on the collar and arm trim of the jersey. 

 

This season, every time the Nuggets wear their 2022-23 City Edition uniform, Kroenke Sports Charities Signature Community Partners will be honored.  Each of these organizations works to provide Colorado citizens with opportunities to use sports as a platform to enhance education, recreation, inclusion, and fitness. Please see below the Nuggets 2022-23 City Edition schedule and community partners to who we will pay tribute.

 

First of all, teams/organizations throw the word "iconic" around WAY too much. I've been to Denver's Union Station several times and I don't think even Denverites think of that signage as "iconic". That said, regarding the actual inspiration, let's let the pictorial comparison do the talking here:

 

 

 

 

 

I'd say that's a pretty great match...specifically in how the gradient effect of the side panels mimics both the color and the lighting effects on the brick facades of Union Station as pictured above.

 

Now, I want someone to explain that random black swatch off-centered to the right on that waistband...and that little random "NUGGETS" wordmark on the side panels is completely unnecessary (and yet a recent hallmark of Nike "modern" design language—reference the same type of thing on the new Cardinals uniforms). That to the side, it seems as if this set's design inspiration was based around and extrapolated from the railroad station itself/railroads in general...which I can actually get with considering the history of gold mining (or any kind of mining for that matter) involving rail cars. I like the overall idea, and if they were to base a new *primary* set on this idea, with the current *primary* font and a navy/dark blue base with the same burgundy trim—which by the way would sync nicely with the Avalanche, by the way—I think the Nuggets might be close to establishing a present-day (ahem *cough*) "iconic" and at any rate distinguishing look of their own.

The black swatch off-centered is the inside of the waistband...it's been a thing the last five years or so in NBA and college where players fold over the waistband. Normally, the strings are on the inside of the shorts, not the outside.  The size tag on the back side is also folded over and on the outside when it should be hidden from view. 

I never made the connection of the Nuggets' City unis to Union Station...but with your post, I think they're far better than I thought (and I really liked them). I waited to buy one in April and May and missed out. 

7 hours ago, HOOVER said:

RE: THROWBACKS

 

To avoid games that will feature a clash of modern vs throwback uniforms, the NFL should’ve mandated a throwback look league-wide so that each team had an option to wear in these games.

 

For this matchup in particular, you’re going to have a 70’s-80’s look up against a current look, and it’ll be wonky; if the Lions were to wear a Throwback uniform, even if the periods didn’t exactly match, they’d at least have two old looks in the matchup, rather than a new vs old.

 

Imagine the Commanders facing off against the Bucs in this game, or the current Jets, Seahawks or Titans.  Now, imagine throwbacks for each of those 3 teams vs the Creamsicles.  
 

I believe the NFL used to do this, and they were full-on “Throwback Games”.  I wish they’d bring that back.

The Lions’ current unis aren’t super modern. If they wear silver pants it’ll look similar to the 70s and if they wear blue pants it’ll look similar to the 90s. 

6 hours ago, HOOVER said:

No.  That’s not what I’m advocating, because I’m specifically talking about Throwback alternates, not standard home & away uniforms.  I’m not sure that wasn’t clear.

 

 

When the Raiders wear their current jerseys against a team like the Jets or Seahawks, it’s mismatched eras, right?

With the Seahawks wearing throwbacks against the Browns, I’d rather have the Browns wear their current unis than wear the 1946 throwbacks with presumably a white helmet. 

The league can definitely do a league-wide throwback - hell, that’s what 1994 (and 2009 for the AFL teams) was all about, and now in the 2020s it’d be silly if teams had fauxback shells. I wouldn’t save them for only Thursdays because throwbacks look great in the sun.