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It looks like it has to do the board's profanity filter using an emoji. Weirdly, it seems to affect the formatting of some posts and not others. Either way, it's causing more headaches than it's worth so I'll change it on the back end.

Another small tidbit on the Flames: white helmet straps are back. Apparently this is something the players vote on.

@CC97 mentioned on Twitter last night that the Circa ads are only allowed to be worn in Las Vegas. Some kind of league rule about gambling-related ads. Thread starts here:

Moderator stepping in here. That's enough griping about the "TBD". Maybe it's not how you would do it or how you would prefer it done, but if you don't like it, don't click on the thread. It certainly doesn't warrant the level of vitriol and name-calling that we've seen in this thread. So knock it off. Any further name-calling or uncivil behavior in this thread will result in suspensions.

I know what I hate ... and I don't hate this.

Bombers and Riders to wear special pre-match jerseys on Friday to commemorate Orange Shirt Day: The Bombers will also wear the star blanket logo on their helmets that they debuted last season:

Tunisia home, away and third: The graphic on the front depicts the Ksour Essef cuirass, an ancient piece of armor that was discovered in Tunisia in 1909 and has been dated to the 3rd century BC. It's been speculated that this breastplate may have been used between 211 and 203 BC in the expeditions of the Second Punic War led by Carthaginian general Hannibal.

Let's keep it focused on logos and jerseys in this thread, folks. Talk of the long-term viability of the Coyotes in Arizona can go in the Sports in General forum.

WIZ or we riot!

England officially released their kits today, along with the font they'll use for names/numbers:

No, they had a monochrome red third kit at Euro 2020, but it's not the same design. It had tonal diagonal stripes on one side, and tonal vertical stripes on the other. By contrast, this was the home kit for Euro 2020:

Solid colour jerseys with straight horizontal striping along the hem and at the elbows. Solid colour breezers (pants, but really shorts?) with straight striping down the sides. Solid colour socks with straight horizontal striping around the shin/calf. Bonus points if all the stripes match. Logo on the front, smaller numbers on the sleeves, bigger numbers on the back with names above. Captain's "C" or alternate captain's "A" on the upper left chest (player's left, not the viewer's). Shoulder yokes are also pretty traditional, as are stripes around the chest (though Montreal really owns that look in thr NHL). Block fonts for names and numbers. A lot more curved lines or stripes/shapes that taper to points. Mismatched striping, or stripes that get cut off in weird ways and places. Piping. Non-block name/number fonts. Vertical stripes. Numbers on the shoulders. When Reebok took over the manufacturing of NHL jerseys in 2007, the company moved all teams to its Edge template. The template was a lot tighter of a fit than previous jerseys. It resulted in just about every team in the league redesigning its jerseys, and mostly not for the better. Its panels and seams meant that a lot of traditional uniform elements got thrown out the window. For other teams, it led to striping that just ended for no reason. Compare some of the designs from 2006-07 to those from 2007-08. Some of the biggest downgrades, IMO were Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton and Philadelphia. Totally subjective. Have a look and see what you like the best. A lot of ice designs are the same: Large logo at centre ice, not extending beyond the circle. Sure, circular logos like the Oilers probably look best in that configuration, but plenty of others look nice enough. Some teams have experimented with a logo on either side of the centre line, one facing the TV cameras and one facing the other way. Lots of teams are now adding embellishments to the red centre line as well. It's a nice touch, but most can't really be seen unless you're close up. Not really. Each of those sports is kind of its own thing, mostly because form follows function. Hockey teams tend to only use one breezer design for both home and away, so you might get "monochrome" more often than in other sports. But there's enough striping on the jerseys and socks to break it up and not make it seem as monochrome.

[Costa Rica has entered the chat] It's the country's independence day, so I get why they unveiled their kits today, but man did they get buried under Nike's avalanche.

Just published a writeup on the mothership about a big leak of Nike national team kits that were confirmed to be accurate. Too many graphics to post here, but it includes home and away kit graphics for: (* = didn't qualify for 2022 World Cup) Qatar Australia Croatia France Netherlands Poland Portugal Saudi Arabia China* Nigeria* New Zealand* Turkey* A few sneak peeks in the graphic below:

From @nhlbreakers on Instagram:

Which thread? It is possible, but depending on the topic you might be better to start a new one.

Liverpool 3rd: Juventus 3rd: Also, did we cover Atlético de Madrid's new 3rd? If not ...

It looks an awful lot like Agency FB, though pretty heavily distorted and some customization on the P in "SPORTING."

I don't know what to tell you -- that bit of information about the kit came straight from the club's announcement.

The miniature Brazilian flag hidden in the collar is maybe the best part of these kits:

Borussia Dortmund third/cup kit: Hertha Berlin third -- throwback to 1997 when they won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time: Leicester City third -- maroon is a nod to kits they wore when they won the 2021 FA Cup: Rayo Vallecano home: FC Lorient away: US Salernitana 1919 home, away and third: Empoli FC home, away and third: AC Spezia home and away: SL Benfica away and third: Celtic FC third - geometric outline of Celtic Park in the Glasgow landscape woven into the sleeve cuffs:

Apparently the climate in Bournemouth is temperate enough that palm trees can grow there. There are a bunch of them along the seaside. Other unveilings from recent days ... Arsenal third: AC Milan away: Newcastle away: Fulham home and away: Valencia third: Sevilla third: Eintracht Frankfurt third: Stade Brestois 29 away and third: