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    The Oilers' logo is at least simple and legible at any size or angle. Pat Patriot is the worst of both worlds: overly detailed and ill-suited to a helmet.
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    The problem with purple, IMO, is that the Lakers, Kings, Suns and Hornets are all already using it and in an ideal world, the Raptors would bring it back too. Purple is a fine color, but we don't need 20% of the league all heavily featuring the same color. Meanwhile, the Jazz's '90s color scheme without purple would be one of the most unique color schemes not only in the NBA, but across sports in general.
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    LOL, I see this opinion is deeply unpopular. I'm still standing by it. Pat Patriot is an illustration, not a logo, and it's too detailed, too vertical, and not horizontal enough to look good on a helmet. It's inferior not only to the Flying Elvis, but also to the rejected 1978 prototypes and the 1960 tri-quarter hat logo. The uniforms in general look more like Ole Miss, LaTech or FAU than a professional football team, and they're mostly associated with decades of heartbreak and futility on the field. And the specific version of that look they always choose to throw back to isn't even the best one in my opinion (I prefer the 1967-69 version). I've said it many times, but the 1993 uniforms were the best the Patriots ever looked and they made a big mistake by ever changing them. Even the red numbers on the home jersey would have stopped being as much of an issue once everything switched over to HDTV.
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    I still think the Jazz should try copper as the primary color. Earth tones are kind of underutilized in sports and a copper-centric look would be both distinctive and appropriate for the market.
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    The helmet logo is clunky and awkward, and WVU just looks better in blue helmets rather than white.
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    The throwbacks still suck no matter how many times the Patriots drag them out of mothballs.
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    The helmet sucks, but everything else is pretty nice. The "country roads" theme is clever.
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    They literally just recolored the previous uniforms and called it a day. The striping is the same. Lazy, lazy, lazy. I love how the entire marketing campaign is "Purple is Back!" and the actual new uniforms are being hidden as much as possible.
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    This Cavs rebrand is horrible. Just switch to brown and orange and promote the 2K League logo to the big-league club, it's not hard.
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    Their 2K League team's logo is better since it actually depicts a cavalier (and because "team name over basketball" logos are so played out in the NBA) but it is still better than the current logo. For me, it's "The Second Coming" by Jewelz Santana. So glorious... victorious!
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    Can't say I agree. Those are just recolored Showtime Lakers uniforms with half the stripes chopped off and an odd-looking wordmark that doesn't match anything else in their identity.
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    The most disappointing part is how the 2K League of all things has better logos than some of the actual teams.
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    As far as the draft hats are concerned, literally anything is better than the bootleg gas station hats that Adidas was putting out in the late 2000s. I'm pretty sure the target audience for these things was the same demographic that only watches college basketball because "they play defense, unlike the NBA."
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    I don't think that opinion is particularly unpopular. It's my favorite Broncos look too (also minus the helmet).
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    Totally agree that Akron's new look is dull, dull, dull. They've had one of the worst brands in college sports ever since they made the Z logo their primary in 2015, and this isn't helping.
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    Both names are already representative of LA despite the fact that they originated elsewhere. Lakers and clippers are types of ships and LA is home to America's busiest seaport. I don't blame people for not making the connection, though, because both teams use generic create-a-team logos that have nothing to do with their names. As far as a name change is concerned: as a Clippers fan, I'm strongly against it, and I think most of the fanbase agrees. Winning our first championship as the Clippers would be a trillion times more special than doing it as the Stars or some other expansion team-tier name because of the rough history that we'd presumably be changing the name to get away from. Does anyone think the 2016 Cubs' championship would have been anywhere near as big of a deal if they had won it as, like, the Chicago Wind or something? I didn't think so. Change the colors, change the logos, but keep the name intact would be my choice.
  17. Lights Out
    Would have made a nice logo for the Thunder.
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    I agree that their brand was fine without it, but it doesn't mean there can't be a place for it. For better or worse, it's part of the Mets' history now (especially since they went to a World Series in the BFBS era) and totally valid to throw back to. It's probably best to think of it like a third jersey in hockey or a clash jersey in soccer rather than a traditional baseball alternate.
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    I think BFBS adds a lot to the Mets' identity purely as an alternate look. It really captures that "NYC at night" feeling. Where the Mets went wrong the first time around was cramming black trim into their regular home and road jerseys, where it added nothing and only detracted from the bold color scheme and classic design. It looked particularly bad on the white and pinstripe jerseys because the drop shadows actually hurt the legibility of the script and the NOBs. They aren't repeating that mistake this time around, so it's not a problem, IMO.
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    Since the Mets have settled back into BFBS, I still really want to see this jersey make a comeback next: I know it was just a templated batting practice jersey at the time, but it's good enough to be a full-time look and actually better than the black jerseys, IMO. Almost like a mix of eras since the striping isn't far removed from the racing stripes they wore in the '80s. I always loved how the black script and numbers popped off the blue base. One of those things that had no business working as well as it did.
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    It screams college football circa 2011/2012. Large front logos were a trend that Adidas was trying to force back then. This isn't even the first time the CFL's tried to hop on this short-lived fad, but now they look well and truly behind the times.
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    Those are way too plain aside from the home jersey - which is still a little too simplistic, but at least has some contrasting collar/armhole trim and that nice J-note/number lockup. Even if the shorts are amazingly designed, I don't see how it could save those glorified practice jerseys.
  23. Lights Out
    Are we sure the Royals jerseys are actually navy and it's not just weird lighting in a blurry photo?
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    UCF showing once again why they're the "pick me" of college football programs.
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    The Rays wouldn't have an "identity crisis" if they didn't jettison their perfectly fine 2001-07 identity for no reason.
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