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Maradona wearing a Brazilian shirt (first one looks post match, maybe 82 World Cup, second one was a commercial)

Ronaldo in an England shirt

Steve Nash in the streaking sun uniforms

 

The current Lakers looks more right for both Kobe (obviously) and Shaq

 

AI as a rookie and during his comeback

 

IIRC Deron Williams only wore these for half a season before he was traded

 

Jordan as a rookie

 

Blake Griffin his rookie year

 

Dirk with the green/blue Mavs

3 hours ago, Lights Out said:

It's possible that the equipment manager just used the numbers that were supposed to go on the road blue jerseys by accident for this photoshoot.

Never thought of it like that, that could very well be the reason. The equipment manager could have been sent the numbers from adidas with no clarification, and seeing the double outline he could have thought that it was the knicks changing uniforms and not the disingenuous outline-that's-the-same-color-as-the-jersey.

The knicks used white outlines inside the numbers in the 2010 media day, due to the Rev30 switch. In the end they kept the normal blue outline with an additional outline that was the same  color of the jersey

On 3/3/2017 at 7:27 PM, The Giant Pacific Octopus said:

 

Back when the name was announced I was listening to it on the Fan 590 (a popular sports radio station here in Toronto), and they stated the winning entry was sent in by a little girl and that she was given a prize pack for her name being selected (i think it was something like season tickets and some jerseys and paraphernalia) . And I remember stating to my brother "So they listened to some kid for the team name". We all hated the name when it was announced.

 

As for in print there was an article that mentioned it in the Toronto Star and if I recall a blurb in Gamepro magazine under their "Entertainment News Section"

Here in Toronto? I thought you lived in the Pacific Ocean. 

That reads way more like Toers, which sounds like a foot fetish

None of the striping matched because they kept wearing monochrome when those uniforms were intended to be worn with contrasting pants. They only really wore them as intended in the first season. If worn as intended they would still have been bad, but probably not 'undisputed worst uniform in the NFL' terrible 

Here's Daunte with the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the UFL

4 hours ago, SabresRule7361 said:

 

Mike BIbby actually only played 1 season in that specific Kings uni

Might be, but it was the most memorable seasons he played there,  being robbed in the conference finals and all

On 27 Oct 2016 at 11:43 PM, ECUFan25 said:

Lynchburg Hillcats new logos

 

With That raised right paw, it looks more like a Heil Cat

On 8/11/2016 at 4:17 PM, miketd1 said:

Right:

 

Wrong:

On 9/22/2016 at 7:24 PM, acb13013 said:

On 9/22/2016 at 7:24 PM, acb13013 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Milan is definitely wrong, I don't think Real Madrid is wrong at all. He was a huge part of that Galacticos team, and spent more than 4 years there.

 

Another player in the wrong uniform,  Totti in an Inter  shirt during the prematch ceremonies, as an homage to a fan that had been killed

Shevchenko

 

Gabriel Omar Batistuta at inter

 

Bobo Vieri on the wrong side of Milan

 

Henry with Juventus

 

Bergkamp with Inter

 

 

 

On 8 agosto 2016 at 8:24 PM, San Diego said:

 

 

I'd say His only really wrong uniform is Milan

 

 

Another player whose move from Chelsea to Milan gave us a wrong uniform, Micheal Essien

 

 

Keeping with the Chelsea  theme, a double whammy

 

And the two other wrong uniforms for Cashley

 

Since there continues to be talk of creating a European League that would replace the Champions League by having games played every week and creating a huge cash cow, I thought I'd attempt at making it feasible without completely destroying domestic play. The teams for the first league would be the top 2 teams in each of the top 4 leagues and the winners of the next 3 best leagues getting an automatic spot and the other 9 teams coming from the third and second place teams of those with automatic spots and the champions of the leagues that don't participating in a playoff. Counting the 2014/15 season as the last regular league, conceivably the super League would be something like this (just took the participants  based on the 2014/1 final Uefa League ranking

 

European Football League

Chelsea

Manchester City

Barcelona 

Real Madrid

Juventus

AS Roma

Bayern Munich

Wolfsburg

PSG

Benfica

Zenit

Borussia M'Gladbach

Atletico Madrid

Arsenal

Porto

Shaktar Donetsk

KAA Gent

PSV Eindhoven

Galatasaray

FC Basel

 

With no midweek European games, the travel would balance out. Season similar to current schedule, from mid-late august to early june  And when you get the initial league sorted you have 6 teams relegated back to their national league. A high number, but I feel that the constant renewal of the league would add an element of excitement  and if one of the bigger teams faces a difficult season like Chelsea being relegated wouldn't be impossible. From the promoted teams

1 spot would be given to the winner of the UEFA Cup

5 spots to the winners of the Champions tournament (so that the big 4 don't monopolize the promoted teams)

 

The Champions Tournament would be  held from   the week after the national leagues finish in mid-april to early june. Home and away knockout stages, quarterfinals winners are promoted while the losers of the quarterfinals get another chance by winning from those who lost. admittedly not perfect by any means, but it would be kind of like the European Cup of old with only champions participating and having it be just knockout stages. With the domestic leagues finished, they can easily play 10 or so games in 6 weeks

 

Even European League teams participate in domestic cups, which would significantly add to their value, becoming the best  chance at silverware for most European League teams. 

 

UEFA Cup is contested between the champions who failed to get promoted to the European League and the second and third best teams. Would probably be more exciting than the current Europa League, since the reward for winning it is direct promotion to the European League. If a team wins both the Uefa Cup and the domestic League, the runner ups in the domestic league participate in the tournament.

 

Domestic leagues with a maximum of 18 teams participating so that there is enough time for the promotion tournament.

 

Since the European League seems inevitable, a format like this would be able to create a huge cash cow, while significantly improving the significance of the current Europa League and of domestic cups, as well as creating another event  in the promotion playoffs.

I find it more interesting that the left guys kit has the three stripes on it while Pele's kit has one thick stripe.

Probably because Pele was sponsored by Puma.

I'd bet that's why. It's also why Johan Cruyff wore only two stripes, rather than three, on his shirt and warm-up jacket during the 1974 World Cup:

(bottom row, second from left)

By the way, the "other guy" in the Team USA jersey is West Ham legend Bobby Moore, who was then playing in the NASL. He and Pele are flanking Gerry Francis of QPR.

That image shows something which I really wish had caught on -- league all-star teams instead of national teams. A "Team USA" consisting of NASL players played against the English national team in 1976. I am a big fan of club football; but I dislike international football because it traffics in nationalism, which I despise. I do watch the World Cup and the Euros; and, because someone has to win, I root for England. But I don't feel good about these tournaments, as the flags make me ill.

On the other hand, if the teams participating were representing not countries but leagues, then I could fully get behind it. I'd rather watch a Premier League all-star team play a La Liga all-star team than watch England play Spain. The teams would of course consist of players of multiple nationalities; and these players would move from one league all-star team to another as they change leagues, just as baseball players move from the American League all-star team to the National League all-star team after they change leagues.

That would be the kind of World Cup that I would enjoy! There's be no minnows. Just sixteen all-star teams representing the best of the world's top leagues. In my fantasy scenario, there would be four groups, and each group would contain a team from one of the major powers:

Premier League (England)

La Liga (Spain)

Serie A (Italy)

Bundesliga (Germany)

Then the other twelve teams would be apportioned to groups at random. If it were done right now, those other twelve teams might be:

Ligue 1 (France)

Eredivisie (Netherlands)

Brasileirão (Brazil)

Liga MX (Mexico)

MLS (U.S. / Canada)

Primera División (Argentina)

Primeira Liga (Portugal)

Championship (Russia)

Scottish Professional Football League

Belgian Pro League

J-League (Japan)

Super League (Switzerland)

The four major powers would have permanent spots. Qualifying matches would be played in the years before my fantasy World Cup to see which other twelve teams qualify.

Alas, this will never be. But it is one of the first things that I would bring into being as King of All Sports.

There actually were some 'league all-star" games in the late 80's. They were frendlies and it just didn't catch on. Here's a pic of Maradona and Matthaus in the Serie A team

My other opinion is NBA related, and I know this is gonna get me flak. But I don't understand the hate for this Magic set:

The pinstripes set has too clunky of a font, as did the sublimated stars. And the set they have now has piping issues ala Calgary Flames.

I don't think there was any hate for this set, mostly just indifference. A 90's team in Orlando, Florida with a singular team name that's as silly as Magic should not be using block fonts and a subdued look. And this set was the latecomer to the block-fonts-with-double-double-outline-and side-panels bandwagon the NBA had from the late 90's to the early 00's. It looked like a NOLA hornets ripoff

the spurs could probably be included here too

And who says a 0-0 can't be a good game? Italy's semifinal vs. Germany in 2006 is widely regarded as one of the best games of this past decade, and it was 0-0 until the 119' minute

Usually the teams in the finals have great defenses. Teams giving up 3 goals a game are typically weeded out.

That, and finals of any kind in soccer are usually highly nervous, tactical encounters. And refs are usually reluctant to make calls that could swing a game and either call everything a foul or never draw cards (except for Argentina 90)

Can be, but aren't always. Aren't the Brazil venues now lying vacant?

It'll be good to have the World Cup in the US, with all the new

Manaus and Brasilia were terrible locations for these kinds of stadiums. However, there was a need to renovate stadiums. Gremio and Palmeiras new stadiums weren't used at all

World Cups will probably start being co-hosted. No one cares enough any more to bankrupt their country.

Except Russia & Qatar, who won't be asked back.

Honestly, the era of showcasing cities & countries via WC & Olympics is over. We get it, there are too few lands & cultures left unturned we don't already do business & tourism with yes?

Olympics definitely, but I think a country hosting a WC is still more than doable, since soccer stadiums in major cities are actually useful after an event

On the other hand, here he is as a Seattle Seahawk. Funny that he started his career there....

Here he is as a Texan

And here is Ahman Green as an Omaha Nighthawk of the UFL

Macron is one of the best kit makers in the business

Platini is worse than Blatter. He opposes the use of goal-line technology.

Yes, but at least he doesn't want players to die in the Qatari heat or completely the major leagues by hosting the World Cup in the middle of the summer.

Actually, Platini is one of the biggest supporters of the Qatar bid, while Sepp wanted to have the WC in the US.

What.

Here's an article that cites it in passing, I couldn't find a better one

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/16/sepp-blatter-qatar-2022-world-cup-mistake

Platini is worse than Blatter. He opposes the use of goal-line technology.

Yes, but at least he doesn't want players to die in the Qatari heat or completely the major leagues by hosting the World Cup in the middle of the summer.

Actually, Platini is one of the biggest supporters of the Qatar bid, while Sepp wanted to have the WC in the US.

No Le Roi, please. Pretty much every reform UEFA did during his tenure has been a disaster.