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gosioux76

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  1. I don't follow. Instituting a league-wide rule requiring punters and kickers to wear different-colored uniforms isn't anything like players pushing the limits of accessorizing. I can't imagine how one would lead to the other.
  2. I think @BBTV suggested making them more like soccer goalies: a standard design in a non-team color. I wouldn't have any issue with that. In addition to benefiting the issue of number circulation, it has an on-field function. They are fundamentally a different type of player than everyone else on the field, and there's never more than one of them on the field at a time.
  3. I also want to applaud @HOOVER's number set. But I'd suggest taking @rfraser85's idea here a step further: QBs should be allowed 1-19 but punters and kickers should be limited to single digits. There are fewer of them on a team so they should have the narrowest range of choices. (I'm also intrigued by @BBTV's notion that K's and P's don't need numbers at all, or should be outfitted differently. Makes a ton of sense. ) Regardless, and I've said this before, but keeping position-restricted jersey numbers is a necessity. It gives position groups an identity and adds order to chaos. Allowing a jersey number free-for-all is an assault on the visual history of the NFL. Allow the exceptions over time -- John Hadl, Jim Jensen, etc. -- to remain quirky anomalies..
  4. I would suspect that they will either offer refunds or jersey swaps to anyone who wants to rid themselves of the Dabella jersey.
  5. I just do not get the appeal of this Battlehawks secondary. It's a largely unrecognizable shape that barely, if at all, registers to me as a bird. It's telling to me that this logo appears to have no application on the uniforms themselves. I have no idea if it's used at all.
  6. This might just be me looking through nostalgia-tinted glasses, but I'd love it if they kept the Classic edition jerseys full time. Even the logo. Watching them play in that set, on that court, just feels right. I also like the updates to the colors they used on the classics. To me, they're a perfect basketball uniform. They've also seemingly sold out of all the apparel related to the Classic edition. Either that or was an intentionally limited supply. The jerseys seemed to have been online for a day or two before they were gone. I'm hoping that's an indication of high demand.
  7. The Pacific Blue is a gorgeous color, but it's used way too minimally for my likes. The details here are nice, but it feels like a missed opportunity.
  8. I'm not suggesting there would be any confusion. But they would have been better off leaning into a color scheme that was unique, leading with aqua, than one that closely resembles the color palette of another team in the league. So no, I wouldn't confuse these two, but it's clear that, colorwise, they're painting with similar brushes, so to speak.
  9. This was my first thought, too. Not only do I think of the Twins when I see this, which is fine, but I also think of the Washington Wizards, which was easily avoidable. I think the mix of colors in the rebrand is great, they’re just leading with the wrong blue. This should be an aqua and red team with navy accents.
  10. Even more annoying is that the story didn't attempt to address the question of "why," whether it be related to cost or something else. It could easily lead you to believe that the people of Winnipeg just don't care about the Jets anymore. Comparing Jets attendance to the Blue Bombers attendance is just as misleading. A cursory look at ticket prices show the lowest-priced tickets for a Jets game at $80, nearly 67% higher than a Blue Bombers ticket, which can be had for $48.
  11. I'm more interested in understanding what type of person gets joy out of duping people. I'm going to assume, if this leaker is indeed not legitimate, that they read these boards religiously and will see this. So if that's the case, here's my question: What do you get out of it? What sort of fuel does this give you when you log off and walk back into the world? I'm asking because I genuinely can't imagine it.
  12. Fabric weight seems to be an underlying theme with every apparel innovation Nike introduces into the organized sports world. And I can see how that has made a difference in American football and maybe even soccer. But was this ever a complaint in baseball? Were players actively saying, "man, I'd play so much better if we could only get rid of all this embroidery." It's the same in the NBA. I don't think polyester and tackle twill ever held a player back from greatness. All of these uniform innovations feel like solutions in search of a problem.
  13. I agree with this. On its own, as an idea, I like the stripes. But my biggest issue with this kit is how much the stripes overshadow and drown out the new crest. I'd think that in a year in which you unveil a new brand you'd want a kit that celebrates it. This kit's too noisy for that purpose.
  14. It also would've been the perfect opportunity to lean into the simplified, text-less secondary crest.
  15. Dumb, pedantic question: Do people in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area commonly refer to it as Tidewater? I know there was a Tidewater Tides affiliate of the Mets years ago that is now the Norfolk Tides. But that's really the only wide reference to that term i can recall. The failed bid at an NHL team in the '90s went by Hampton Roads Rhinos. The ABA team in the region went by Virginia Squires. Call it what you want, of course. Just throwing that labeling out there for discussion. (Not that it looks like it matters. Still way behind in the voting.)
  16. We might be saying the same thing here, but the reason this pairing has become such a big deal is because it converges two highly sought-after demographics onto one platform. Some marketing to the NFL can expect to get an audience of devoted sports fans willing to spend money on their team. Add Taylor Swift to the mix, and now you've increased the chance that you're also marketing to a young, fanatical audience of pop star fans. The value of that marketing opportunity goes up considerably. So suddenly we now see people wearing Chiefs-colored sweatshirts that say "Go Taylor's Boyfriend." And we see diehard football fans who don't understand the hoopla and annoyed by the incursion.
  17. I've heard this similar sentiment from fans of the Cowboys or Steelers or, well, any team that has won multiples of Super Bowl titles, except none recently. As a Vikings fan whose team lost their fourth Super Bowl three months after I was born and haven't been back since, despite having some incredible teams, I cannot relate with fans of any franchise that has an expectation of winning Super Bowls. On an unrelated note, Ken Anderson should be in his own Ken Anderson Tier and have his own Ken Anderson wing in Canton. /ducks
  18. A drunken tailgater giving the finger with one hand and whipping batteries at opposing fans with the other.
  19. The entire Juice set is phenomenal. Well done!
  20. As I've gotten older, I've come to prefer the '47 Brand "cleanup" style, which is a snapback. I only buy fitted if it's an on-field authentic.
  21. I have that hat and wear it often. The '47 Brand also made a version of the batting helmet design using the updated logo last year, but they only sold it in the team store. (I was already buying too much at the Target Field team store and later regretted not getting it while I was there.)
  22. Juice, by a mile. I think the Snowbirds concept is inventive, but a snowbird to me isn't a bird. It's a retiree from a cold-weather city. Maybe give the bird a walker and have them playing canasta?
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