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These are gorgeous, and I love the hanger-effect collar. But i still wish they'd put the new Hawks logo as the jersey crest already. I'm certain the only reason they haven't done so is to appease the fans who refuse to accept they're no longer the Sioux.

I don't mind the two-tone so much since it's applied as a back-to-front gradient. I think it works. And in general, as a Wolves fan, I don't mind this set. I still have a soft spot for the inaugural logo, so I like seeing it used here. But I agree with what someone said earlier: I'd have much rather seen a true throwback series for the 75th anniversary than a series of retro-inspired Frankenjerseys. It's like they took a band's greatest hits album and smashed it into one song. There are way too many cases where a uniform's defining characteristic is also what made it bad. And a lot of those details are showing up in these City jerseys.

That's incredible. Really cool. Nice work, and thanks for sharing.

That's actually an interesting touch. I mean, it still looks terrible, but it certainly harkens back to the 2000s-era garbage bag look for the Mavs. Why they'd choose to pay homage to that (if that was their actual intent) is a different question.

So pretty much all the time, then. haha. I had forgotten about the tiny wordmark on the garbage bag set. But at least on those classic unis the wordmark has more of a commanding presence. The mixtape Mavs jersey doesn't look as bad in the picture @TitansGM posted, though I don't care for how the green sidepanels appear to creep into the body of the jersey. That whole top third of it is way too crowded.

Is there some jersey in the Mavs' history in which the front numbers were significantly larger than the wordmark? That's what I can't get over: The scale just seems off, and those numbers look huge. I will say this, though: Those shorts are fantastic.

According to AL.com, the new Fox Sports-owned USFL will play its entire 12-week season next spring and summer in Birmingham, Alabama's Protective Stadium, under a bubble-like system similar to the one the NBA used during its 2020 season.. The eight-team league will include the resurrection of the Birmingham Stallions, though there are no immediate details about the identities of the other franchises. Here's the story at AL.com.

I actually don't mind the general concept of these mixtape looks because — at least in spirit — the designs are built off prior looks rather than further diluting these brands further by dressing them up in themed clown suits. But the other side of that is it can also highlight the lack of branding consistency from some teams. The ridiculous ransom note Miami jersey is a great example of that. And I don't know about you guys, but I don't need a reminder that Detroit had a teal era. I'd rather forget it.

I actually agree with this. I've always thought the webbed-D logo was a pretty clever design that says Ducks without having to resort to a cartoon. My only issue with it is its shape. It's angled sort of upward as if it's ascending, just like the wordmark from which it's based. Because of that, it feels unbalanced to me and isn't as commanding of a presence as a jersey crest the way it might were it straightened and made more symmetrical. I don't mind the Mighty Ducks logo, but I agree that it's very much a product of its time. Then again, I thought the same about the Coyotes' Kachina design, and here we are.

I think this is what I was thinking of when I suggested the current shade was brighter. I recognize now that it's not necessarily brighter, but to me it at least seems more vibrant. It could be that the addition of orange just makes it seem that way. I just always thought the original teal/gray set was bland.

So is the general consensus that the orange is unnecessary to the Sharks look? I actually think the color looks great next to the teal. It's just that, in the current set, it's so underplayed that it seems extraneous. I can see making the case for dropping it altogether. But If I'm being honest, I wouldn't mind seeing what it looks like if orange became a bigger part of the brand. My biggest issue with the Sharks' original color scheme is that, despite teal being a new-at-the-time trend color for the league, the whole thing felt drab. The brighter teal they're using now certainly helps, but using black or gray as secondary colors just brings it down a notch for me.

The Jazz are becoming one of those franchises where, by having so many variations on its brand, determining the "right" one will depend on when you grew up. For example, as an NBA fan who came of age in the '80s, I'll always think of the Jazz as a purple/yellow/green franchise first. I never cared for the mountain jerseys — it was the start of their trend-chasing present.

I agree with this assessment. B- is a good score. Not as terrible as they're made out to be, but far from elite. A few edits and this set would be vastly improved. I don't dislike what the Jags wear now, either. But for as much as I'd have preferred they simplified the prior set, I think they maybe oversimplifed the current one. All of this, of course, should be taken in the context that agrees the Brunell-era uniforms are their best and should never have changed.

I agree. I may be in that minority that didn't mind the Jags' prior sets. A little too busy, and the half black/half gold helmets were ridiculous, but there was a lot to like in there.

That Blitz logo has always bothered me. It's fine as a wordmark, but just feels lifeless as a helmet logo. Perhaps if you choose to evolve the brand, one idea would be to introduce a secondary logo from the lightning bolt on the 'Z.' In my mind, I'd turn it horizontal and use it as the helmet logo. It could even connect at the front of the helmet and spread toward the back, similar to XFL Birmingham bolts, only without the bolts going in all directions. Just spitballin' here.

I have similar thoughts. I think the yellow is getting a bit undersold in this equation. A tertiary color is more likely to stand out as a primary if the base colors are black and white. That on its own will keep the Jazz from looking like a Nets ripoff. Not saying I like it, but I'm guessing the team will come off more as a black-and-yellow brand than a black-and-white one, which on its own would set it apart in the NBA. Saying that, I still think it's silly. And be prepared for some Nike-speak about Utah being the "beehive state" when explaining the switch to black/white/yellow.

Or, more likely, some inventive helmet manufacturers or sporting goods brand will see the challenge and come up with an answer. Most innovations are borne from a problem in need of a solution. Call me an optimist.

It does, however, seem to track with the trend at the time of Nike putting team wordmarks in unusual places. 2012 was the start of the Nike/NFL contract and the year of the Seahawks redesign, which also featured the wordmark forced onto the left shoulder. The since-replaced Browns redesign carried on with that trend, with the wordmark along the pants. Not saying that is evidence of this being more or less legit, of course. Just noting the pattern.

Even though the "U" looks like a "J," I like the bottom left one, but only because it introduces the spear iconography. Could've done a lot with that. The rest of you are right, though. UH made the right choice.

You're not wrong, but having lived there at the time, I don't look at it that cynically. During its first few years, Timbers tickets were not easy to get. Every game was a sellout and it was even difficult to find tickets on the aftermarket. It wasn't impossible; it just required some work and a willingness to pay. In times like that, most professional sports team owners would look to upgrade their venue so that supply can meet demand. But there was no way Merritt Paulson was going to leave one of best gameday experiences in American soccer for a characterless suburban location. The only option was to build up from what they already had. I don't really see how the expansion is much of an eyesore. Besides, it's not like the atmosphere within Providence Park was predicated on having obstructed views of downtown -- it's about what's going on inside the stadium rather than outside of it. I'd rather see bigger crowds than the distraction of the MAX train rolling by every few minutes. And to @tBBP's question about what came first, the stadium or the neighborhood, I can't say for sure, because I wasn't around in 1893 when it was built ( ), but from what I know, that area was largely a produce farm prior to its construction. So I'd guess the stadium came before the neighborhood.

I'm with you, for sure. These are a really great take on that era's unis using the far superior colors from their inaugural set, and adapting the overlong "Timberwolves" wordmark into the shortened "Wolves" is really smart. (I could do without the supplemental texturing on the sides and back; adds unnecessary noise.) That said, I'm still among the minority that thinks the Wolves inaugural set represent the best they've ever looked. I'd like to see a retro-inspired set that takes inspiration from the simplicity of that original look. This new alt, I'll concede, is at least a step in the right direction.

I think it's just an issue with the template he's using for the graphics. Unless the idea is that Nike would have introduced a new jersey cut in 1995, the actual jerseys it made in that era still had much longer sleeves than we see today. So there likely would have been plenty of room for both the logo and the stripes, even if the stripes were placed higher on the cuff as they are in the mockup. As an example, here's an image from the Broncos in 1997, the first year of their Nike-designed rebrand. Plenty of room on the sleeves in that era.

I really like this take on a Stars wordmark. But I can't help but think that, by this time in its history, the club wouldn't have tried to find a way to rid itself of the full word on the helmet. I think this star is different enough from the Cowboys to stand on its own without being considered derivative. If anything, you could play with scale, making the star much larger on the helmet, or allowing that long tail on the bottom left to extend as if the star is shooting up from the bottom of the helmet. One other idea for making it non-Cowboys-esque: Consider not putting the logo on the side of the helmet at all. I'd imagine the USFL, perhaps like the XFL would've come to be, as a league willing to break from traditional norms. Maybe instead of a side logo, the stars are used as a striping pattern down the middle of the helmet -- even starting with a big star and tapering them off toward the back. And probably my worst idea: emulate the University of Michigan, only with rows of stars cascading (shooting?) in rows from the forehead on back.

I moved to Portland during the last two seasons of the AAA Portland Beavers. Talk about an odd baseball experience. They had open cafe-tables located along the first-base line. No special ticketing, just first-come, first served. I sat there once with a beer and moved to a new spot after a foul ball came our way and began ping-ponging among the tables. It was a super weird setup. The USL Timbers had a similar thing, where they'd allow fans out of the seats and onto the field behind a roped-off area, so you could stand right behind the guy taking a corner kick. Brought a college buddy to a game once who was way too drunk. He started throwing his empty cups on the field and almost got us tossed out of the stadium. We managed to move him to a spot where he'd do less damage.

I can't think of a better example than Providence Park in Portland.