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Real sport, although the horses are more athletic than the riders. There is a famous polo club in a neighboring town. Definitely not many participants for people outside the upper class.

There are athletic competitions, and there are sports. If the activity has a defined set of rules, and the outcome is determined by the participants' performance, it is a sport. If the outcome is arbitrary and determined based on a judge's judgment, it's an athletic competition. Just because the average Joe could do it, doesn't mean it's not a sport. And just because it's an athletic competition DOESN'T mean the participants AREN'T athletes. The average person would likely have a lot pf pulled muscles and injuries unless they trained as much as the professionals. Golf is a sport because it's athletes using a stick to hit a ball with as much precision as possible toward a target. and there is a defined score based on the number of times it takes to hit the ball into the hole, which can also be changed due to illegal acts (penalties). Bowling is a sport because the athletes are rolling a ball to knock down pins. The bowler puts spin on the ball to keep it out of the gutter, and also to aim the ball precisely. Curling is a sport because there are defined rules that determine the scoring, and it requires an aerobic physical activity to determine the outcome. There is definite strategy involved, and the activity of one team can change the result of the opponent. Gymnastics and figure skating are NOT sports - they are athletic competitions, where the outcome can be arbitrary based on a judge's decision. Not different than a slam dunk contest. Those participants ARE athletes, however, because they train hard to perform the activity at peak physical condition. X-games - just like the Olympics, some events are sports (like racing), others are competitions. The gray area is activities like billiards, darts, cornhole, World Team Chase, and a few others.

So these changes are mostly from the foul lines to mid-center? The seating area below the scoreboard was redone a few years ago, and the only change I see with those bleachers is that they will now extend right to the outfield wall, instead of having that gap that drops down about 10 feet.

Of the Red Sex four post-2000 World Series championships, 2 were in gray road uniforms, one was in the white home set, and then there's this... Also weird to see...in game 7 of the ALCS (the Aaron F'n Boone game), home plate umpire Tim McClelland wore a light gray shirt. As an umpire, that's also jarring to see.

That's likely just a Photoshop rendering. For obvious reasons, the football lines must be visible, even if they're somewhat transparent, otherwise it will be very difficult to spot the ball, mark off penalties, and measure for first downs.

This is typical of Phoenix Design Works. Extra bevels, gradients, and illustrative logos.

This look like a logo for Irish Spring the Building, not Irish Spring the Soap.

The color change isn't a bad idea, it ties in the company's history. The new logo is horrible and forced. The fun thing about the blue and pink version is that many of us didn't see the 31 right away - we just saw a stylized stencil font in multiple colors, trying to be fun because it's an ice cream logo. It was one of those "wow" moments when you finally get it, and works in one color as well as two, and even look like they're all part of the same font.

That's the one, the Rhode Island College 100 years logo. Not sure why I copied the BU logo.

Here's another example from PDW...multiple outlines and gradients. https://twitter.com/Phoenix_pdwnyc/status/1506110881398243334?s=20&t=q1QYZrqss6jztd-kvCVrlg

That's the M.O. of Phoenix Design Works.

Reading these hypotheticals has me thinking about NE-10 football. As of right now, the league only has 9 schools: AIC, Assumption, Bentley, Franklin Pierce, Pace, New Haven, Saint Anselm, SCSU, Stonehill. In the past few seasons, they've lost LIU (CW Post) and Merrimack. Non-football NE10 schools are Adelphi, Le Moyne, Saint Rose, and SNHU. D2 is the smallest division of college football by number of schools. If you were to take out New Haven and SCSU, you leave the conference with 7 schools. I haven't heard any rumors of D2 schools adding football, nor have I heard of any D3 schools moving up a division. In New England, D3 has lost Mount Ida and Becker College in recent years with closures, and Maine Maritime from football (2010 from covid, 2011 for costs and lack of competitiveness). D1 football in New England is very minimal. Only 3 schools are FBS: Boston College, UMass, and UConn. The rest are FCS. The biggest D1 schools without football are: UMass-Lowell (dropped football in 2003). Boston University (dropped it in 1999), Northeastern (2009) and Vermont (1974). I don't think Providence College ever had a football team in recent times, And I don't think any of these schools is bringing the program back.

The red jersey isn't bad at all, although the wordmark is too big. The rest of the set is garbage.

I think Georgia State actually uses a modified version of Forza. https://www.typography.com/fonts/forza/overview

/Pedantic rant While your "RedHogs" looks like a fun concept, and keeps the "Red--- " name, "Hogs" has never been officially part of the team's identity. It was a nickname the coach gave to his offensive line. That's it. Doesn't even apply to the whole team, just the 4-5 players on the offensive line. Fans ran with it. The team existed for almost 50 years before that term was used. There never was any official "Hog" set of logos before that era, nor since. Just like "Dawgs". A few defensive backs called their group "Dawgs", and the fans picked up on it. Now, Dawgs is connected more to the fans (Dawg Pound) than the team itself. Naming a team after its fan base makes as much sense as the Las Vegas Black Holes, Green Bay Cheese Heads or the Buffalo Mafia.

As a former D3 college football official, I can confirm.

I stand corrected then. Totally forgot about the XFL. Much like most of the country, I suppose.

The easiest way for them to drop in the new identity would be to have it Red-something. But they've already eliminated one possibility, and at least one other falls in the same boat. In the video, they said they weren't going to use "RedWolves" for legal reasons. They also implied they couldn't trademark "Wolves" as a nickname. Arkansas State athletics already has RedWolves as its nickname, don't think anyone else has Wolves, but maybe Washington Wolves is already taken by another entity? By this reasoning, how could RedHawks still be in the running? Miami University (Ohio) athletics is the RedHawks, and there are quite a few teams with Hawks as the nickname, so they wouldn't likely be able to secure that as a trademark either. As far as Admirals, while the NFL (I think) still owns the name from NFL Europe, there are already 2 minor league hockey teams using that as a nickname, one of which is in a bordering state. Since RedTails was not one of the finalists, I'm surprised they showed a few of the logo mockups in the video. I think "Defenders" might by the front-runner. Defenders is military-ish enough to fit the NFL's November obsession without implying any specific armed force. Even though the Pentagon is close by, "Commanders" might be too tied-in to the President's title, and they'd probably want to avoid politically-based names and imagery.

Football is unique among the five major sports — certain numbers have to be worn by specific positions. In the other four sports, anyone can wear any number from 0 (or 00) to 99, although I've never seen anyone in the NHL with #0/00. Numbers 50-79 are limited to offensive and defensive linemen. Especially on offense, the first thing the referee and umpire look for are 5 players on the offensive line (from tackle to tackle) wearing numbers in that range. It makes it easier to determine eligible pass receivers. And since NFL teams have the largest rosters, retiring any of those numbers could be problematic if there weren't enough available numbers to fill required positions. That's why NFL teams should stick with "Rings of Honor" or something similar.

New Era is also the uniform brand of the CFL. Officials' jerseys are branded by Fox40, a manufacturer of whistles. Officials' caps still have the New Era logo.

Didn't see this anywhere else, so apologies if it's a rehash... NFL ends licensing deal with Under Armour - UA brand will no longer be visible on field at end of year

Prohibition https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/fort-foundry/prohibition?utm_source=fontsquirrel.com&utm_medium=matcherator_link&utm_campaign=prohibition

In the example above, the thin strokes in the Didot/Bodoni font virtually disappear, even at a larger size. For this type to work, it would have to be redrawn so those strokes are thicker.

28-3, but it later gets overturned.

It's an Adidas font "Dribbler" https://www.thegraphicedge.com/media/products/adidasmenslacrossecustomuniforms_6F8CFBEE46300.pdf