IceCap

I would argue that there aren't any "major" hockey, baseball, or basketball leagues outside of the NHL, MLB, and NBA. Really. Do you honestly think the champs of the KHL, European leagues, or Japanese and Korean leagues would stand a chance in a true championship series against the NHL, NBA, or MLB champs? Sure a Russian all-star team could beat the Blackhawks, but that's a pretty piss poor comparison. I real question is "could the KHL champs beat the Blackhawks?" and that's a pretty obvious "no." I think people are confused here. It's not a question of North America vs the world. It's a question of which league has the best assemblage of players. The World Series champs in MLB aren't just made up of American and Canadian players. They'll probably feature some of the best players Japan, South America, and maybe Korea have to offer as well. So if the MLB champs play the champs of the Japanese league they're not going up against a team of Japanese all-stars. They're going up against the best club team Japan has to offer, and they themselves would be playing with some of the best Japanese players out there. Simply put, they'd curb stomp them.

Do you read what other people are saying or do you just scan for key phrases and guesstimate the rest? The CFL, the KHL, the European basketball leagues, the Japanese and Korean baseball leagues, are obviously bush league when compared to the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB. The North American leagues are, without a doubt, the highest level of competition for their respective sports. Thus the champions of these leagues calling themselves World Champions is appropriate. Trying to argue that they aren't, that the teams in these other leagues actually have a chance to rival the NHL/NFL/NBA/MLB champs, is naive at best and argumentative at worst.

1) Agreed. 2) I make an exception if the customization is something that would CLEARLY never make it on the field/floor/ice (like an obvious nickname or a 3-digit number). I used to know a guy called Ugly that was known for wearing his "UGLY 00" Packers jersey to the club (back in 2002 when you could still rock jerseys at the club). To me, that's different from the 5'9, 250 lb. guy with his own (real) name who insists on a receivers number on top of everything else. That said... I'm personally more than content with a team-logo hoodie. Fair enough. Yeah, those are fine, in and in many cases, pretty funny. D'oh! Was in a hockey mindset. Obviously player name/number jerseys are ok for football and basketball.

Except counterfeiters are not responding to the demand via legal means. They're 1) infringing on copyrights and 2) in most cases trying to pass their fakes off as the real thing, thus deceiving the costumers. One can be "pro-free market" and still see the legal and moral problems with counterfeit jerseys. Thanks for the insight Mr. Blackwell. Wear what you want, but he's got a point. Everytime I see a grown-a$$ man in a jersey (especially a customized one) I just think he's some big kid who is imagining that he's actually on the team by putting on the jersey, like he's fulfilling some childhood fantasy. It's all a big game of pretend. If you're actually at the game, maybe you get a pass, but it's still kind of corny for adults to wear the jerseys of other adults. Ice_Cap's guide to wearing sports jerseys.... 1) Only acceptable when at a game or watching a game, or if you're out the day/night of a game. You just look silly wearing a jersey when you're out grocery shopping. Just my opinion, but you do. 2) Wearing a jersey with your own name/number is only acceptable if you're age 10 or younger. 3) Blank jerseys are preferred over jerseys with the name/number of a player, but that latter is still acceptable.

Please identify the club baseball and basketball teams that could take a 7 game series from the MLB and NBA champions, or the club American football team that could win a game against the Super Bowl champions. You can't, can you? /Just think of them as the World Club champions in their respective sports. What a dumb reply. The point is they aren't "World Champions" at all, just of their respective league. What a dumb reply. It's obvious that the NBA, NFL, and MLB are the top tiers of their respective sport, world wide. Yeah, there are some decent baseball teams in Japan and Korea, and some decent basketball teams in the European league, but realistically the champions of those leagues wouldn't stand a chance against the champions of the NBA and MLB in a true seven game championship series. The NFL? There aren't even American football teams in other countries that come close to NFL practice squads. The only league that might offer a challenge is the CFL, and technically that's a different game then what the NFL plays. So really, there's no issue with the NBA, MLB, and NFL champions calling themselves the World Champions. They really are the best in the world at their sport. The only major North American league that MIGHT have serious competition is the NHL, with the KHL being their biggest rivals (and even that's very VERY iffy). As far as I know no NHL championship team has refereed to itself as the "World Champion" in quite some time. They just use Stanley Cup Champions. Though to be perfectly honest even the KHL champs would have a hard time taking down the Stanley Cup champs so I wouldn't object if the Stanley Cup champions started to refer to themselves as the World Champions again.

While I can appreciate the attachment to a genuine Floridan colour scheme I feel that the creamsicles aren't bold enough to work as a NFL colour scheme. The Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers, Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Miami Heat all had or have Floridian colour schemes that are also bold enough to work in the realm of North American pro sports. The orange and coral/pink/red/whatever they called it just doesn't do it for me. Though the Heat colour scheme, I think, could work for an updated Bucco Bruce look. Come up with a better representation of Bucco Bruce and use the Heat's colours. That could work. As for the pirate theme, they went overboard with the stadium, but at least the uniforms, in my opinion, manage it well.

Do uniforms effect the on-field results? No, not really. To claim that uniforms are completely separate from the eras they helped define, however, is a very naive assumption. Those Bucs uniforms represented an era in which, for the most part, they were the butt to every joke concerning the NFL. These are the uniforms that represent the year in which they became the only team in modern NFL history to go winless in a season. You can't really divorce a uniform from the era it helped define. It doesn't work. Aesthetically, it's a mess. I'm sorry, but that logo just sucks. Pase gay jokes aside, it's a winking pirate. He's not threatening, he's not intimidating. Given that the name relates to pirates, there's so much potential for imagery, and Bucco Bruce falls up short in that department. The colours themselves look washed out. There's not enough contrast. It's just not a bold enough look to work, in my opinion. It's the perfect example of why classic looks aren't always the best. This is one of those older uniforms that I think is best left in the past. The new uniforms, in addition to being associated with a Super Bowl, are unique in the sense that they use a colour seen no where else in pro sports. They also take full advantage of pirate imagery without being consumed by it (cartoony numbers were avoided). The current set looks modern yet not like something that will seem dated down the line, while at the same time seeming classic, but not boring. It's a fantastic look that's associated with the franchise's best years. If it were up to me the Bucs would only wear the orange throwback look when they're honouring past players or teams.

I don't get the love either. They're representative of failure.

I guess this is an unpopular opinion judging from the last few posts. I like the new Sharks logo. The new uniforms themselves I can take or leave, but the logo's a huge improvement over the original.

The colour, in person, had a shiny golden feel to it on the 2002-2007 sweaters. Since the change to the Edge sweaters, however, it's lost that shininess and now it's just flat. It comes across as khaki more so then gold now, in my opinion.

Khaki.

They are, however, a KFKS team.

I don't agree with you about purple in sports (I think it's been used to great affect), but I do agree that the purple and gold Kings sets were overrated.

I really like the white outlines and stripes on the Yankees' road jerseys. There's a fine line between something looking "classic" and something looking "old." The white, I think, helps keep the road look classic and not old.

I really don't care what the Angels do regarding their name at this stage. Just pick one. Either they're the Los Angeles Angels or the Anaheim Angels. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is just terrible. I would prefer the Los Angeles Angels at this point to be honest. Agreed. Much better then the skating Disney advertisement look.

Enjoy it while it lasts

I suppose that makes me graycist, then. /bad puns Grey facemasks can work, but only in certain situations.... If the team's colourscheme includes grey or silver, or if they've never worn anything else. Once a team goes with coloured masks, however, going back to grey just seems artificial.

Agreed.

I like the Oklahoma Thunder identity. I like the Islanders' fisherman logo, though I admit the sweaters that went with it were a little much. I hate the Brewers' Ball in Glove logo. I like the current Coyotes look. I never thought the Canadiens' white sweaters were anything special.

Exactly. Perception of what the "right" LeBron uniform is could be helped by him playing on a team with a fairly consistent uniform set.

The best part? Perhaps it would have forced the Oilers move to LA. The Los Angeles Oilers. That'll make the "THE JAZZ AND HORNETS SHOULD SWAP NAMES" crowd go into a collective seizure.

Any other option that year would have been better then Jacksonville (business-wise, not necessarily uniform and logo-wise).

I don't mind it either, actually. The Bills' uniforms are such a mess that one more bit of mis-matching won't make a difference. Actually, I that logo is slightly better then what they currently use as their primary. Blows the standing buffalo out of the water.

I think they're the Winter Classic throwback alternates they currently use.

Well from what I've heard the Bucks aren't exactly the talk of the town. They have trouble generating interest from the fanbase, essentially. Though this may very well be the fault of a poor on-court product, it doesn't scream "lock" for the NHL. EDIT- Also, they seem to be having financial problems, if I remember correctly.