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From The Athletic's annual player poll on rule changes.

Side note: I miss refs wearing white knickers.

Pretty much as good as a uniform matchup gets

Browns beat reporter in response to a suggestion of making the white facemasks permanent

Meh. I prefer either sticking with the sand or going back to purple and teal. I don't hate it but it but they can't seem to find an identity and this one feels like a forced mashup. I especially dislike the road grays. The teal outline is barely visible.

Really interesting and in-depth episode about uniforms the NFL just put out. There's a few quotes that made me roll my eyes, but overall it made me appreciate how much goes into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsJkeN-9RB0&ab_channel=NFLThrowback

That actually makes it better

Not everyone. The 14 year olds on Twitter think it’s fire. The NBA’s target audience.

Man, Boston fans are so spoiled lol. From 2010-2016 the Celtics made the playoffs every year but once and made it to the conference finals twice.

These courts are unbelievably stupid but it's just another step in Silver making the league as cheap and gimmicky as possible.

In my experience, it seems that over the past 5-7 years the NBA has stayed very popular on social media and national TV, but has become much less relevant in real life. And maybe it's just because I live in Ohio and LeBron isn't here anymore, but pre-covid if I walked up to a random group of guys who are into sports I would expect there to be some interest in the NBA. Not anymore. It's starting to feel more like a fringe sport like hockey. And I honestly believe that the whole AAU culture of the league (which the uniform/brand mess strongly attributes to) is the primary reason for that.

Absolutely the correct answer. Worst uniform in NFL history.

Yeahhhh I tried matching it from an old pic from the 90s but I think the lighting was different and it didn't turn out quite right. My bad.

Rough job but it's something

Oh you're 100% right. But what people notice when it's actually worn on the football field is less important now than how cool something looks on a graphic with a bunch of snow and ice.

It's not about it being hard. No one is being lazy or overlooking it. It's an intentional choice and very popular right now. It sucks, but the vast majority of responses from fans on social media and from the players when it comes to "icy white" look are positive. People like the "clean" look. It's clearly a trend that will die, hopefully sooner rather than later. Most of us here prefer a more traditional look that stands the test of time and establishes a brand. But a lot of people unfortunately buy into the hype of whatever is cool right now. And in the age of social media, that's what wins.

I long for the day when teams realize that fans and players have absolutely no idea how to establish a long-term brand and giving too much weight to their opinion will only lead to gimmicky outdated styles that constantly need to be updated and therefore diluted.

Excuse me?

The sad thing is that the blank "TBD" template is an actual possibility for some of these teams.

I don't necessarily disagree, but it just doesn't seem that big of a deal considering where the league is at. Teams don't even wear their primary colors half the time. You could turn on a game and see the Bucks wearing light blue against the Pistons wearing green. So does first glance really matter anymore?

Some interesting answers from rookies when asked about any rule they would change. 4 of the 5 were about uniforms.

4 WAH games in a row with no city editions??? I'm giddy.