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jonny24

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  1. I too wouldn't be surprised if it's sublimated on the kits. I was thinking about hats/polos.
  2. Don't like the Arrows rebrand at all really - exception being the wordmark. 1. Departure from the Blue, White, Gold colour scheme they've been building up, quite nicely IMO. Don't like Red+White+Blue when we're the only Canadian team in a US league, and there are alraedy 2 otehr RWB teams. 2. Ham-fisted "Canada's Team" approach every single logo in this country doesn't need a red maple leaf. The Arrows are not team Canada (thank God), and people know where Toronto is. Or if they don't they're too dumb to matter. 3. Inconsistency - the wordmark font and wings aren't in the crest at all. It looks like two separate rebrands that share colours. 4. The crest is too busy and too cartoony. It's going to look horrible when embroidered. The current TA monogram looks classy as hell. 5. Before, the use of "Arrow" was flexible. It could be the jet, it could be bow+arrow, it could be whatever. Arrows is really good name that just needed a bit of tie in to something so it wasn't just generic. The Avro Arrow didn't need to be the whole identify.
  3. I think I've read before that they might use old uniforms in training camp, so not necessarily a sign of things to come.
  4. Is every team going to get a new jersey this year?
  5. https://ticats.ca/article/tiger-cats-announce-alternate-made-in-the-hammer-brand
  6. I guess I just think that wearing the same jersey and pants is enough uniformity to do the job. Nobody is goin to wonder if you're on the other team just from your socks falling down.
  7. I'd assume the barbed wire was to do with cattle ranching. And I can't say I care how high or low their shorts or socks are. This isn't Catholic school where we need to cover up for modesty.
  8. I think they're a little too dark. But I don't hate them.
  9. Just to add to this. Another factor was that there were multiple football clubs in Toronto competing in various leagues up until the 50s/60s. So there weren't the Toronto club, they were a Toronto club. But, they were the Argonaut club. So, "A" logos.
  10. I never got it besides its nostalgia factor. But as a Ticats fan, I fully support the Argos adopting a corny-ass logo. So... well done!
  11. There's probably a couple million of those stashed in childrens' closets across the country.
  12. Nothing great architecturally, but the "skyline" is dominated by the escarpment. I think a profile of that, with the orange glow coming from the lower side where the mills are, would have been cool. They have their whole future to get to that, I imagine they wanted to establish that the identity isn't strictly "steel" fairly early on.
  13. Just found this, and love the overall series! My thoughts on each team: BS: The update was a good upgrade, I just don't know if I'd ever be a fan of those "swoopy" stripes. Looks a little 90's soccer to me. Edmonton: Solid uniforms, the white EE definitely improved the logo. My other thought before I got to the update was to have the stripes beside the E's be a thinner lineweight, but the white accomplishes the same thing. LOVE the overall combination of the EE with aligning stripes. Calgary: Like the concept, I think the logo could stand to be a little more flattened and simplified. Doesn't need all the shadows. Overall solid. Sask: Classic uniform, enough said. The Wheat/Football secondary is marvelous. The primary I wouldn't say is an upgrade, to me it looks slightly like an event logo. Bombers: Mostly a miss for me. I like their current royal blue over your more nay-ish choice, and the RCAF roundel is a bit close to Jets territory. It does have me wondering about using a Rugby League-style chevron to incorporate the military chevrons. Also I hate the Bombers, you'll see why... Hamilton: My team!! Overall not bad. It might a trick of the borders but it looks like the logo on black is at a different angle than the one on yellow? Decent, tough looking tiger head though. The wordmark looks pretty close to the old 90s/2000s-ish one. I can't say it's an upgrade over the current block wordmarks based on the old serif "H". I don't mid tiger stripes but would keep it to one element - thinking pant stripe. Toronto: Well done! Something new, classy, fits their overall branding perfectly. I would believe that was real if I saw it on social media. Ottawa: Love the plaid, love the wordmarks. Something about the axe-head-R doesn't quite work for me, although I do like the concept. I think their lumberjack's name is Joe. Montreal: A very good update of their previous set. Arguably what a lot of people would have preferred when the new bi-colour set came out. Schooners - Nice logo! interesting colours that work. Not sure I dig the number font but that's all I can really come up with. Quebec: I lie the colours and Identity. I think you could take you logo and take it two ways. A primary with more of the focus on the canoe and paddler, and a secondary with the Q/Compass. London: Purple makes sense, both from a league colour scheme perspective and from appealing to a Western U fanbase. The logo does feel a bit too "college" compared to the rest of the league to me. Portland: Knocked it out of the park. I could also see the secondary C logo but with the fish head working pretty well. Boise: Solid, i like the earthy tones. Moose antler helmet logo is incredible fun. St. Louis: Not sure how you could fix the logo but I don't think it's there yet as far as recognizing the shape. Interesting identity on it's own although I'm not the biggest fan on non-noun names. Hartford: Very cool, nice job tying in the Whalers aesthetic. I think the Acorn/Football has a lot of potential as a larger logo on it's own. Orlando: Very good uniform I'm getting some sunny/frosty Third Reich vibes from the bird logo though? Columbus: Just not "digging" it.... I know you said up front you were going for minor league cartoony and.... yep. Just don't like that for the CFL. Overall very fun to look through, and the Schooners in particular made me rethink what I expect from them if they ever do start (looking really unlikely due to Covid, and the gov't seemingly unwilling to help the league at all now, definitely won't be funding a stadium any time soon)
  14. This just occurred to me, not sure if it's been discussed elsewhere... They're the Brewers, so it's barley, not wheat.
  15. Hmmm....... Gives me immediate Montreal vibes.
  16. I think it was more that NE took over buying from Adidas's factory while they spent a year designing. I don't think the CFL is going around sourcing jersey factories and designing them themselves.
  17. No change in the CFL this year with the move from Adidas to NE. Same factory, different logo embroidered on.
  18. I agree with you, the Bombers have looked real good for a while (away). Royal blue is much better than the navy, though. Love the current home ones. I think Hamilton is another team that could pull off going back to gold for away jerseys.
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