Gothamite

Had Marquette wanted to keep “Warriors” thirty years ago, they absolutely could have salvaged it with a new mascot. I’ve said that before. But it’s the difference between being proactive and holding out until you are finally forced to do the right thing. Washington has lost any benefit of the doubt by refusing to even acknowledge the problem for a half-century after First Nations representatives initially asked them to. If Washington had taken these steps in the 1970s, or even in the 1990s as Marquette did, then they could have made the case that “Warriors” was something other than the transparent wink-and-nod that it would obviously be today.

It would be more insulting as if they used “warriors” pretending that it never had any native connotations in our country. taking that name off the table is the right call.

I agree, but then I've come to the conclusion that no teams should have sleeve striping, since no teams actually have sleeves anymore. Strip it off the road, and you've got a great set of jerseys.

looks like Wikipedia, from the self-appointed uniform guardian who insists on making the graphics, fights anyone who intrudes on his turf, and still gets the details wrong.

Unsurprisingly blah hype video for a blah shirt.

which one is that? Go for it.

I love it. And the more "bird on ball" logos we get, the more closer we come to my dream of a pigeon badge for NYCFC.

That's true. But while teams aren't required to wear their alternates every year, those alts still can't be replaced until after five seasons.

Hearts have a new kit, and new charity sponsor. I hate the thick white cuffs, but everything else is great. here’s the long sleeve version. You can also see the back sponsor, which doesn’t appear to be on the retail versions.

its only for the upcoming anniversary season. retro-inspired.

Doesn’t mean they should be using them all in the same set. pick a blue and stick with it, boys. Just commit.

Oh, I get that. And I certainly appreciate how we emotionally relate to uniforms based on the years they represent. But in a vacuum, going solely on aesthetics, I like the black dropshadows for them.

pair those jerseys with the regular pants and helmet and they should just wear them full time. Love the drop shadows.

Wow. That’s gorgeous.

Absolutely, but in fairness it didn’t exactly take Nostradamus to say “the league that has already abandoned most of its once-sensible uniform regulations can’t be trusted with multiple helmets.”

I wouldn't say "fine", but solid blue shorts would make it suck just a little less.

Amen. @oldschoolvikings, this is a heartbreaking concept. The Packer should adopt it, but won’t. the only and I mean ONLY thing I’d change is the collar of the navy jersey. It should be gold all around, even when it drops lower than the yoke.

Yep. That's about the size of it. I understand the need to educate white Americans about a holiday that has largely gone unacknowledged until recently. But spread awareness of the holiday itself, and you don't need to label the flag.

With Juneteenth on the verge of being recognized as a federal holiday, there's a lot of focus on the Juneteenth flag. And I love it. The idea came from a Boston activist, and the design from illustrator Lisa Graf. She describes the symbolism this way: A couple years later, somebody added the date as an alternate version. Major, major downgrade. And now, like with many public domain designs, there are a bunch of unofficial versions. Shame. They haven't improved upon the original.

This is absolutely what the Packers should be wearing. The changes are simple enough that many Packers fans wouldn't notice, and even those who did wouldn't get upset since you're returning elements of the classic Lombardi uniform as it was meant to be. I especially love the simple number font - the Packers bought those for the 1960 season. If anything, they could be a little bit bolder: Bravo, man. Well done. You are absolutely correct, sir. In the Packers' case, they bought a bunch of new jerseys every year, and took whatever stock number font the manufacturer used. But in addition to buying new ones, they also re-used old jerseys for several seasons, resulting in many different fonts on the field at once. This photo was taken on December 1960: Most players are wearing the 1960 numbers, but Emlen Tunnell in the back is wearing a 1959 jersey with serifs. I love when this creeps into team photos. And, of course, this thrifty habit goes way back. Dig the 4s.

Gridiron Database is wrong. The pants were gold. It's an easy mistake to make, and one the Packers themselves keep making. If you look at the Hutson and Lambeau photo, you can see that the pants were made of a couple different types of fabric (which were also different from the jersey). That fabric sometimes appears on film as a khaki color. But look at this still from the same game film - more gold. The pants here look like a matte version of the shiny gold numbers. Not a lot of pants from the period have actually survived. I know of two in private collections and have seen one pair in my life, and they were gold. The interior leg fabric had faded quite a bit, but the exterior leg fabric was still bright and vivid gold.

I think it's time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together.

It really didn't. I can say that with absolute certainty for NYCFC. Nashville was admitted after they got their own stadium plan passed. Atlanta got in under the rule that existed before Seattle was admitted. If Seattle was that kind of game-changer, we'd see other expansion teams in NFL stadiums unrelated to their ownership groups. Which we haven't. And Chicago? That's more desperation than anything. But it's also not an expansion club.

They don't, actually. They don't usually open the upper levels, unless it's a rivalry game or playoff. Not that I'm knocking them at all for that; it's still very impressive. But nobody knew that at the time they were admitted into the league. That's not why they were allowed to play in an NFL stadium.

And it is never a "jerk move" to defend your copyright. Even if they had waited until the league folded, so what? Somebody could have bought the league's assets out of bankruptcy and used them. And the NFL might not be able to do anything at that point, having failed to take action earlier.