Gothamite

honesty, if they wanted to modernize this jersey they could have simply removed the white stripe from the shoulders. Add their NY logo to the helmet, and you have a great Jets uniform.

No. it wouldn't. It really, really wouldn't. I don't know if it would look good, but it sure as hell wouldn't be "problematic".

Well, it couldn’t be any worse than the current one.

Lukas says the explanation was never made official - I remember it being much more definite. Or maybe it was just so obvious at the time? https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/081017&sportCat=nfl There was a big kerfuffle at the very thought that Tom Terrific might have to add an initial to the back of his jersey. And as if by magic, the rules changed so he didn’t have to.

Still allowed, just not required. They changed the rule when the Patriots drafted a second Brady. Teams can have multiple players with the same NOB. They don’t have to differentiate but can if they like.

Downgrade all around. The blue doesn’t have as much contrast with the black as red, and neither does the metallic gold over the athletic gold.

Is that supposed to be snakeskin? Tiles on the bottom of a pool? Footprints left by a grape stomper after having finished off a barrel of Sangue di Giuda? Seriously, you have to work really hard to screw up black and blue stripes. Bravo on Inter, I guess.

Looks like they’re borrowing and slightly adapting the Wisconsin Bakers’ Association “Original Cream Puffs” logo for the uniforms. I like it. Very local. Everyone who has been to the State Fair will recognize that logo. And this is an improvement on it. They will also be using the group’s mascot, Craven D. Creampuff. Here she is with Milwaukee’s second-best costumed baseball mascot. EDIT: Looks like we have a sneak peek at the jerseys. These I'm much less enthusiastic about.

I love this one. The little cap and everything.

This home was an absolutely gorgeous Chelsea kit. Was destined to be a downgrade regardless of what replaced it. And if this leak is true, it sure is.

Seconded.

Of course it is. But we can still point out that it’s a bad photoshop.

Good point. I also understand that different designers within a studio can create very different work. Especially if sports isn’t a focus, they might not have a house style.

I call BS on this claim. It's not in any of the promotional materials I can find, and after the wildly successful Forward Madison branding I would expect that to be front and center if true. I did learn a little bit more about the process from this Madison.com article, including this peek at rough drafts: I like that one on top a lot. That would have been a better starting point. We also learned that they considered changing the name too, creating a new mascot called "the Muskellard", a muskie/mallard hybrid. Finally, there was this WTF moment from team president Vern Stenman: Good and bad, man? Seriously? Way to rep your town.

I don't believe that. Not that I doubt the facts, but it seems inconceivable that the best brand in lower-level American soccer came from the same firm that gave us this mess. Seems like the teams may share ownership, but they sure as hell don't share staff. Now that I believe.

Point well taken.

But they’re not pulled straight from the city’s flag. The city uses a very bold gold and saturated sky blue, as seen on their voter drop boxes: Boston also used a pretty standard gold and sky blue. Not these unsaturated, muted wall paint colors. The cream really doesn’t help. Maybe if the blue was more sky and less slate, it would be better.

Yeah, this is... not good. This is the home cap. The winged-M has promise, but they ruin it with the tail, extra outlines and a drop-shadow. Ugh. and this is the road cap. The “cheese home plate” is fine in the context of a batting-mascot logo, I guess, but is pretty stupid on its own. I mean, that is the cap for a professional baseball team. Ugh. Soft unsaturated pastel colors don’t feel particularly “Madison” to me. Nor do they work for a baseball team.

That one I would support him on.

yes. That’s what’s so odd, that the Packers would release such a sloppy photoshop.

You're right. Crummy bootleg all around.

That nameplate font is too small.

Love that font for them. Good on the 49ers.

They aren’t. Eleven retired numbers, counting the one unofficial? That’s too many for them.

Well, diamond is a pretty legitimate indicator of a 75th. Obviously not all teams use one, but plenty have.