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MilSox

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  1. As a Chicago resident who is more than likely moving near Sox Park (even CTA calls it that), I may have to get that green jacket.
  2. Not to take away from your work, but Wild-Hawks would go over like a fart in church at Lambeau. Especially if they did Vikings-Bears cosplay. There's no way an NHL game could happen in Green Bay without the Detroit Red Wings. The basic rule of thumb with Wisconsin NHL fandom is "What border are you closest to?" So Western Wisconsin tends to go for the Wild. The I-94 corridor (Metro Milwaukee, on down through Kenosha) is Blackhawks country. Except for the smattering of Admirals loyalists who root for the Predators. Green Bay/Northeast Wisconsin is full of transplants from Upper Michigan. So much so that Red Wings games were shown on Green Bay television back in the day. My grandparents lived just south of there when I was growing up and I got to see the Russian Five because of it. In other words. Hawks-Wings at Lambeau probably would work. Wild-Wings probably would too. But Hawks-Wild definitely would not.
  3. They're just a cash grab and trivialize all it has ever meant to have a good season. I was never a huge college football fan. But I remember what a big deal it was in 1993 when the Badgers finally made it to the Rose Bowl. Now that there's a playoff, it should mean the same thing. But if an inferior team just happens to have your number during championship week, it undoes everything you've accomplished during the season. Not a fan.
  4. The name Milwaukee came from an indigenous word meaning "gathering place by the waters" (sorry to disappoint you fellow Wayne's World fans), so it's not totally random. But still. What does blue actually add to the Bucks palate? Green, cream, and gold work well together, and at least you can argue that black was part of their identity from the start. Blue just seems so tacked on, unnecessary, and only adds to the chaos of random colors they've used over the years.
  5. I miss those old barns. Seeing the Irish Rainbows reminded me of the old MECCA. This one is from before the floor that would make it famous. It's funny to me when people claim the Bucks have a fairweather fanbase because all they ever knew until recently was them playing in the Bradley Center. A horrible arena with no atmosphere. Nothing beat the atmosphere at the MECCA. It would get so loud the sound would bounce off the ceiling and make the walls vibrate. We really lost something when they moved to the Bradley Center. Granted it didn't help that the team absolutely stunk until we got Ray Allen. Then George Karl had him traded away for peanuts. I'm glad we're starting to get the old atmosphere back now with the Forum. But nothing will ever beat the old MECCA to me.
  6. I'm not a laywer. But I'm quite sure the AFL Milwaukee Iron abandoned the trademark when they bought the rights to the Milwaukee Mustangs. I'm also told that Seattle Sounders FC skirted trademark issues with the original Seattle Sounders by adding the FC.
  7. I don't doubt that's what they're leaning into now. But again, they introduced blue when Giannis was still just a project. Not something they were banking the franchise on. Still. Their regular look has a timeless quality to it, and now they won a championship with it. They should be milking that for all it's worth. The Bulls didn't dilute their brand when they had MJ and he was a global sensation. I'd think Greek people would be content to wear green & cream since those are the colors of the Greek Freak.
  8. I know next to nothing about Oregon, but I love projects like this. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this league.
  9. I heard this as well. But I could never buy it. Yes, the Antetokumbros are from Greece, but ethnically they're Nigerian and act like it, and I never thought it's a coincidence that Giannis wears the same number as Hakeem the Dream. Besides, they chose to make blue a "team color" when Giannis was still a rookie who no one was sold on because Yi Jianlian happened just a few years before and turned out to be a bill of goods. I was relieved when the Bucks finally got rid of purple, and now that's starting to creep back in too. But I could even deal with that over blue, since Ray Allen was my idol. Stop trying to make blue a thing!
  10. How does this get botched so often? The Cleveland Guardians did it right... they found something uniquely Cleveland and were able to sell the new name on the basis of local pride that was more legit than the old name. But in college especially, the trend seems to be to replace the old name with something so painfully generic that it defeats the purpose of getting rid of the old name, because the controversy remains. With my first paycheck, I bought a Marquette Warriors basketball. They became the Golden Eagles a few months later. For as much as I think the "Warriors forever" crowd needs to get over it already, who the hell actually wants to take pride in being a Golden Eagle? Marquette's affiliated high school in Milwaukee is still the Hilltoppers, which was MU's original nickname. MU's old football team was the Golden Avalanche, which is incredibly unique and would take the piss out of any "MUH TRADITION" argument against getting rid of Warriors. But they decided Golden Eagles was the best option going forward? That's how I feel about this. As much as I can understand the desire to get rid of the old name, they replaced it with something that basically amounts to "We're the Canadian schools that plays against the American schools.... go team!" Ugh......
  11. Even with the various changes in colors over the years, their original logo was green, gold, black, and white (cream). There was black Bucks merch long before NWA became a thing and convinced every team to wear black. If they can't use cream anymore because it's too close to the color of the floor, then ditch blue for neon green. Either way I do not get this obsession with blue. Most NBA cities are on a big body of water. That doesn't make us unique. It makes me think our owners are just bitter that they don't own the Knicks.
  12. I keep saying.... Milwaukee Iron FC. No need to overthink it. I feel like that or MKE Iron FC or Milw Iron FC would fit better on your design. I love the colors though and the overall concept. You've definitely got something here!
  13. This was my thought exactly. Why couldn't that have made them green? I may have actually liked them. But no... they have to keep trying to make blue a thing. In fact, there's not a single dark Bucks uniform I've ever liked that wasn't green or black. Unless you count the MECCA unis, which as strange as they are, they pay tribute to something that was such an important facet of the Bucks identity and image once upon a time. But having seen the current city edition in action now, I officially hate it. And did they have to wear it on the road against a team that normally wears blue and plays on a blue floor? It was so damn frustrating trying to follow the game. If they want to keep the city edition around, do it within the confines of established team colors or don't do it at all.
  14. This was the direction to go in if they were gonna do any rebranding. Even the kids these days love 80s nostalgia. That said, I already like the Starry branding better than anything they've ever trotted out for Sierra Mist.
  15. Think of sponsorship and promo potential: "Tonight the Wiz was brought to you by Budweiser. We encourage you to continue enjoying the Wiz after a cold, refreshing Budweiser!"
  16. Once you get over your idea of what the Brewers "should" look like (pretty damn close to what they do now), these are actually quite ingenious. They definitely fit in with a lot of the other late 90s rebrands (Anaheim and Tampa Bay come to mind).
  17. Plus, they look less like the Packers by limiting gold to an accent color. Despite being a matchup between two teams with classic uniforms, Super Bowl XLV was proof that too much yellow is a thing.
  18. Those games didn't get sports coverage until cable TV was a thing and ESPN was reaching as far as barstool racing for content. Major golf tournaments have always gotten network coverage as long as I've been alive. That's why it gets singled out. How the hell is golf actually a spectator sport, anyway? Even with bowling and how I'd rather do it than watch it, I can understand why people would watch that. My idea of hell is where there's nothing to do but watch golf.
  19. Redtails was absolutely the direction to go it. Especially if they chose a military themed name anyway. Benajmin Davis Jr of the Tuskeegee Airmen was from DC. They could have kept the feathers since actual red tails are hawks. And suddenly the team's famous fight song rhymes. ("Hail to the Redtails.") This was so easy for Dan Snyder not to :censored: up. But in true Snyder fashion......
  20. I like March Madness... for basketball. Where there are a lot more teams and the difference in competition level between conferences isn't so dramatic. But even then, I think their process is backwards. The regular season champions should play in the NCAA. The conference tournament champions should have to snag an At Large bid or play in the NIT. But I feel championships should reward an entire season. Not just who got hot at the right time.
  21. I can see expanding to a 5 team format and doing how the NFL used to do the playoffs when each conference had 3 division winners and two wild cards. But if you can't finish ranked in the Top 5, I'm not sure you deserve to play for a championship.
  22. I never said there was a rule per se. Just that such things are more in line with baseball traditions... a sport that leans on tradition probably more than any other sport. FWIW, I would prefer we had the California Angels back. It was just a serendipitous coincidence that the city had the same initial as the nickname.
  23. College sports is a different aesthetic with different expectations. Still, SMU introduced a D logo and Dallas jerseys which seem to have gone over well with their fanbase.
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