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"Dear Mr. President, There are too many hockey teams nowadays. Please eliminate three. P.S. I am not a crackpot"

Honestly, this is probably the most "vivid and unique" design of the "template era." So, I'm about to tangent off into some analytical design thought, but: While I understand the NFL's initial rationale that they wanted to create a "strong, consistent brand" for the Super Bowl, I think that philosophy was misguided, as is evident by their efforts to gradually add more "local flavor" to the logos. I've always thought that the Roman numerals were the strongest element of the Super Bowl brand — moreso than the Lombardi trophy or the name "Super Bowl" itself. They own the use of Roman numerals in sports. Hell, the Super Bowl is probably the only reason why a lot of people even know how to read/interpret Roman numerals. The logos of yore always did something super creative that made the Roman numerals the focal point. That's what made it work, and that's what made the past decade's worth of logos super bland. If the NFL wants to maintain a "cohesive brand" for the Super Bowl, then I propose this: keep the "Super Bowl" bar-text and even the image of the trophy, but allow each Super Bowl to do whatever they want with the Roman numerals and other elements surrounding the logo, so long as they incorporate that bar-text and trophy image within specified parameters. That way, you achieve the happy medium of "consistent brand" with "unique for each event" — not unlike the unique branding of each Olympics (which, the Olympic rings were cited as a reason for creating the templated Super Bowl logo in the first place).

"Joe Buck, it's nothing personal, I just happen to hate your stupid face." — Jim Brockmire

If any team in the league is in desperate need of a complete rebrand, it's the Rockies. It just screams mid-'90s, and not in a good way.

Earlier in the thread, it was shown the official Pantone and CMYK values for the new colors. They'll be able to match those in print and textile.

I think geography was the biggest issue, since since the bulk of the teams in the other power conferences are in the eastern-central parts of the country.

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This. The CAA doesn't have the best conference logo, but they don't have the worst conference logo, either.

He's holding it the same way that Strong Bad can type with boxing gloves on.

The Browns mascot looks like an abstractly mascotified version of Drew Carey. It's perfect.

I support this as long as they change their nickname to the Screaming Eagles.

The "Michigan Helmet Project" shows images of football helmets for all of the state's high schools (that have football teams): https://www.michiganhelmetproject.com You can see a lot of borrowed artwork amongst them.

Well, to be fair, they had the pinwheel before Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers joined in. They could keep expanding it, but ultimately in the long run it's cheaper for them to have a logo that can stick around for a while without needing to be updated every time they add a new team to the conference.

A lot of high schools in Michigan use recolored variations of Michigan's winged helmet design.

If a company wants to sponsor a team badly enough, they can have their branding department create a version of their logo that meets the team's requirements. Companies make their own branding rules (well, the marketing agencies that create their brands set the rules, but the companies still have final say).