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1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

Jeez, you’re super hypercritical of a team based in Detr— oh wait.

No. I'm supercritical of an idiotic idea.

I didn't really expect you to answer the question I asked, but I'll try again. If people in Detroit aren't attending games now, what makes you think moving  them 2.5 hours away will make more of them attend? Remember - that's what you said here:
Would there actually be enough fans willing to make the 2.5-3 hr trek outside of Detroit to see a spring league football game? Enough to fill 1/3 of the stadium?

14 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Just throwing out ideas for the UFL to mask the horrendous attendance numbers of Ford Field

How about finding a place that wants to attend? Moving them Western Michigan in hopes that people would make a 2.5 hour drive is stupid. They aren't making that long of a drive now - why would they do it to go someplace else to see them????

Seriously - WTF?

On 5/21/2024 at 5:52 PM, mafiaman said:

I’d prefer Black Diamond’s but maybe that’s just me.  

Why possessive rather than plural?

9 minutes ago, Dilbert said:

Pretending to be shocked, the now defunct Louisiana VooDoo owe UL Lafayette more than $30,000 for use of Blackham Coliseum. The insurance certificate provided to the university listed the  also now defunct Minnesota Myth as the insured party. Im pretty sure this is the same reason they got kicked out of Lake Charles.

 

https://lailluminator.com/2024/05/20/lafayette-arena-football/

Good luck getting blood from THAT turnip.

2 hours ago, WBeltz said:

That would be the perfect way to do it. The White Sox did it with theirs, I think it would be a great way to keep a traditional look (I.e. pinstripes) with a more modern outlook, and keep it in the Yankee's ballpark. Even do a hat with a Navy "NY" logo outlined in white and boom. There it is.

Because some other team did something is not a good reason for another team to do it, especially one with a storied history and infrequently changing uniform. This same suggestion was made in the NFL thread that because the Carolina Panthers had done something, the Green Bay Packers should as well. Nope.

1 hour ago, burgundy said:

 

So what is "enough", and why is minor league football expected to draw so many more people than other minor league sports? The league-wide attendance average for the AHL this past season was 5,920, and that was a record high. The top team, Cleveland, averaged 10,347. For baseball, the IL averaged 6,061 and the PCL averaged 5,762, with their top teams averaging 7,990 and 7,048 respectively.

 

So while Michigan's numbers could certainly be better, it seems pretty in line with minor league attendance numbers.

 

I guess 'not enough' in terms of being financially viable.

Too many people seem to will this into being bigger than it is. I agree with you that it is minor league football. But minor league football doesn't play in major league venues on broadcast TV - so there's a disconnect. I try to point that out when people don't seem to (want to) see it.

1 hour ago, Sykotyk said:

You don't think more people would even be aware such a team even exists?  And a few of them might go to a game? You think there was no reason The Rock was the face of the XFL last year and not Gerry Cardinale?

The Rock was the face of it because he invested in it. Do I think his presence made a difference in attendance? Only slightly.  I mean, look at the numbers. What did it matter? He's likely a bigger star given Hollywood than Brady is. So what sort of attendance bump do you get from Brady as owner.

You said it yourself - maybe a few more would attend. That's not enough.

12 minutes ago, Sykotyk said:

"Legitimacy". People are lemmings who follow the crowd. There's a reason 'celebrities' and 'influencers' are a thing.

 

There's a reason 3 million people follow Tom Brady on Twitter and 14.9 million on Instagram.

 

And it's not because he posts a lot of insightful things for his followers.

How many of those people would go to a football game because he's the owner? How many of them are near enough to do so?

2 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

Unfortunately for you, it’s not that serious.

Thanks - I missed your sarcasm. I guess when I see somebody putting forth an idea, I assume they actually think it's an idea.

2 hours ago, adsarebad said:

Insane that they believe  they are  beyond a CC uniform but  just fine with an ugly ad patch on the sleeve...

 

A Navy blue jersey in the style of this St. Louis CC jersey would not exactly tarnish their brand.

 

:censored:, you can get pink, purple, red, green Yankee caps, and 10 million different kind of merchandise with the NY logo on it.  From purses to underwear to  soap dispensers!

 

Are they really trying to tell us, that they are so precious and holy  that a CC uniform is beneath them!?

 

 

Just because they sell it doesn't meant the team has to wear it. They can still make money by selling it without wearing it -- I wish other teams tried that.

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

A Tom Brady owned Panthers team just might be the push the franchise needs to get good attendance numbers

Explain that logic. Why would people who don't attend the Panthers now suddenly attend because the owner went to UM?

Why do you think people attend games? How far down the list (or in this case, up on the list) do you think the owner is?

18 minutes ago, Josiah2022YT said:

Maybe The Philadelphia Soul Will Play In PPL Center, Liacouras Center Or Wells Fargo Arena 

Bear? Is that you?

What makes you think the Soul will return? 

58 minutes ago, Marlins93 said:

IMO "extremely boring" is bad in its own way. It means that it really has no right to exist. The Cardinals have a very nice "normal" uniform set, so it's definitely disappointing that they will be wearing something boring/inferior at least once over every homestand.

My logic behind not wanting alts is right there.

Is it a better look than your regular look? Then wear it all the time. If not, don't wear it.

32 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:

My proposal to solve the NFL’s sock problem:

 

If you can show the NFL how this will make them money, they'll be all over it. If not ...

I thought Sports Fan Fiction was shut down 

2 hours ago, Dynasty said:

Can someone tell me the benefit of pulling a pitcher from a no-hitter? He could've made history in just his second start.

Kerry Wood

53 minutes ago, TBGKon said:

Most minor league teams will use a non monogram logo for the primary hat for licensing purposes.  This way they can license their logo/apparel to little league teams.  I know in my area there's plenty of Yard Goats, Threshers, Bananas, Trash Pandas, etc. almost just as frequently if not more often than Yankees, Rays, Braves, etc.

That makes a ton of sense. I never thought about it.

1 hour ago, The_Admiral said:

Can they fit "FORD HONDA CHEVY BEEMERS AND MINIVANS" on there too?

Do people from the DMV area not realize that most of the rest of us think of the Department of Motor Vehicles when we see DMV?

2 hours ago, McCall said:

That would make a possessive. Then it would read "Utah Yeti's ___". His what? What is it that belongs to Utah Yeti?

The Yeti's jersey's 

9 hours ago, Marlins93 said:

I feel you are misrepresenting what I said. I don't believe I ever insinuated that most of the CCs use airport codes. I merely said that I am surprised by the appreciation for certain CC renditions, such as Cleveland and Milwaukee, because their designs heavily incorporate those poor choices.

 

In one of my other posts, I listed various other reasons why the CC concept is failing miserably. Fauxbacks too reminiscent of throwbacks, excessive use of black/charcoal, and some that are just flat out ugly.

I won't defend that cap logo, because it's trying too hard to be cute by shoehorning the 414 into the MKE ( a nod to the Ball-in-Glove 'two things at once' logo), but given that the uniform doesn't say MKE, it says Brew City, I'm hard pressed to see how Milwaukee heavily incorporates the airport code in the design. The design is centered around the throwback colors and kitschy uses of Brewer icons (barley, grills from tailgating). I wish Bernie Brewer were on the cap without a doubt. If the uni said Brewers or Milwaukee with a different cap logo, it would be a totally fine alternate.

13 minutes ago, shaydre1019 said:

My question with these are:

1. it's not a throwback

2. If it's a color rush, would it be replacing green?

3. If it is in fact legit, why would they use that hybrid font and Agency nameplate font? is that even allowed or does it have to be current or legacy typefaces being used?

They're more like guidelines

[/Pirates of the Caribbean]

34 minutes ago, Marlins93 said:

 

I know some like them, but I do not like the San Diego and Milwaukee versions. Those are in the "bad" category for me. But I would say the Angels one is probably top three for me. 

 

City Connect started really going off the rails for me in 2023, so I think I agree with your overall point. This is when the designs started to get really, really lazy. Atlanta and Seattle basically with fauxbacks. The excessive use of black and/or charcoal elsewhere. More three-letter laziness. And some flat-out bad designs that are either hideous or just don't fit the city identity well.

 

Again, some good/interesting ones in the mix, but I'm soured on this on the whole, I'd just rather it go away entirely.

Anecdotally, those two are beloved where they were released. That might be the only opinion that matters.

I know we argue uniform aesthetics here, and I'm NOT going down the path of '[insert city name] is different, you have to live here to understand', but it's worth noting.

10 hours ago, BBTV said:

 VS chiefs must not be a national game otherwise it’d be contractually bound to be one of KC’s 13 home games. 

Isn't this trope dead and buried by now? Good grief - we all know that the schedule is pre-determined years in advance in terms of home and road.

1 hour ago, Brass said:

 

The problem is that there was contact on Coyle by Bennett, and the rule is pretty clear.

 

 

Not trying to argue for a penalty on Bennett, but definitely arguing the should have been disallowed.

Could they disallow the goal since they didn't call the penalty? I thought that's what I heard during the game.

I agree it should have been a penalty, but it doesn't seem to be possible to disallow the goal since a penalty wasn't called. 

1 hour ago, Anubis2051 said:

https://www.giants.com/news/giants-100th-season-logo-reveal-2024-celebration

 

 

Love it. Wish there was a Yankee Stadium reference though. 

That's a nice Easter egg with the not-yet-announced throwback helmet.