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Jason Kelce had his ankles all taped up for that retirement press conference. “You all know about the on-field accomplishments, and many of the off-field ones, too, but what this man has meant to me and now my family over the past decade plus is nearly indescribable,” O’Pella wrote. “ In what would be his final season, when I was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo radiation and chemo, he offered his shore house if I needed to get away, and offered to pay for meal services to help my wife and me out, and he called me randomly when I had been home, too sick to come in because of chemo, just to check on me and chat about random things. That’s who he is as a person. I taped this guy’s ankles and thumbs everyday for 13 seasons, and when he played his last game in Tampa, again I couldn’t be there due to cancer. And when he told me he would be retiring and I expressed my regret of not being the last person to ever tape him, he offered to have me tape him for his retirement press conference. That’s who he is. And I hope theses stories can add to an already unbelievable legacy.” The same trainer had been taping his ankles for his whole career, except got cancer, and missed the last game because of chemo, so someone else taped him up. Kelce asked if he could tape him up for the press conference so that he'd be the last person ever to do it. Maybe annoying, but one of the more thoughtful and genuine people I've ever seen in sports. He's honestly impossible to hate. The funny thing is that if teams ever stop giving Jason Peters money just for him to be hurt, the Eagles could have two OLs going into the HOF in the same year. That's got to be a record.

I remember when the Eagles drafted Carson Wentz, they said the plan was for him to sit two seasons, and spend the time learning the playbook, learning about the city, learning about the fans, meeting people, and other completely absurd nonsense like that. Then the idiot Vikings (sorry!) offered them a 1st-round pick for Sam Bradford (they're sooooo dumb!) and Wentz started right away, and lead them to the #1 seed that helped them win the Super Bowl in his second season (when the original plan was for him to still be holding town hall meetings with fans.)

Due didn't even get a college scholarship, and had to walk on a Cincinnati as a linebacker before moving to OL. He's now going down as arguably the greatest center of all time, and the HOF is basically announcing he'll be a first ballot.

Patriotic for a team named for revolutionary-era patriots to wear the colors of the "red coats" that they were fighting against? More treasonous if you ask me (which you didn't) (and no, I'm not suggesting that any players get hanged for treason). Not every colonial soldier wore blue, especially since many were essentially wearing tattered rags, but red is distinctly British. And no, there's not green eagles or navy bears, but when the team is named for a very specific human that wore a uniform (or at least battled against humans in uniforms) then the colors should be more representative. Also their logo at the time wore a blue coat - that should definitely be an indicator that their jersey color was mismatched. The Patriots should never have been in red, from their founding until the '90s.

Considering Tom Brady never beat the GOAT in the Super Bowl, Kelce is without a doubt the greatest 6th round draft pick in NFL history.

Jason Kelce is retiring. He couldn't make it through the start of his presser without crying for minutes. Couldn't even get a sentence out. HOFer for sure. Arguably an Eagles Mt. Rushmore player, along with Reggie, Dawkins, Chuck Bednarik. Special recognition to Big Dom for being the lifeblood of the org (and not being sarcastic.) EDIT: Just said on live TV that Nick Foles had the biggest dick on the team, and Doug Pederson the biggest balls. Only one F bomb so far.

I hate the use of the term "rebuild" in sports - especially for when a team has sucked forever. You're not "rebuilding", you're just "building". To "re" build, you have to have been built, and too often, the term is used for teams that were never good. To me, it means that your team was great, but now has some aging superstars that you want to trade a year early rather than a year late (or just on time), knowing that you may take a step back. A "rebuild" shouldn't be used for any team that's hit Rock Bottom (I expect a C&D from The Rock for that.)

Nah. They can even be an inch shorter. The problem is that the awfulness of the tights is inversely proportional to the length of the shorts, so they'd look bad. I have no problem with guys wearing tights - I do it from time to time at the gym, even in warm-ish weather - but there needs to be some way to make it more of a part of the uniform. I've commented on the long arms thing before. Usually with the NFL reveals, where they have the guys flexing with their arms down, they're practically at their ankles. It's not natural, and I'm not sure why they do it.

I thought the Flyers did a smart thing a few years ago by putting the player's picture on an otherwise generic banner. That way, the banners could be consistent without any worry about what uniform the player wore or what number font (not that it's an issue with the Flyers, but is for other clubs. They've since standardized them to match the current uniform:

There is 0.0% chance of a permanent MLB team in SLC. I'll change my user name to "I__am_a_flaming_Dbag" for a year (like we made that one guy do) if it happens. Let's take it to the next level: "I_am_a_flaming_communist_dbag_whore". We can pressure the 30ish members of the XII to get that cleared.

The URL isn't trivial, but the lack of alternates is a big deal - especially since some teams have a relatively-equal rotation of jerseys rather than what used to be considered "alternates". Example would be the Padres, who designated their "brown" jerseys as "road", so you wouldn't even know that they had a gray/sand version of their home. Also, the Marlins seem to wear black more than gray, but the black is nowhere to be found. Also the template was horrific from 95-00, but that's been improved upon.

I didn't count that because it seemed necessitated due to the vest (2 digit numbers would never fit there) but I suppose it's one example. My point still holds - the majority of early examples are in line with the logo

I know it's popular to assume that Hurts won't be on the team in 2025 (or whenever the dead-money hit for cutting him is reasonable), but I don't think that's the case. He contributed to the awfulness of the season, but this isn't a Wentz situation at all. I don't know if they have the talent to compete next year or even finish .500 (can't win games if you're giving up 50 a game) but I have confidence that they'll gel better now that they've been through this valley. Kelce coming back would be nice too. *unless the rumors of someone banging someone else's wife/SO are true, which they don't seem to be... but maybe?

That's simply not true. They've said very clearly that they wanted the one-helmet rule to end so that they could have it as an alternate, and at one point, the president (not owner, but I'm pretty sure he's said the same) that they'd run it for a few years before considering any change. Maybe it's just to double dip on merch sales, maybe they just wanted to see it in action to gauge if they (the decision makers) liked it, or maybe some other reason. But at no point have they said that they definitely wanted to change their look.

Also, Dressed To The Nines is basically obsolete now. It's not even HTTPS. I refer to this site for uniform histories, as it's almost all game-worn stuff, and insanely thorough. Now I have caught at least one discrepancy where a Phillies jersey with bootleg numbers was shown, but overall I trust the site. EDIT: unfortunately it stopped being updated in the late 2010s, but it's the best resource I've found for anything up to that point. https://mlbcollectors.com/index.php

As has been confirmed dozens of times by dozens of members, this is generally the case.

But historically, teams with chest logos never put the number low. It's actually a more recent thing.

Yeah I've heard nothing other than they wanted to "test" the '80s greens out for a few seasons before even thinking about making any changes. I'm still on the lookout for the first 2024 jersey that features that wordmark. I'd be shocked if they pushed it off another year, considering they could do it now.

We've talked before about a movie or documentary, what it would be like, and who would play board members. I think the thread is in the Goldmine, but it could be fun to start a new one.

Source?

Here's what he does with the Fanatics and (formerly) the Sixers money. This guy's parties are legendary. Oh what I'd give to be a 5'6" jewish billionaire that gets pro athletes and rappers to temporarily put aside their war against the chosen ones. NGL, he's living the life. Think I might start my own cheap-ass bullcrap poor-shipping and no-customer-service-having apparel company.

Pittsburgh did.

why on earth do some teams put the front number so low when it's on the right (viewer's left) side? I can't think of any scenario where that's preferable to putting it parallel with the logo.

Pretty significantly from the eyes of a uni-conscious person (and a huge upgrade imo), but not to an average fan. For all intents and purposes, they've had the same "look" since 1996, especially since the helmet, logo, and number font haven't changed. Fortunately this terrible idea with the stripes only lasted one season:

But that’s kind of my point. It may have pushed the homeless and drug users into other parts of the city, but does it really bring much economic value on non game days? Dont get me wrong - having something nice where there’s currently crap is better than the alternative (it’s part of why I’m Pro Sixers arena even though there’s a lot of risks and flaws with the plan), but I think that claims (not you specifically, but by most people that support new parks) of revitalization and economic impact are often overblown. “Vitalization” is part of “revitalization”, and I think in many of these cases, it’s more like “clean up and make prettier” more so than “revitalize”. And that’s cool - I’m in favor of that… so long as it’s mostly privately financed.