QCS 2,594 Posted January 2 18 minutes ago, ffdb38 said: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC I think they're referring to the new rule, which is very unlikely to happen in Korea or Japan. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pepis21 2,164 Posted January 3 On 12/30/2020 at 6:01 AM, Lana_del_Bae said: Corporate team names are pretty tacky. Would never happen in Japan or Korea, but would be nice to see there Japanese teams in J-League actually got pretty neutral names and most of them are founded as a work clubs by corporates like Mitsubishi (Urawa Red Diamonds) or Mazda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima). Same with Korean teams so I'm ok with that. Names after sponsorship or taking ownership in later phase of club existence that's a different case. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ffdb38 37 Posted January 3 17 hours ago, QCS said: I think they're referring to the new rule, which is very unlikely to happen in Korea or Japan. Sorry, after reading it a second time it looks more likely the case. Was just thinking though there is one "club" that bothers me the most around the world.......RedBull. New York, Salzburg and Leipzig et all. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QCS 2,594 Posted January 3 5 hours ago, pepis21 said: Japanese teams in J-League actually got pretty neutral names and most of them are founded as a work clubs by corporates like Mitsubishi (Urawa Red Diamonds) or Mazda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima). Same with Korean teams so I'm ok with that. Names after sponsorship or taking ownership in later phase of club existence that's a different case. J. League is pretty good about it, but NPB is chock full of corporate names. Stuff like Yomiuri, Nippon-Ham, SoftBank, Seibu, and several more stuff their names into the team's name. Some supplant the geographic name all together! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sportsfan7 432 Posted January 4 On 1/3/2021 at 9:54 AM, QCS said: J. League is pretty good about it, but NPB is chock full of corporate names. Stuff like Yomiuri, Nippon-Ham, SoftBank, Seibu, and several more stuff their names into the team's name. Some supplant the geographic name all together! Any league whose branding makes it appear that they have a team named the Ham Fighters (I know its really just the Fighters sponsored by Nippon Ham) is doing something right. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lana_del_Bae 90 Posted January 5 On 1/3/2021 at 9:54 AM, QCS said: J. League is pretty good about it, but NPB is chock full of corporate names. Stuff like Yomiuri, Nippon-Ham, SoftBank, Seibu, and several more stuff their names into the team's name. Some supplant the geographic name all together! Yeah and even though most of them have their geographic name in there too people rarely use it (think the "of Anaheim" part of Los Angeles Angels) As weird as it is from a Western perspective to see the corporate names there first it would be even weirder as a casual follower of NPB to see Kobe Tigers, Tokyo Giants (yes, I know foreigners love to call them that but still) etc. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QCS 2,594 Posted January 5 12 minutes ago, Lana_del_Bae said: Yeah and even though most of them have their geographic name in there too people rarely use it (think the "of Anaheim" part of Los Angeles Angels) As weird as it is from a Western perspective to see the corporate names there first it would be even weirder as a casual follower of NPB to see Kobe Tigers, Tokyo Giants (yes, I know foreigners love to call them that but still) etc. I know that when the league abbreviates team names, they use the first character of the company's name, with the exception of Hiroshima. For example, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows are abbreviated as「ヤ」("ya") instead of anything from Tokyo. I understand why they do it, but it doesn't make it any less lame. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin W. 1,956 Posted January 5 On 12/29/2020 at 9:01 PM, Lana_del_Bae said: Corporate team names are pretty tacky. Would never happen in Japan or Korea, but would be nice to see there You want to see tacky corporate names? Look at the Philippine Basketball Association. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 5,754 Posted January 17 https://www.instagram.com/p/CKJkCn5hrf9/?igshid=xp761hmgsign Man United Chinese New Year jerseys. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berlin Wall 1,244 Posted February 11 Sparta Prague will get a new visual identity from next season. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lana_del_Bae 90 Posted February 12 Old crest for reference: I do like the new crest, assuming they use a version sans bottom text for most applications. They probably could have wrapped the text around the circle at the sides instead of dumping it to the bottom but if they rarely use that version and let the main design stand on its own then it doesn't matter much I suppose. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 5,754 Posted February 22 https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/02/adidas-argentina-2020-home-kit-info.html Some of the new kit sponsors are getting announced for the 2021-2022 seasons. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
