tBBP Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Brave-Bird 08 said: Would love to hear an industry expert tell me I am making sweeping accusations, but I wouldn't be shocked if there isn't a committed creative team at Nike like there has been in the past and more stuff is being pushed to catalog orders (or, quite literally, Nike pretending to give schools the sense they are getting special treatment but only producing certain types of options). Not an industry expert, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but Nike is dealing with a couple lawsuits at the moment. Don't know if that's affecting their creative team staff/operations at all, but just something to point out. 1 Quote *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickNolanPhD Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 2 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said: Would love to hear an industry expert tell me I am making sweeping accusations, but I wouldn't be shocked if there isn't a committed creative team at Nike like there has been in the past and more stuff is being pushed to catalog orders (or, quite literally, Nike pretending to give schools the sense they are getting special treatment but only producing certain types of options). Not an industry expert, obviously. Hardly ever post on here! But I am a marketing expert. And it is my speculation that simple monochromatic uniforms are intentional. Like TV numbers decades ago, this boring nearly catalog approach to uniform design is intended because these uniforms will be heavily viewed on vertical videos. There is less real estate for unique designs to be showcased on TikTok. Actually the more basic and easy to identify in a few seconds the better for that platform. Again, speculation. But I think vertical video is the number one influence on CFB uniforms at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midway Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 At first I thought these poor excuses for stripes were flags…Yikes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 11 minutes ago, Midway said: At first I thought these poor excuses for stripes were flags…Yikes. NAU should be way cooler than they are 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 2 hours ago, tBBP said: Not an industry expert, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but Nike is dealing with a couple lawsuits at the moment. Don't know if that's affecting their creative team staff/operations at all, but just something to point out. Nike makes 51 billion annually. I don’t think a few lawsuits are the issue with designs being plain. It more has to do with the company being stretched thin between all the college teams, nfl, nba, mlb, international teams during Olympic year. Just a lot to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, dont care said: Nike makes 51 billion annually. I don’t think a few lawsuits are the issue with designs being plain. It more has to do with the company being stretched thin between all the college teams, nfl, nba, mlb, international teams during Olympic year. Just a lot to do. It's also what happens when the "innovation culture" well runs dry--which is to say, yes, they're stretched thin. But they did that to themselves. As for the $51B in revenue, my business 101 observance says don't get too stuck on the dollar amount of revenue. That really means nothing without knowing what their expenditures and other expenses are or how they're managed. (That's true for any business.) I once worked for two separate behemoth corporations that each pulled in over 80 billion in annual revenue, yet both of them kept crying poor...and ended up laying off a bunch of people in the process. Of course, with both, that had more to do with greed at the top and, um, "misappropriation of funds" at the mid-senior levels, but still. Anyway, my point is that the dollar amounts of those lawsuits may affect employee compensations...and Nike has been laying off people lately. If any of those cuts was within the creative department, it may play some part, however small. All that said...we're just fully in the throwback/traditional design cycle now--special design, catalog order, and/or otherwise. Give it 8-10 years...once the majority of teams start looking all the same again, we'll see the pendulum start to move again. 2 Quote *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH4 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 19 hours ago, Midway said: At first I thought these poor excuses for stripes were flags…Yikes. 19 hours ago, WestCoastBias said: NAU should be way cooler than they are Their uniforms last year were so cool with unique striping. They just had one of the biggest downgrades of the year 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 On 7/19/2024 at 9:13 AM, Brave-Bird 08 said: I'm seeing so many of the same copy-paste designs. Large-scale templating is nothing new in the sports world. Look at the Euros and Copa America. Every Adidas and Nike team wore some variation of the same template. Quote Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (CHL - 2018 Orr Cup Champions) Chicago Rivermen (UBA/WBL - 2014, 2015, 2017 Intercontinental Cup Champions) King's Own Hexham FC (BIP - 2022 Saint's Cup Champions) Portland Explorers (EFL - Elite Bowl XIX Champions) Real San Diego (UPL) Red Bull Seattle (ULL - 2018, 2019, 2020 Gait Cup Champions) Vancouver Huskies (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/19/2024 at 2:31 PM, NickNolanPhD said: Not an industry expert, obviously. Hardly ever post on here! But I am a marketing expert. And it is my speculation that simple monochromatic uniforms are intentional. Like TV numbers decades ago, this boring nearly catalog approach to uniform design is intended because these uniforms will be heavily viewed on vertical videos. There is less real estate for unique designs to be showcased on TikTok. Actually the more basic and easy to identify in a few seconds the better for that platform. Again, speculation. But I think vertical video is the number one influence on CFB uniforms at the moment. This seems like a stretch to me. Reveal videos for social media have been standard practice for a while now, but it's only in the last couple years that all personality has been sucked out of college football uniforms. Maybe CFB uniforms with a modicum of thought put into them were just a zero-interest-rate phenomenon, and the return to generic templates is a cost-cutting measure. Quote POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny the Sheeb Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I've said this before, but CFB uniforms were way more boring around five to six years ago. So many teams were going with minimalist, monochrome-heavy, simplified looks. Washington State, Baylor, Illinois, Wake Forest, West Virginia; heck, even Oregon. I get the frustration with everyone using the same striping patterns, but at least stripes are SOMETHING. Compare Baylor's or Illinois's uniforms to what they had a few years ago. Way more appealing, at least to me. 3 Quote "The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/18/2024 at 8:58 AM, jerrylawless3 said: Clemson is in the F.U.S.E. template. That may just be a patch slapped on an old jersey for the "promotional" event. I saw that but didn’t think much of it. We see teams giving recruits old jerseys on visits all the time. I think there’s a decent likelihood the patch is worn on field since it’s been used plenty before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 14 hours ago, Lights Out said: Maybe CFB uniforms with a modicum of thought put into them Most of the thoughts that went into those uniforms were bad thoughts, like ones that involved fire emojis. Quote Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (CHL - 2018 Orr Cup Champions) Chicago Rivermen (UBA/WBL - 2014, 2015, 2017 Intercontinental Cup Champions) King's Own Hexham FC (BIP - 2022 Saint's Cup Champions) Portland Explorers (EFL - Elite Bowl XIX Champions) Real San Diego (UPL) Red Bull Seattle (ULL - 2018, 2019, 2020 Gait Cup Champions) Vancouver Huskies (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Based on 2024 Nike merchandise being released on Fanatics, it appears Stanford will bring back black stripes or accents in some form to the regular home/away sets...possibly cardinal pants with black/white/black stripes. They just took the black numbers outlines off in 2022 I think. 1 2 2 Quote Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 7/22/2024 at 1:04 AM, Kevin W. said: Most of the thoughts that went into those uniforms were bad thoughts, like ones that involved fire emojis. The equipment managers are still probably thinking "this is fire, no cap, frfr" as they recolor the extremely limited template that Nike gives them. Quote POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, WSU151 said: Based on 2024 Nike merchandise being released on Fanatics, it appears Stanford will bring back black stripes or accents in some form to the regular home/away sets...possibly cardinal pants with black/white/black stripes. They just took the black numbers outlines off in 2022 I think. It never looks good when teams that have a relatively dark shade of red add black to the mix. They bleed in so terribly and it's an issue I have always had with South Carolina's color scheme as well (I think they are a worse offender). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnyoutuesday Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, WSU151 said: Based on 2024 Nike merchandise being released on Fanatics, it appears Stanford will bring back black stripes or accents in some form to the regular home/away sets...possibly cardinal pants with black/white/black stripes. They just took the black numbers outlines off in 2022 I think. Stanford's uniforms should look like red Penn State, but with a helmet logo White helmet with single red stripe Plain red jersey with plain white block numbers Plain white jersey with plain red block numbers Plain white pants That's it. Nothing more. Stop trying to use black 8 Quote Sorry, I'm on an iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 16 hours ago, damnyoutuesday said: Stanford's uniforms should look like red Penn State, but with a helmet logo White helmet with single red stripe Plain red jersey with plain white block numbers Plain white jersey with plain red block numbers Plain white pants That's it. Nothing more. Stop trying to use black Almost. The pants need the same stripe as the helmet. (Which I would say is true of Penn State also, personally) 10 Quote http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 New uniforms for the Liberty Flames: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udubfan19 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 17 hours ago, damnyoutuesday said: Stanford's uniforms should look like red Penn State, but with a helmet logo White helmet with single red stripe Plain red jersey with plain white block numbers Plain white jersey with plain red block numbers Plain white pants That's it. Nothing more. Stop trying to use black I wouldn't mind the Sherman & Luck era stripes returning to the pants 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 New Louisiana Monroe Warhawks helmet: 14 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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