WideRight Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 So I caught parts of all 4 games this week and, as expected, there were several uniform elements that just made me cringe. But I thought that overall, with just a few tweaks, some minor, some a bit larger, the UFL could be a good looking league. So, I thought I would throw those tweaks out for you to comment on. I am starting with the helmets and will then hopefully get to the uniforms. Here are the 8 helmets with the tweaks I would make. TWEAKS: ARLINGTON: Make the DR logo black with red and return to the striping from 2020. HOUSTON: My biggest eye roll is for the Houston helmets. Just go solid navy with the logo on both sides. Just to do something flag-related I put in a tapered stripe with the Lone Star. SAN ANTONIO: Really no changes here except I opted to go with a darker facemask. I picture black being part of the color scheme along with charcoal and yellow. ST. LOUIS: I like the arch-stripe, but I prefered the original 2020 blue helmet and the more curved wing pattern, so a blend of 2020 and 2023. DC: Just swap out the D logo for the pentagon & lightning logo and I think this works. Love the marble effect for DC. MICHIGAN: The only tweak needed is to return to the original colors with a lighter champagne gold and a darker, more purplish burgundy. BIRMINGHAM: I like the larger logo and thinner stripe this year, so no changes here. MEMPHIS: Another helmet that pretty much works. Next up are uniforms, again, trying to improve them with as minor an adjustment as I can make, but I can say that some of the striping/yokes, particularly for former XFL teams are not going to make the cut. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 OK, working from the idea that I am tweaking the designs, not overhauling them, here is my first revision, Memphis. Notes to follow. The changes are: 1. Made the yoke thinner, so that the UFL and UA logos do not require the weird cutouts from the yoke color. 2. Added tapered stripes to the shoulders to match the helmet and pants. 3. Tapered the blue stripe on the pants as well, not just the yellow. 4. Added a blue pant set, to be worn with the white jersey because I hate the unitard look (no blue over blue over blue). That is about it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozap17 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I'm in total agreement on the Houston helmets, the blue side with the H logo should be for the whole helmet. Still wish Memphis had the 80s colors though... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I'm still a bit annoyed that the Showboats made the water under the boat yellow in their logo. Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat303 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Guess Im the only one who likes the houston helmet design, same as I was the only one who liked the jaguars two color fade helmets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 One more from the "does not need much" group. Birmingham So what did I change? 1. Returned to the 22-23 pant striping with the tapered stripe to match the helmet. 2. Decided to add a bit of flare to the numbers, Viking style, sort of. 3. Team monogram on the collar, name on the chest. That is about it. pretty minor changes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 I feel like the Stallions could be the UFL’s version of the 49ers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Next up is the first of the XFL Teams, and the one with the fewest tweaks needed. The Tweaks: 1. Decided to get rid of the primary logo alltogether. The secondary logo (pentagon) and the sleeve logo (DC as flag) are both better than the primary (C+star inside D), so why not lean into those two? 2. Pentagon logo on helmet and collar. Sleeve logo stays the same. 3. Put stripes on the pants, a no-brainer. 4. Also added stripes to socks, instead of all red or all white (hate that look) 5. No unitards. White pants with red jersey and vice versa. I will allow white over white if the temperature is over 85, but never red over red. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerws Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/1/2024 at 6:05 PM, CheshireCat303 said: Guess Im the only one who likes the houston helmet design, same as I was the only one who liked the jaguars two color fade helmets I liked it as a one off. It's not a great full time look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/1/2024 at 5:05 PM, CheshireCat303 said: Guess Im the only one who likes the houston helmet design, same as I was the only one who liked the jaguars two color fade helmets 1 hour ago, walkerws said: I liked it as a one off. It's not a great full time look. It worked as a gimmick for Texas Tech. But with three Texas teams, it looks pretty silly. I'm also not a fan of asymmetric helmet designs like the numbers on one side and the logo on the other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 3 hours ago, MJWalker45 said: It worked as a gimmick for Texas Tech. But with three Texas teams, it looks pretty silly. I'm also not a fan of asymmetric helmet designs like the numbers on one side and the logo on the other. I have to agree. Among the worst current trends in football design are: white socks with no stripes colored socks with no stripes or white lower section pants with no stripes or logos helmets with the logo on one side and number on the other the unitard and the eternal scourges of bad number fonts, overuse of the yoke or side panel on jerseys, and adding either black, grey, or camo designs for no reason. Now, you punk kids, get off my lawn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Gonna throw one more former XFL team out here today. The Tweaks: 1. The big one is fixing the helmet. I am not a fan at all of the 3-color design, way too gimmicky. 2. For the Jerseys, I wanted to get rid of the weird yoke with the cutouts in the front. Just went with more of a Titans style yoke, again using the oil slick effect as on the pants and the numbers. 3. No unitard, white over white, white over blue, blue over white, that is it. 4. Added the 2nd logo to each sleeve. 5. Increased the size of the H logo on the helmet. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomba Tomba Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Since you added a white outline to the gradient shoulders on the navy top, shouldn't it be the same for the stripe on the navy pants? Quote If you read on the card you'll be cheating on your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Next up the 2nd of 3 Texas teams, Dallas...er...Arlington. TWEAKS: 1. OK, clearly I am split on the city name here. In my opinion Arlington only exists as a suburb of Dallas, and since the logo they want to use is clearly a D+R monogram, I would go with Dallas as the city name. 2. Not a fan of the plain white DR monogram on the blue helmet, so I switched it to black and red. 3. Went back to the 2020 striping. 4. I also really dislike the actual number font, but wanted to keep the thin red line in the middle of the numbers, so I just went with a blockier font. 5. Decided to go halfway between the 2020 shoulder yoke look and the weird "overall straps" they have now. 6. They have that great "renegade" logo, so they need to put it on the uniforms, so it is now on the sleeve. 7. As always, no unitard, so blue pants only with white jersey, black pants with either. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 What would happen if they had a black jersey with blue pants? 1 Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willij Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Are we going to see Michigan, St. Louis, and San Antonio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Houston definitely needs that helmet fix in the worst way. Would be nice if Arlington wasn't Anthony Richardson's personal brand as well. Given the change Memphis made from the Reggie White days, I still wonder what a paddlewheel concept at least on the helmet stripe might look like for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUNKAFIED Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Dallas/Arlington has a fantastic logo with the "bandit" or whatever. I don't know why they opted for that weird D/R or A/R thing they use as a primary instead. Also, the color of their home jerseys and the texture of their material make them look like those paper smocks you wear at the hospital before surgery. Your version + returning the masked bandit to primary mark status would be perfection. As a Defenders fan, your version is perfect. Your Houston fix is much needed and also looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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