illini1 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Does anyone know why they aren't wearing the U.S. Soccer patch on their uniforms in the Olympics? All they have on the front of their jersey is the swoosh and their number. It looks very strange. They're playing on MSNBC right now if anyone wants to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGivens87 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Wow, I totally didn't even notice that...hmmm. I'll see if I can dig anything up. A large cheese pizza, just for me.New England's source for soccer newsAnd hey, I made it to ESPN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 A number of teams aren't wearing their normal Federation crest. It befuddles me as to why the Americans are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxfan00 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 A form of protest against the Chinese government? I dunno, just making crap up. "Mr. President, call in the National Guard! Send as many men as you can spare! Because we are killing the Patriots! They need emergency help!" - Shannon Sharpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illini1 Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 A number of teams aren't wearing their normal Federation crest. It befuddles me as to why the Americans are not.Are they required to have some sort of special olympic crest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's the result of a new IOC rule. Soccer's national governing bodies can't put their logos on their Olympic kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illini1 Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's the result of a new IOC rule. Soccer's national governing bodies can't put their logos on their Olympic kits.LAME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's the result of a new IOC rule. Soccer's national governing bodies can't put their logos on their Olympic kits.How do you explain Argentina and Brazil? Their logos look suspiciously like the AFA and CBF logos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Poncho Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's the result of a new IOC rule. Soccer's national governing bodies can't put their logos on their Olympic kits.It's that way across the board. National Governing Bodies can't put their logos anywhere on Olympic uniforming. The IOC and the USOC won't allow it. Not even on t-shirts worn around the Olympic village.There are some subtle ways around it that I've personally used to get at least a partial NGB mark into the venue, but the IOC are pretty Nazi-esque about it.On the plus side, the rest of the world loves to slap ads on their team uniforming, and that's not allowed either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 On the plus side, the rest of the world loves to slap ads on their team uniforming, and that's not allowed either.Except for national teams, which aren't allowed to do so in FIFA competitions either. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio  POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly97flyer Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 So does this rule apply to all Olympic sports, or just soccer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's the result of a new IOC rule. Soccer's national governing bodies can't put their logos on their Olympic kits.How do you explain Argentina and Brazil? Their logos look suspiciously like the AFA and CBF logos!That they do. I haven't been able to study them closely enough to determine whether or not the AFA and CBF made minute changes to them that follow the letter of the IOC edict while skirting the intent.That said, the United States and Canada didn't appear to have any crest on their uniforms, Norway and Japan's kits were emblazoned with their respective national flags, and Germany's kits substituted a logo which was not that of the Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fufkin Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 You can't have a crest, but a Nike Swoosh is okay? I see where are priorities are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 So in Vancouver 2010, hockey teams will be forced to white or black jerseys with a swoosh and number, with no logo for the country? Seems absurd if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Actually it looked like Canada had the logo of the Canadian Olympic Team on the left sleeve.Wow, I hope the IOC doesn't mandate that no logos appear on the team uniforms in Vancouver 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I think you're missing the point, or just being overly dramatic.It's mandated that the logos of the national sport governing bodies--such as the US Soccer Federation, the Canadian Soccer Assocaition, the Football Association (England), the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (Germany)--cannot appear on the jerseys. It seems that a few of the nations have chosen to put nothing. Some have different logos--the crest on the German women's shirts looks a lot like the logo that the German ice hockey team uses.It will be very interesting to see what effect it does have on the hockey teams in 2010. The US and Canada use portions of their governing bodies' logos, Sweden generally has theirs in crest form on the upper chest, etc. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio  POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG30 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Something that struck me as odd while watching the game was Norway has their flag inside a circle for a patch, and now I know why. I guess they're using that as a crest. USA had no crest or anything of the sort on. Just a number and a swoosh. http://ussoccer.com/sights/slideShow.jsp_714-0.htmlHere's a slide show from the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabet Man Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Australia's badge wont change. It'll still be the Coat of Arms, with Beijing 2008 written underneath it.It'll be adidas and not nike though.At the Olympics, youre representing your country (or there olympic team) and not the sport federation. twitter.com/thebrainofMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Something that struck me as odd while watching the game was Norway has their flag inside a circle for a patch, and now I know why. I guess they're using that as a crest.Which, ironically, used to be their national crest. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingjai Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Wouldn't this have been a good time to actually employ the "Don't Tread" logo? Missed opportunity...That said, the white/light gray jerseys are starting to grow on me. The anthracite ones not so much. Visit my store on REDBUBBLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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