kewp80 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I like those Lightning uniforms. Feel like it would be a perfect look for Akron as well. Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgdmhl Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 FVL looks pretty good as they are (hell, all the Appleton schools are looking good these days!). I'd try to stick to that as much as possible while making your design elements more sublimiated, like the crosses on the pants, or the paw prints on the shoulders.These look great so far.Once you're done with the "Fox Valley Association" conference, could you stay in the same area and do the "Eastern Valley Conference"?Thanks. I already have FVL done but is there a specific team you want?I was going to say FVL, but could you also do Berlin? Berlin is the Indians but I think they might be going without a nickname or changing their nickname soon because of the stupid PC laws in Wisconsin over Native American nicknames. Indians is as generic a nickname as Panthers or Tigers. Goodness forbid a school in a town that's 0.6% Native American should be forced to choose an identity that's actually relevant to their community.Sorry to get off topic natolian10, but illwauk has to do some better research on our state (instead of doing a wiki search of Berlin's 2010 census). The school became the Indians in 1939, not 2010. Berlin is named the Indians after the Mascoutin Indian tribe that was in the area back in the 1600-1800s. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963788&dsRecordDetails=R:BA14638 What I meant by the Wisconsin law is that only takes one person (doesn't have to be Native American) living in the school district to file a complaint to the state and then the school is basically forced to change the name. And that's what Berlin is going through right now, Tom Sobieski the man that filed the complaint is white, retired farmer who graduated from the school in 1962 and never publicly complained about the nickname until the law was passed in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Maybe you'd have a point if they were actually called the Berlin Mascoutins, or if Berlin were derived from a Native American word (like, say Mukwanago, which is also known as the Indians); but the town was founded in 1850, named after a famous city in Germany, and (as far as I can tell) never had a significant Native American population. For Berlin, a name like Indians is eccentric, out of place, and doesn't reflect the town's own history.If anything, this should be seen as an opportunity for the town to re-claim some of its own Germanic heritage, which it started running away from in the face of anti-German sentiment after the two world wars. The black bear is a symbol of Berlin's namesake city in Germany, and also makes for a very appropriate identity for a school in the northwoods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH4 Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Sorry guys I've been out of it for awhile having my wisdom teeth pulled I should've said something but somehow I forgot. I did update FVL however and will be getting to some requests soon.Update: Paws moved to shoulder like normal. I have always liked the paws there but I did want to do something different but decided to leave them. Removed the crosses on the sleeves. I like them better on the pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIXX Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Updated version looks better for fvl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGameBob Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I'd like to see the Fontainebleau Bulldogs. Red, black, and white are the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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