I find it quite strange that given how commercialised American Sports are, their jerseys/uniforms are seen as sacred, they generally keep the one design and never change. You'd think they'd be slapping sponsors on there and milking as much money as possible out of the fans. Football clubs around Europe/South America are pretty much seen as religions whereas I think we view the "franchises"(horrible word) in the US as quite fairweather, I mean it's pretty much unheard of for a football team to just up and leave - only Wimbledon/MK Dons springs to mind in recent history but it happens frequently in the US.
We're getting an Everton shirt?
We're getting an Everton shirt?
I think you're right. And a bit too close to Chelsea blue for me. In fact nothing much sexy about that shirt at all. (i hate those big contrasting cuffs)
Plus whats with having your work shirt on underneath?......(is that a 'come straight from the office' look)
Now THAT I would reckon is more likely to be genuine!
I remember the OS glitching like that before. The whole shirt zoom thing.... that's a lot of trouble for someone to go to for a fake kit.
Similar to the France home.
EDIT Just mucked around with the web address for the current away and typed in this
http://shop.tottenhamhotspur.com/product/tottenham-hotspur-mens-away-shirt-14/15/mass14
and it brought up an outline page for a "S/S SHIRT 2014/15"
The last part of the code you can change and it brings up various outline pages
MHSS14 = mens home
MASS14 = mens aways
MTSS14 = mens third
MHGK14 = mens keeper home
So they do have this stuff ready to go I think.
Sorry, from now on I'll try to only contribute in regards to Tottenham kits unless this subject continues.
Being honest - wouldn't you love to have a jersey that doesn't have the logo as a small patch, almost afterthought like, hidden on the shoulder with some big corporate sponsor taking up 2/3 of the front? To have Tottenham or Spurs across the chest so it feels like the player is representing the club and not AIA, HP, Fly Emirates, etc..?
Sorry, from now on I'll try to only contribute in regards to Tottenham kits unless this subject continues.
Don't apologise. That was a great read.
You'd obviously know more than me, but I would have thought MLB was the biggest traditionalist when it came to sporting guernseys. The Yankees unifom for example looks almost exactly what you see Babe Ruth wearing in old timey pictures (except you assume improvements in materials etc)
NFL would be next, but NBA & NHL from what I can tell have all had teams with team logo changes as well as uniform changes (although not too dramatic).
Thanks for that, very informative. Fairweather was probably the wrong expression, it's just my view of things that generally Americans are much more relaxed and friendly when it comes to their sports - for example fans of opposing sides sitting together, there would be all out carnage if that was allowed in football(soccer) across Europe or South America, fans are strictly segregated at the ground. You make a good point about a fan's interest being split across multiple teams(from different sports) though, over here it's just football, football, football ... rugby is fairly popular but it's more or less a footnote compared to football. Are the fans at college games split? I'm actually really into American sports and I actually enjoy watching college football/basketball more than the pros, I think it's the atmosphere that accompanies them that makes it better viewing(for me anyway) and it just feels more personal. I hate the trophy presentation for the Super Bowl/Stanley Cup etc where the owners and executives muscle their way into it and make it all about them and we get the boring generic spiel about what a great organisation it is and so on, that moment should just be all about the coaches and the players.
As for the shirts, I guess it's just a cultural thing, throughout history teams have always had a small badge across the heart. I think if you go back to the beginning of football they'd have just been playing in plan shirts(in their respective colours), then they added the club badge, then much later they added the kit makers logo to the opposite side of the badge and then a little later a sponsor below centrally. There will be a lot of purists who just want the kit with the badge and nothing else but it's a generational thing, I'm only young so all I've ever known is sponsors on kits, personally as long as they tie in with the kit and aren't something stupid like McDonalds I'm fine with it, older fans will most likely disagree, national teams are completely sponsor free though. By the way, at what point did you decide on Spurs are your team? I'd be very impressed if it was last season, despite statistically being one of our better seasons it was just a horror show from start to finish and really unlike the previous few years, hopefully we put that behind us and get back on track now.
Get rid of the numbers on the front and spurs and you have my idea of kit heaven for all three
We don't want logos on our jerseys. Now, we have no problem going to see our team play on *Field Sponsor*nat *Stadium Sponsor* Stadium where the concourses, bathroom walls, beer cups, food wrappers, game program, scoreboards, etc... are littered with sponsorships with each time out being sponsored by some corporate sponsorship and almost each action (depending on the sport) being sponsored by someone. Keep it off of our uniforms, t-shirts, and hats and we're fine. There is a growing number of fans getting sick of EVERYTHING being sponsored but when given a choice of that or sponsors on the uniforms they quickly quiet down.
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