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Uniforms (Nike, Under Armour, Adidas, etc....)

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Here's the answer, it's painful, but, hey, no pain, no gain. Stop going to football games, stop watching football games where the NY/LA design team from Bill Blass, Eileen Fisher, Louis Vuitton or Ouchi Gucci have taken over Phil Knight's kingdom. Don't go, don't watch. Talk to your friends, the ones who have to have the latest Buckeye throwback that in no way resembles what the '57 National Champs wore. Walk them back from the ledge, don't let them jump and fall into the lap of merchandising.

Organize a tag football game instead, go run, lift weights, do something other than pay attention to the marketing bullshit being passed off as advanced technology. Be a sportsman and not a spectator until football comes back to its senses.

So you going to do it? Are you going to stop going, stop watching until Phil gets the message that Oregon's colors are green and gold, not black and chartreuse, till Nike stops making retard throw back jerseys for the Michigan game, till Adidas stops putting Jackson Pollock paintings on Va Tech helmets?

No?

Me neither. But thanks for creating this thread so I can vent a bit.
 
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cincibuck;2329684; said:
Here's the answer, it's painful, but, hey, no pain, no gain. Stop going to football games, stop watching football games where the NY/LA design team from Bill Blass, Eileen Fisher, Louis Vuitton or Ouchi Gucci have taken over Phil Knight's kingdom. Don't go, don't watch. Talk to your friends, the ones who have to have the latest Buckeye throwback that in no way resembles what the '57 National Champs wore. Walk them back from the ledge, don't let them jump and fall into the lap of merchandising.

Organize a tag football game instead, go run, lift weights, do something other than pay attention to the marketing bull[Mark May] being passed off as advanced technology. Be a sportsman and not a spectator until football comes back to its senses.

So you going to do it? Are you going to stop going, stop watching until Phil gets the message that Oregon's colors are green and gold, not black and chartreuse, till Nike stops making retard throw back jerseys for the Michigan game, till Adidas stops putting Jackson Pollock paintings on Va Tech helmets?

No?

Me neither. But thanks for creating this thread so I can vent a bit.
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To be fair, UCONN was the first to go with a fashion house when they had Aeropostale design their jerseys back in 2005 or so. That's where much of the present number font came from.

No explaining away the monstrosity of those helmets, however.

EDIT: And yes, the numbers Nike chose for Minnesota and UNC are nothing if not generic. UNC especially deserves better, given the kid gloves Nike uses for the hoops team.
 
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http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/78625/b1g-schools-adidas-on-shaky-ground

B1G schools, adidas on shaky ground

You see your favorite Big Ten teams' uniforms and practice gear, but you probably don't often give much thought to where they originated.

But that's become a big issues for several Big Ten teams and their apparel provider, adidas. ESPN.com's Kristi Dosh reports that multiple schools across the country are cutting ties or questioning their deals with adidas because of concern over workers' rights in Indonesia. Those schools include Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin, along with future Big Ten school Rutgers. Nebraska and Indiana are also outfitted by adidas.

Dosh writes:

"The issue revolves around the closure of PT Kizone, a factory in Indonesia with which adidas, along with Nike and the Dallas Cowboys, had contracts for the manufacture of goods. According to a report produced by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), violations at PT Kizone began in September 2010 when it failed to make mandatory terminal compensation payments to employees who left the factory. In December 2010, the factory failed to make regularly scheduled payments to current employees. The owner of the factory then fled Indonesia in January 2011. Thereafter, the buying agent, Green Textile, ran the factory and paid workers through March 2011. In April 2011, PT Kizone was declared bankrupt and closed.

"The WRC, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) and other worker rights advocacy groups claimed adidas was refusing to pay $1.8 million in legally mandated severance owed to the 2,800 workers of PT Kizone. Total severance and other pay due under Indonesian law to the workers, who had no advance notice of the factory?s closure, totaled $3.3 million. Both Nike and the Dallas Cowboys contributed partial severance, but for nearly two years, adidas has maintained it does not owe any of the monies."​

The story says Wisconsin has sued adidas and that Penn State has suspended its contract with the apparel giant. Rutgers has already terminated its deal with adidas.

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Arizona introduces new uniforms with rainbow-inspired numbers and sleeves (Photos)

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The Wildcats introduced the new threads with a video launch on their website Monday and reactions were mixed. Most of the comments were necessarily centered around the uniforms as a whole, but rather the numbers, which create a gradient look as they stream from red to blue or blue to red depending on the jersey.
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Arizona actually received a waiver from the NCAA to introduce these jerseys since an NCAA rule going into effect for the 2013 season states that numbers must "be of one solid color that itself is clearly in distinct contrast with the color of the jersey, irrespective of any border around the number.?

Entire article: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...nspired-numbers-sleeves-photos-211940178.html
 
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The Wildcats introduced the new threads with a video launch on their website Monday and reactions were mixed. Most of the comments were necessarily centered around the uniforms as a whole, but rather the numbers, which create a gradient look as they stream from red to blue or blue to red depending on the jersey.
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Arizona actually received a waiver from the NCAA to introduce these jerseys since an NCAA rule going into effect for the 2013 season states that numbers must "be of one solid color that itself is clearly in distinct contrast with the color of the jersey, irrespective of any border around the number.?

Entire article: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...nspired-numbers-sleeves-photos-211940178.html
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So the first time someone wants to have faded numbers, they allow it. What the fuck is the point of having the rule in the first place?

Sounds just like the NCAA. Make a rule just because you can, allow whomever you chose to not follow the rules just because you can. Fuck the NCAA.
 
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