tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post4348198516144357251..comments2024-03-24T15:06:26.268-07:00Comments on The Gridiron Uniform Database: Looking Like A Fool, With Yo' Pants On The GroundRob Holeckohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09532701130842826214noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-6731257313362111692011-07-16T13:12:19.487-07:002011-07-16T13:12:19.487-07:00collingwood and north are still a clash match even...collingwood and north are still a clash match even with white shorts for the designated away club, and the same holds true for richmond and essendon...the afl has put pressure on each of these clubs to come up with a clash over the years...e.g., north has "argentina" (much lighter blue) bars v. collingwood when they are the designated away club, and collingwood just this season introduced a clash jumper for their designated away match v. north by eliminating one of the bars on the jumper (their first clash/away jumper was black bars on white, a change from white bars on black, but the afl wasn't satisfied and collingwood answered with new clash for north this season)...essendon has worn a wider sash v. richmond (as away club), while richmond has added yellow side panels in addition to their sash for their clash jumper (as away club) v. essendon...white shorts aren't helpful enough when both clubs wear white bars on dark jumpers or colored sashes on black...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-28322010845814183902011-07-15T17:59:54.896-07:002011-07-15T17:59:54.896-07:00Why were domestic UK league games banned from the ...Why were domestic UK league games banned from the telly? You mean back in the day the big Man U versus Celtic United matches wouldn't have been on TV? Wasn't that as big over there as NFL is here?Rob Holeckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532701130842826214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-50312392745981458072011-07-15T17:46:44.369-07:002011-07-15T17:46:44.369-07:00Football DID have a primary/secondary set up befor...Football DID have a primary/secondary set up before 1957. For ages the Giants and Cardinals among others had a red primary/blue secondary set-up. <br /><br />Football changed because as the TV boom hit the NFL and with games being televised in black & white, some teams just clashed too much. So the NFL remedied this situation with the mandatory white road/color home jersey rule starting in 1957. <br /><br />As for soccer, at least in the UK, domestic league soccer matches was virtually banned from telecasts for decades. So the impact of color clashes was not felt as strongly as here in the US with football. By the time league matches were televised broadly in England, color TV had been well established and thus no need for a white/dark rule.<br /><br />As for aussie rules, once games started being televised heavily Down Under, a rule stating that the visiting team MUST wear white shorts came into being. Helpful especially when Collingwood would be playing North Melbourne on the B/W telly in 1966.timmy bhttp://gridironuniforms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-70904851972187169402011-07-15T12:20:31.178-07:002011-07-15T12:20:31.178-07:00"With the Women's World Cup being in the ..."With the Women's World Cup being in the news right now, one can look at the traditional system that soccer has used. Both teams have a "normal kit" and a "change kit"." <br /><br />not just soccer, this has been the norm in aussie football for well over 100 years, until the afl started pressuring clubs to use home/away, which some have staunchly balked at...older clubs have traditional kits, and additional "clash" kits (which, in itself is a fairly recent innovation, thanks to the advent of t.v.) for matches where there is a tendency for uniforms to (obviously) clash...<br /><br />if you like color v. color, it's a regular event in afl matches...<br /><br />btw, imho. the bucs creamsicles would look horrible with pewter or black pants...maybe a third alternate of red jerseys and orange pants, or red pants if they had to wear the orange tops on the road (at cleveland, e.g.), would look better in that alternate reality...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-71783696046831613202011-07-15T11:35:19.279-07:002011-07-15T11:35:19.279-07:00At least they (the '98 Lions) gave them a full...At least they (the '98 Lions) gave them a full season unlike the Colts. And yes, maybe keeping the blue socks they normally wore with the silver pants would have looked better. But to compare them with Cleveland's brown pants? That's harsh. At least they didn't go with mono-brown. They could've even added a solid brown helmet. That really would've been a piece of... work.<br /><br />Cleveland's orange pants never really grabbed me '03-'04...it just wasn't same as in the Brian Sipe '75-'83 years, at least not to me.Rob Holeckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532701130842826214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-60912740726003866332011-07-15T11:14:40.173-07:002011-07-15T11:14:40.173-07:00"But I did like the blue pants that the Lions..."But I did like the blue pants that the Lions had in 1998." - RH<br /><br />Detroit's blue pants weren't around long enough to grow on me. It wasn't that they were bad, by themselves, but when paired with those grey (silver) socks...ewwww! They were 1998's version of Cleveland's brown pants - which HAD to go, by the way. <br /><br />At first,I hated Miami's aqua pants, but seeing them on a regular basis, well, I kinda got used to them and they grew on me. In of themselves, Cleveland's orange pants were hard to look at. But in hindsight, Cleveland (version 2.0) should never have gotten rid of the orange pants when they brought them back for '03-'04.Bill Schaefernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168085657783700524.post-4388882783108728312011-07-15T10:08:28.004-07:002011-07-15T10:08:28.004-07:00I think all teams should have 2 different color pa...I think all teams should have 2 different color pants. And contrasting pants in games isn't a bad idea. <br /><br />Off topic, I wish all teams had a mandatory alternate third uniform/jersey. It could be a throwback or a team color. There are currently no home or road gold/yellow jerseys. I would love to see the Redskins adopt an alternate yellow gold jersey to pair with the burgundy pants.groovesockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193763711070289794noreply@blogger.com