LSAClassOf2000

July 25th, 2015 at 7:50 AM ^

I suppose the next question is this - will Fox Sports still hire that particular horse after it killed itself on the air? It seems like the premise for a "Days Of Our Lives" episode that was written but never filmed because the producers quickly realized that someone would first actually want to have an affair with Colin Cowherd.

Njia

July 25th, 2015 at 11:12 AM ^

Most media companies don't give a rat's ass whether their on-air personalities are complete and utter prices of shit, so long as it drives eyeballs to their site/channel/pages, which in turn drives ad revenue.

Tater

July 25th, 2015 at 8:30 AM ^

I have no idea who Rodger Sherman is, but this is one of the most hilarious takes I have seen on uniformz:

You know those posts on message boards where a fan says, "Hey, I made cool concept jerseys for every team in the conference!" They're kinda neat, but the colors are wrong, and there's some letter or animal blown up really big, and the thing was clearly made in some sort of bootleg Microsoft Office Suite from 2004?

Adidas takes those jerseys and makes them come to life.

 

Bando Calrissian

July 25th, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^

At some point, the NCAA is going to do the first truly useful thing they've ever done and clamp down on the jerseyZ trend. Pick two primary colors, make two uniforms, wear them. Problem solved.

unWavering

July 25th, 2015 at 9:40 AM ^

I really doubt that this will happen for a few reasons:

a) The NCAA doesn't care enough to do what you're proposing.

b) Alternate jerseys are a huge promotion tool and money maker (as we've seen by the number of posts on this site).

c) The players who actually, you know, play the game, seem to love them.  So why not let them wear them? 

For the record, I'm not supporting the jerseyz trend, but I do think that a draconian approach to banning them is all around pointless and unnecessary.

Don

July 25th, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^

I doubt you have any data at all about the number of players who profess to love them versus the number of players who loathe them.

I've been following recruiting very closely since the mid-90s, and never in all that time did I ever hear one fucking recruiting target express the opinion that Michigan (or any other school) needed alternative unis in order to obtain his commitment. Not a single goddamn one.

unWavering

July 25th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^

Right. I'm not talking about recruiting in particular. Every time there is a uniform reveal video, the players go nuts. I don't really think any level-headed recruit would base his decision off of alternate uniforms. However, that wasn't the point I was trying to get across. The players on the team seem to love them.

The only argument I've seen against alternate unis is that crotchety old fans don't like them. That's not a strong argument, if you ask me.

Don

July 25th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^

Even if that's really true—which I'm not convinced is the case—it's an instance where adults need to make the decision, not a bunch of easily-swayed and very impressionable 19-year olds. The idea that Bo Schembechler in 1972 should have allowed kids who were then wearing flowered print shirts, elephant bell bottom pants, and chunky-heeled shoes to have a major say in what their uniforms looked like is laughable.

In your orig. comment you touched on the real reason these grotesqueries exist at all: apparel sales. If there was an NCAA regulation prohibiting the sale of alternate jerseys to fans, none of this shit would exist. It's solely and only a way to goose apparel sales.

Dawkins

July 25th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^

Is anyone else mildly bummed that our hoops team won't be getting uniforms with the swoosh? I had assumed that being a Jordan "Jumpman" school meant that our hoops team would get some stuff with the swoosh and some stuff with the jumpman, or unis with both logos. It wasn't until I read the contract that I realized that we're getting Jumpman INSTEAD of Nike, and that they're two distinct brands now. When I was a kid Air Jordans had both the swoosh and the jumpman on them. I googled UNC's and Georgetown's unis, and sure enough there's not a swoosh in sight. It's all 100% Jumpman. 

And yes, this is a mere logo I'm talking about that doesn't matter in the scheme of things. 

 

Megatron

July 26th, 2015 at 12:35 AM ^

That is worse jersey I have seen looked like Michigan was wearing a mustard pocket for the basketball team. Not a fan of Adidas fishnet look this year at least for the Huskers anyways should have just been plain black & red for the alts just my opinion. Yeah there is a market for alt jerseys if it doesn't sell you wouldn't see the alts at all so I know why apparel companies do alts.