OT- Maryland, when your uni design steals from roller derby, it's time to stop

Submitted by iawolve on

Yes, it is "cool" for schools to trick up the jersey and helmet design, however there is a floor with that hypothetical ceiling of wicked, fresh looks. I could be wrong, but I assume that floor is reached when you local roller deby team, the Charm City Roller Girls, is accusing you of stealing their helmet design. It was bad enough that Maryland changed jerseys post-warmup (lame) and then subjected any viewers brave enough to watch the Fighting Edsalls tangle with Miami's JV team to seizure-inducing duds. This however, is an extra helping of fail.

 

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-09-06/sports/bal-are-the-terps-new-helmets-too-much-like-to-those-by-charm-city-roller-girls-20110906_1_new-helmets-terps-state-flag

mejunglechop

September 7th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^

First, of all those helmets are sick.

Secondly, it wouldn't matter if they did steal them from a roller derby team they'd still be sick.

Thirdly, it's the state flag! They didn't steal it from a roller derby team.

PurpleStuff

September 7th, 2011 at 3:54 PM ^

I'm an old fuddy duddy when it comes to uniforms/tradition but I thought these ones looked good.  Unique but still doing something that made sense to their school/state.  And as you said the ones they replaced weren't that great and hadn't been worn for too long either.

The other uniforms they showed off before the season look like garbage though, IMO.

BlueVoix

September 7th, 2011 at 3:58 PM ^

They were plain, relatively inoffensive uniforms.  I don't think that just making a stir in uniform selection necessarily equates to people actually liking them.  I think most fans are just shocked that the things somehow made it from a graphic designer to the field without someone killing the idea.

Jon06

September 7th, 2011 at 2:50 PM ^

Kind of funny to think they're accused of stealing their man-barbie outfits from real life-size woman barbies.

This completes your threadly reminder that uniforms don't matter.

Bronco648

September 7th, 2011 at 3:04 PM ^

I thought the jerseys were kind of neat with the designs on the shoulders. The helmets were vomit inducing. The Georgia helemts were cool (face mask included) but the all-red unis were not.

MaizeNBlu628

September 7th, 2011 at 3:31 PM ^

Personally, growin gup in Maryland, I kind of liked their unis. I def wouldn't Michigan to try anything like that, but to each school their own. Nobody how you feel about them, the unis did their job, it got pretty much the whole sportsnation talking about Maryland football again.

 

profitgoblue

September 7th, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^

Under Armour (it takes both crowns - winner for those that liked the jerseys and loser for those that did not).

(Fun fact:  Did you know that the founder of UA played linebacker for Maryland back in the 90s?)

 

WolverineHistorian

September 7th, 2011 at 5:06 PM ^

Meh.  I think of it more as Fritz Crisler's helmet that he had Princeton use for 3 seasons in the 1930's and then taking it with him when he left for Ann Arbor in 1938. 

When Fritz left Princeton, they went back to their old helmets.  It was only after the winged helmet had become famous at Michigan for so many decades that Princeton decided to go back to the wing design. 

So, I don't see it so much as stealing.  Just Princeton trying to cash in on something famous that didn't mean a thing to them when they originally had it.       

M-Dog

September 7th, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^

I don't buy into the attitude that if I got everyone's attention then I'm successful.

Hell, why not just have a live beheading at halftime?  I'd watch.