2015 NRL Jersey & Sponsorship Discussion

[Henson Park Hornets]

I thought they brought the pink shirts in for cancer charity awareness or something, and just kept them on for a few seasons??

 

[Saint Doc]

I thought they brought the pink shirts in for cancer charity awareness or something, and just kept them on for a few seasons??

Started as a one off but must have been present for like 5 or 6 years now. Other than the one off with the good intention, always thought they looked bad.

@RLW_Mole: PINK refs are a thing of the past, peeps. #thankgod
They will wear lime green, red & teal. Not red & blue as some media are reporting

 

[GAZF]

The colours for this week are actually red and lime, not sure where blue came from...

The NRL wont take the refs seriously if they wear lime.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

The senior referee in each game this season will have a soccer-style armband to signify he is the man in charge, but the days of NRL match officials wearing pink jerseys have gone as it is believed the uniform made it more difficult for the officials to be taken seriously.

What difference does it make what colour they wear ?

All referees should be taken seriously, they are the man in charge. Although they should go back to the one referee in charge.

Bring back the old 'TNT' uniforms.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

I thought they brought the pink shirts in for cancer charity awareness or something, and just kept them on for a few seasons??

It was originally a one off for the World Cup in 2008. I think the idea was started by ex referee Steve Clark.

Cause they thought it was so successful they decided to use in the NRL for the next season.

 

[Saint Doc]

The NRL wont take the refs seriously if they wear lime.

Saints are no chance if the refs wear lime too

 

[Henson Park Hornets]

The NRL wont take the refs seriously if they wear lime.

Ref's won't get any free to air games now :sarcasm:

 

[Cumberland Throw]

New refs will sign up then pull out at the last minute #inlime

 

[Timmah]

Does this make Ricky Stuart the new referees coach?

:crazy:

 

[Twatface Magee]

Fairfax Media was told that some NRL officials believed the authority of a referee could be undermined if he was wearing a pink jersey.
Instead the uniforms worn by referees this season will be blue or red - colours that the National Centre for Australian Studies lecturer Dr Tom Heenan said were more likely to encourage discipline.

1. Is money actually going towards funding research like this shit?
2. Are people actually devoting themselves to study this shit?

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

1. Is money actually going towards funding research like this shit?
2. Are people actually devoting themselves to study this shit?

Youve obviously never been inside a university...

We fund far more random and seemingly insignificant things than "how to people react to various stimuli". And youd be surprised how some of these findings are employed.

For example, Baker-Miller Pink has such a dramatic effect on the brain (causing an individual to become passive and non-violent) its used in prison cells to calm violent detainees.

 

[thorson1987]

The NRL wont take the refs seriously if they wear lime.

Skeepes head to explode.

 

[ek999]

The NRL wont take the refs seriously if they wear lime.

On the plus side, they could f**k up 50 games in a row and still have a job

 

[Twatface Magee]

Youve obviously never been inside a university...

We fund far more random and seemingly insignificant things than "how to people react to various stimuli". And youd be surprised how some of these findings are employed.

For example, Baker-Miller Pink has such a dramatic effect on the brain (causing an individual to become passive and non-violent) its used in prison cells to calm violent detainees.

4th year uni student actually.
I've seen some ridiculous stuff studied but a consultation on referee uniform colours and the authority status that is perceived of these colours tops it all.

 

[LESStar58]

@skybigsports: Greenberg: You'll see the referees in a variety of colours this year, mostly primary colours, but they won't be in pink. @NRL

Watch this get turned in to a story about rugby league's "attitudes" towards women.

 

[cleary89]

Red as a default. Blue or yellow with a clash. Apparently some moron has come out and said nrl is anti gay. - gibsy this arvo

 

[GAZF]

On the plus side, they could f**k up 50 games in a row and still have a job

What's different from now then?

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

4th year uni student actually.
I've seen some ridiculous stuff studied but a consultation on referee uniform colours and the authority status that is perceived of these colours tops it all.

Are you sure they actually employed a consultant???

Admittedly i only skilled the announcement, but it came across more as a brainwave from some online article Greenburg read than paying a psychologist to pick a good colour.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Watch this get turned in to a story about rugby league's "attitudes" towards women.

Actually, 10 turned it into "NRL hates gay and feminine men" story.

"Real men dont wear pink. At least the NRL think so. Find out why NEXT..."

 

[Blues Riff]

This years new and improved Panthers away strip.
Now with 40% more Pinkness.