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2017 Jerseys, Logos, Sponsor Discussion

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LineBall

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AlwaysGreen said:
This is the farce of using the jersey as a billboard.

One week the jersey is used to commemorate or highlight a worthy cause like ANZAC day, indigenous issues and players, women in league etc.

The next week it's used to promote some shit movie which then makes a mockery of the worthy cause jersey because it looks like clubs will do anything to make a buck.
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I think the NFL deals with this very well. For their pink ribbon round, the jerseys have very minimal changes if any. The players may all wear pink boots, the goal post pads are pink, and they have pink ribbon logo on the field.

How hard would it for the NRL to organise something similar? Pink goal post pads, Paint the ingoals pink, Pink boots for all players. Leave the jersey alone.
 
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AlwaysGreen said:
This is the farce of using the jersey as a billboard.

One week the jersey is used to commemorate or highlight a worthy cause like ANZAC day, indigenous issues and players, women in league etc.

The next week it's used to promote some shit movie which then makes a mockery of the worthy cause jersey because it looks like clubs will do anything to make a buck.
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We can thank Souths and Rusty with the whole Cinderella Man episode for this rubbish.

Surely there's gotta be something to stop this crap from happening all the time?
 
Zigwaa

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AlwaysGreen said:
This is the farce of using the jersey as a billboard.

One week the jersey is used to commemorate or highlight a worthy cause like ANZAC day, indigenous issues and players, women in league etc.

The next week it's used to promote some shit movie which then makes a mockery of the worthy cause jersey because it looks like clubs will do anything to make a buck.
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Whilst I agree with you, Rugby League jersey's have been billboards for sponsors for 40 plus years.

It doesn't just look like clubs will do anything to make a buck, it's true.
 
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LineBall said:
I think the NFL deals with this very well. For their pink ribbon round, the jerseys have very minimal changes if any. The players may all wear pink boots, the goal post pads are pink, and they have pink ribbon logo on the field.

How hard would it for the NRL to organise something similar? Pink goal post pads, Paint the ingoals pink, Pink boots for all players. Leave the jersey alone.
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Because fans don't buy that stuff. I'd love to see fan "fashion jerseys" for this reason but it doesn't seem to be part of RL culture for whatever reason (what you buy HAS to be worn onfield).
 
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I've said it before, but for Indigenous Round, WIL Round, ANZAC Round...

The NRL logo should be themed on the jersey.

The jerseys remain the same kit the teams play in week in, week out.

On field - there are markings on grass, all goal post pads are the same design/theme as the NRL badge on jersey, signage for the round, players cap/beanies etc also themed.

It's not hard. The NRL just sets ups a match day and kit office and they fine teams $50,000 for wrong gear, etc.

And surely with the money the NRL are now granting the clubs, some of the umpteen thousand sponsors can be shed from the uniforms.

The clubs are losing their identity. Canberra bleat on about the Green Machine...they're now appropriating a kind of Seattle Seahawks look. The Rabbits bleat on about cardinal and myrtle and wear god awful black with muted R+G. The Warriors and Storm change kits more than they change their undies. Saints are proud Big Red V and bastardise their gear. The Bulldogs...FMD, that black and blue is rancid. The Auckland vs Brisbane game was the nadir with two teams playing in jerseys that made them look like Cronulla and Canterbury.

By all means, make cash in WIL, ANZAC, Indigenous jerseys to sell to fans. But don't f**king play in them.
 
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got to look at european football clubs to see how it's done right. at home, always wear the home strip. at away, only wear the away strip or 3rd strip if it provides a better differentiation to the home strip. wouldn't have the joke that was Broncos at Canterbury earlier in the season as an example.

up until a few years ago, the premier league had a rule which stated that a club could only use an away or 3rd strip in a total of 8 matches combined. given that a premier league season is 38 matches, it meant that the home strip had to be worn in the majority of matches. a club could apply to use the away or 3rd strip on a 9th or 10th occasion (if the club had to legitimately wear it that many times in away matches in a season to avoid similarities to opposition clubs) but only by application/acceptance by the League.

they've since relaxed that rule, but because of other clauses, the use of away and 3rd strips is still limited. it's why you'll always associate Man Utd with red-white-black (shirt-short-socks), Liverpool in red-red-red, Chelsea in blue-blue-white, etc, even though you may see them in fluro yellow strips or other foreign club colours on the odd occasion.

Frankly, I can't remember the last time Souths played in their main strip.
 
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big hit! said:
got to look at european football clubs to see how it's done right. at home, always wear the home strip. at away, only wear the away strip or 3rd strip if it provides a better differentiation to the home strip. wouldn't have the joke that was Broncos at Canterbury earlier in the season as an example.

up until a few years ago, the premier league had a rule which stated that a club could only use an away or 3rd strip in a total of 8 matches combined. given that a premier league season is 38 matches, it meant that the home strip had to be worn in the majority of matches. a club could apply to use the away or 3rd strip on a 9th or 10th occasion (if the club had to legitimately wear it that many times in away matches in a season to avoid similarities to opposition clubs) but only by application/acceptance by the League.

they've since relaxed that rule, but because of other clauses, the use of away and 3rd strips is still limited. it's why you'll always associate Man Utd with red-white-black (shirt-short-socks), Liverpool in red-red-red, Chelsea in blue-blue-white, etc, even though you may see them in fluro yellow strips or other foreign club colours on the odd occasion.

Frankly, I can't remember the last time Souths played in their main strip.
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If EPL teams could manage it, then the NRL can. Half the league over there wears red and white of some sort.
 
The Mad Hatter

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Most NRL teams don't clash.

Knights / Roosters?
Eels, Cowboys and Titans if they wear yellow, blue?

Pick a colour combo, stick with it. The NRL should approve and that's it.
 
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Glad Group has replaced Tooheys as the back of shorts sponsor... not sure how long ago this change was made, and it's not on the list of sponsors at the bottom of the club's website.

Glad Group is a property services group: http://gladgroup.com.au/
 
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If you look at the EPL kits here: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/2016-2017/premier-league.html

The vast majority of them have three shirts per season, some inc Spurs have five. While it's nothing as bad as the NRL it shows that despite the massive differences between the two comps the EPL clubs are almost as bad at chasing the dollar/pound/euro etc.

It's a balancing act between getting as many fans to buy the jerseys and not wanting to screw up the brand etc, think the NRL clubs are failing on that.

Another thing that annoys the f**k out of me. Why if I pop into Rebel it'd cost me $170 for an NRL jersey but only $100 for a European soccer shirt? I know the quality of the polyester is different but not $70's worth seeing they all come out of china anyway.
 
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Henson Park Hornets said:
If you look at the EPL kits here: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/2016-2017/premier-league.html

The vast majority of them have three shirts per season, some inc Spurs have five. While it's nothing as bad as the NRL it shows that despite the massive differences between the two comps the EPL clubs are almost as bad at chasing the dollar/pound/euro etc.

It's a balancing act between getting as many fans to buy the jerseys and not wanting to screw up the brand etc, think the NRL clubs are failing on that.

Another thing that annoys the f**k out of me. Why if I pop into Rebel it'd cost me $170 for an NRL jersey but only $100 for a European soccer shirt? I know the quality of the polyester is different but not $70's worth seeing they all come out of china anyway.
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Jersey prices are galling.

Esp if u wait til end of season and then buy them at $30-50. And how are kids jr jerseys $120???
 
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