2018 Jerseys/Logos/Sponsorships

[Zerô]

That’s a joke yeah?

Biggest one around

 

[Timmah]

Similar to what they did last year. Training/warm-up type top. Not a jersey.

 

[kdalymc]

You should become their marketing manager.

I work with and in advertising and know what works and what is a waste of money. Tim has a point IF they do get their exposure...

They could even just be supplying the balls..

 

[TIGER14]

Fkn lol!

Looks like the knockoff shit you can get at BCF

 

[macavity]

Fkn lol!

NSW should do one - the bridge, an open cut coal mine, a north shore private school, a bubbler...

 

[GAZF]

Similar to what they did last year. Training/warm-up type top. Not a jersey.

They've continued on with them presumably because people bought them last year. I'm not sure who would buy them but enough would to turn a profit.

 

[Timmah]

NSW should do one - the bridge, an open cut coal mine, a north shore private school, a bubbler...

Given everything happening at the moment, the open cut coal mine could go on both...

 

[Foreign Legion]

BOSTON 13 (USARL)

 

[Saint Doc]

BOSTON 13 (USARL)

The logo is cool, 13 forming a B

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

f**k, the TigsVCows Indigenous jumpers looked GREAT!!!!

Turns out that the concept rounds can actually look good. We just need EVERYONE to take them seriously, instead of that stupid patchwork of jumpers we usually get

It doesnt even need every team to participate. Only that any game has BOTH teams acknowledging the event.

If the 2 teams cannot coordinate the jumpers or cannot agree to both participate, then neither team should be allowed to do it alone.

 

[Timmah]

f**k, the TigsVCows Indigenous jumpers looked GREAT!!!!

Turns out that the concept rounds can actually look good. We just need EVERYONE to take them seriously, instead of that stupid patchwork of jumpers we usually get

It doesnt even need every team to participate. Only that any game has BOTH teams acknowledging the event.

If the 2 teams cannot coordinate the jumpers or cannot agree to both participate, then neither team should be allowed to do it alone.

This is the 2nd year in a row the NRL has mandated Indigenous jerseys for this round.

 

[The Great Dane]

This is the 2nd year in a row the NRL has mandated Indigenous jerseys for this round.

I'd much prefer that they mandate charity jerseys over indigenous jerseys or any particular theme of jersey...

Don't get me wrong but the indigenous stuff is just a marketing gimmick at this point, it doesn't really have a point apart from that anymore, and in the Raiders case there's a good chance that we would have had Kato Ottio memorial jerseys instead of indigenous jerseys this year, they would have been much more popular and the money would have actually gone to a cause, a good cause.
Well at least the Raiders are selling the match day jerseys to raise funds for the Ottio family.

Anyway the point is that I think we need to be flexible with this stuff, mandating theme rounds and stuff like that is just a bad idea in the long term, and will only lead to clubs overusing gimmicks and unable to adjust to the market when an opportunity presents it's self.

 

[Timmah]

I'd much prefer that they mandate charity jerseys over indigenous jerseys or any particular theme of jersey...

Don't get me wrong but the indigenous stuff is just a marketing gimmick at this point, it doesn't really have a point apart from that anymore, and in the Raiders case there's a good chance that we would have had Kato Ottio memorial jerseys instead of indigenous jerseys this year, they would have been much more popular and the money would have actually gone to a cause, a good cause.
Well at least the Raiders are selling the match day jerseys to raise funds for the Ottio family.

Anyway the point is that I think we need to be flexible with this stuff, mandating theme rounds and stuff like that is just a bad idea in the long term, and will only lead to clubs overusing gimmicks and unable to adjust to the market when an opportunity presents it's self.

jesus

First everyone's upset that special jersey rounds are a hodge-podge, now we've got someone upset that there's a mandated round for all 16 clubs.

For what it's worth, having this mandated round of indigenous jerseys doesn't mean clubs can't reach out into other areas. I think the Sea Eagles have 5-6 different strips this season from memory so there's no reason Canberra can't do an Ottio tribute strip if they desire.

As for Indigenous stuff being a gimmick, I think you've completely missed the mark there.

 

[cooko]

First of the NRL Touch Premiership shirts.
From knowing the guys at Inferno a bit we can expect them to be pretty simple yet classic in style.

 

[gzerounian]

jesus

First everyone's upset that special jersey rounds are a hodge-podge, now we've got someone upset that there's a mandated round for all 16 clubs.

For what it's worth, having this mandated round of indigenous jerseys doesn't mean clubs can't reach out into other areas. I think the Sea Eagles have 5-6 different strips this season from memory so there's no reason Canberra can't do an Ottio tribute strip if they desire.

As for Indigenous stuff being a gimmick, I think you've completely missed the mark there.

Yep, Scrap WIL and limit the Anzac jerseys only to the 4 clubs that play on the actual day. Have the Indigenous jerseys (mandated) as a yearly event. Every three or four years have a properly organised mandated retro/heritage/men of league round with appropriate build up and celebrations to go with this round (maybe hall of famers are inducted during this round). No club is to have a heritage jersey in a non heritage year unless it is one of their main 2 jerseys for that year. In a heritage year clubs may wear their jersey once in the mandated round (not before) and one other nominated round. No other jerseys period!

 

[Canard]

The contrast between the Tiggers and the Cowboys last night, was like comparing Cancer to AIDS.

f**king woeful, whomever approved that should kill themselves.

 

[The Great Dane]

jesus

First everyone's upset that special jersey rounds are a hodge-podge, now we've got someone upset that there's a mandated round for all 16 clubs.

No, the ten or so people who post on here regularly are upset about special jerseys, special rounds, etc, not everyone...

For what it's worth, having this mandated round of indigenous jerseys doesn't mean clubs can't reach out into other areas. I think the Sea Eagles have 5-6 different strips this season from memory so there's no reason Canberra can't do an Ottio tribute strip if they desire.

Actually it does...

It limits the opportunities that clubs have to explore other ideas cause there is a limit on the amount of jerseys that they are allowed in a year, they are only allow 5 (or 6 or whatever it is) jerseys a season, 2 of those are a home and away jersey and most clubs also have to have an "alternate" so they don't clash with this or that club, so that's 3 gone straight away at most clubs, add on to that the mandatory indigenous jersey and that is 3 or 4 jerseys at every club gone out of a possible 5.

That leaves 1 or 2 possibilities left for a club to explore other ideas and opportunities, that forces them to pick and choose unnecessarily because of the NRL.
Under the current system most clubs who had the opportunity wouldn't have participated in the incredibly successful Marvel round (whatever you may think of it, you can't deny that it was very successful), and there're other opportunities that clubs are going to miss out on in the future because of it.

Basically my whole point is they need to leave the clubs free to make their own decisions on such things as much as reasonably possible when it comes to these sorts of things cause they know what is best for them, their market, and their target audience better than the NRL does, and what the NRL is doing is restricting that freedom which will have negative effects.

It also sets a precedent, and soon enough the NRL will want to mandate more jersey rounds...

As for Indigenous stuff being a gimmick, I think you've completely missed the mark there.

It is absolutely a gimmick.

The only reason that it exists anymore is to appeal to the indigenous demographic (and a particular political demographic as well if we are being honest), and to move merch for profit. None of the profits from sales or anything is going to indigenous charities or whatever, it's all going into the NRL and the NRL clubs back pocket...
Now I've got absolutely no problem with that what so ever, I'm totally down with them making money that way if they wish, all I'm saying is don't force the clubs to take part in it if they don't want to.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

First of the NRL Touch Premiership shirts. View attachment 19862
From knowing the guys at Inferno a bit we can expect them to be pretty simple yet classic in style.

Love the big logo on the chest. Good to get the brand exposure where they can.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I'd much prefer that they mandate charity jerseys over indigenous jerseys or any particular theme of jersey...

Don't get me wrong but the indigenous stuff is just a marketing gimmick at this point, it doesn't really have a point apart from that anymore, and in the Raiders case there's a good chance that we would have had Kato Ottio memorial jerseys instead of indigenous jerseys this year, they would have been much more popular and the money would have actually gone to a cause, a good cause.
Well at least the Raiders are selling the match day jerseys to raise funds for the Ottio family.

Anyway the point is that I think we need to be flexible with this stuff, mandating theme rounds and stuff like that is just a bad idea in the long term, and will only lead to clubs overusing gimmicks and unable to adjust to the market when an opportunity presents it's self.

I partially agree...

I think the NRL should keep thr number of mandated rounds as low as possible (2 or 3) but they should be totally respected by all clubs (every club has a theme jersey and wears it for that round and ONLY that round).

Beyond that, clubs should be given the freedom to hold their own themed game on the condition that BOTH TEAMS PARTICIPATE!!!

It is fine having charities or causes only commemorated by a game instead of a whole round, but clubs just randomly throwing on a jersey and saying "see, look how much we care about XXXXX" is just insulting and it looks amateur.

 

[The Great Dane]

Yep, Scrap WIL and limit the Anzac jerseys only to the 4 clubs that play on the actual day. Have the Indigenous jerseys (mandated) as a yearly event. Every three or four years have a properly organised mandated retro/heritage/men of league round with appropriate build up and celebrations to go with this round (maybe hall of famers are inducted during this round). No club is to have a heritage jersey in a non heritage year unless it is one of their main 2 jerseys for that year. In a heritage year clubs may wear their jersey once in the mandated round (not before) and one other nominated round. No other jerseys period!

Yeah great idea, lets completely f##k with one of the clubs most valuable resources and one of their biggest sources of income for reasons of purity or whatever... I mean just punching them right in the bottom line is a great idea...

And what of other ideas or causes? Are autism and cancer not worthy enough causes to be on a jersey?
I'm guessing as well that cross-promotion with movies and other pop culture is haram as well, despite all the publicity and $$$ it's worth to the clubs...