2018 Jerseys/Logos/Sponsorships

[The Great Dane]

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).

You've just eaten all the promotional jerseys that a club is allowed in a year, so unless the NRL allows them to wear more different jersey styles a year (say 7 or 8 instead or 5 or 6) you've completely taken away from them the chance to do their own thing...

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

Well that'd be pointless cause almost none of the clubs are going to be interested in an arrangement like that cause A. they won't be able to spruik or sell the merch directly to their own fan-base so it'll eat into possible sales B. they won't be able to effectively capitalise on the publicity of such events if it's not a home game and C. all the benefit from doing such a thing will go to a direct competitor in the market and not them, so at that point apart from on very, very rare occasions both clubs aren't going to agree to it and it's going to kill their opportunity to capitalise on such things.

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.

Try telling Ricky or the others at the Raiders that they don't care about Autism, or that they are only doing it to virtue signal to their face. If you do make sure you have someone recording it, you may need the evidence in court...

Seriously though who cares what this person or that thinks looks amateur or whatever, I'm sure it looks very amateur when they look at the money that was made from it at the end of the day lol, and who the hell are you to say what each clubs intentions are or aren't, and if anything the "see, look how much we care about indigenous people or women" rounds the NRL's marketing and promotions teams come up with is much more insulting then clubs, sponsors, or people at the clubs chasing their own personal goals and fighting their own fights...

 

[GAZF]

I agree with @The Great Dane about not enforcing league-wide rounds in that they limit the scope of what community causes a club can support.

Will be interesting to see if sales on jerseys of a specific theme drop off over the years.

 

[parrawentyfan]

A club can support a comnunity group, charity or commercial enterprise without needing a specific game day jersey. They can sell a training jersey or some other item. A few years ago the Raiders sold little Viking beanies and they were a massive hit.

If clubs can't do their own thing with one off game day jerseys, then good as far as I'm concerned. They've shown they can't restrain themselves so take the right away.

 

[The Great Dane]

A club can support a comnunity group, charity or commercial enterprise without needing a specific game day jersey. They can sell a training jersey or some other item. A few years ago the Raiders sold little Viking beanies and they were a massive hit.

They weren't for charity...

They (bandannas, and I'm pretty sure inflatable clappers in the years before the beanies) were payed for by DHA as a promotional giveaway, they were literally a marketing ploy by DHA. They were so popular and it was such a success in the first year that DHA realised that they could get all the publicity and free advertising that they ever wanted and could recoup some of the costs of making them by selling them for a gold coin donation.
DHA no longer sponsors the Raiders so they stopped giving them or other things out as promotional material.

They had nothing to do with charity, promotions similar to that are outside the reach of almost all charities (it's definitely outside the reach of the ones that are most worth giving to), they were a once in a life time marketing success that would be extremely hard to repeat even on a semi regular basis (see the bandannas that nobody except Raiders fans remember) and even if they were for sale at full retail price and a reasonable percentage of that was going to charity (instead of DHA paying for them outright) they still wouldn't have made as much money for charity or got as much publicity for said charities as jerseys can and do, and neither would training jerseys, they simply do not sell as many or get worn as much.

Besides the Raiders support a charity at basically every home game (very rarely do they not have one), they call it their charity match day sponsor or something similar and allow the charity to have volunteers at the gates collecting donations and if they want to setup a small information booth near the western gate to hand out informational material and/or sell things to raise money.
Just because they can and do have their "charity match day sponsor" doesn't mean that they shouldn't be allowed to do charity or promotional jerseys if they want to go down that route for any cause or company that they want (or vice versa for that matter), it's not and never should be a one or the other deal.

If clubs can't do their own thing with one off game day jerseys, then good as far as I'm concerned. They've shown they can't restrain themselves so take the right away.

What does that even mean? Show restraint how?
They already have strict restraints on them, namely that they are only allowed a certain amount of promotional jerseys a year, and I imagine that those promotional jerseys have to be approved by the NRL to be used in a game.

And how is that problem, whatever it is and if it is even a problem, fixed by mandating what sort of charity and promotional jerseys that a club can and can't have and exactly when they are allowed to use them even if it isn't in there favour...

 

[parrawentyfan]

It is just a combination of everything which has resulted in this mess.

- The atrocious Stay Kind jerseys by Parra and the Tigers
- The insistence of Newcastle wearing their Orange mining jersey against the Tigers
- The commercially driven super hero jerseys
- The stupid looking socks to support some charity or junior club
- About a million other examples I can't think of

The NRL doesn't regulate it seriously enough and gives the clubs too much free reign. Yes there are restraints, but they should be tighter. At this rate they might as well not exist.

Let the clubs have a charity jersey if they must but they have to give up something else. We cannot continue to have clubs trotting out new jerseys whenever they feel like it. Limit it to 3 or 4 a year and clubs will eventually get over it. Trot out special jerseys for trials or nines if they must.

 

[Zerô]

Anzac should be tasteful and minimal. Just a poppy on each jersey. Not to be sold to the public.

WiL is redundant, the the fact they're all variations of pink and purple is just taking the piss.

Indigenous should be compulsory, but instead of new designs each year, clubs should design a sole indigenous jersey they wear every year.

Heritage should be happen every year, but celebrate a different era each time.

Then I would leave one jersey to the discretion of the club, be it charity, honouring a player, or advertising to fatten their pockets

Also:

I'd have it so clubs had only two main jerseys- home and away/clash.

But as an exception, if a club commits to a long-term home jersey, or had it written into their constitution that they will not change designs, they can then have an alternate design. To help make up any loss of income they might have as a result of not changing the home jersey.

 

[kdalymc]

What I wanna know is how the hell can bulldogs players even move without side panels??!!?

 

[Zerô]

What's the go with the M&J chickens sponsorship on the Bulldogs sleeve?

It's a sticker, but it's much larger than the logo, looks like it's covering something

 

[The Marshall]

What's the go with the M&J chickens sponsorship on the Bulldogs sleeve?

It's a sticker, but it's much larger than the logo, looks like it's covering something

There was a design fault with the jersey and the sleeves kept sliding up so the sponser couldn’t be seen so they added the iron on patches to stop it moving. Can’t imagine it being that comfortable for the players.

 

[The Marshall]

Did anyone think the Dogs jersey looked a bit better in person?

 

[kdalymc]

What I wanna know is how the hell can bulldogs players even move without side panels??!!?

Just looked at last week vs bulldogs. There isn’t a solid side panel on the striped jersey either

 

[toomuchsoup]

It is just a combination of everything which has resulted in this mess.

- The atrocious Stay Kind jerseys by Parra and the Tigers
- The insistence of Newcastle wearing their Orange mining jersey against the Tigers
- The commercially driven super hero jerseys
- The stupid looking socks to support some charity or junior club
- About a million other examples I can't think of

The NRL doesn't regulate it seriously enough and gives the clubs too much free reign. Yes there are restraints, but they should be tighter. At this rate they might as well not exist.

Let the clubs have a charity jersey if they must but they have to give up something else. We cannot continue to have clubs trotting out new jerseys whenever they feel like it. Limit it to 3 or 4 a year and clubs will eventually get over it. Trot out special jerseys for trials or nines if they must.

Couldn’t have said it better

 

[Zerô]

There was a design fault with the jersey and the sleeves kept sliding up so the sponser couldn’t be seen so they added the iron on patches to stop it moving. Can’t imagine it being that comfortable for the players.

I thought it was to hold ciggies in place

 

[GAZF]

Just looked at last week vs bulldogs. There isn’t a solid side panel on the striped jersey either

The dogs and warriors haven't had side panels in ages.

 

[axl rose]

Did anyone think the Dogs jersey looked a bit better in person?

Dogs breakfast, like most of this round with the exception of Penrith and Roosters subtle design.

 

[kdalymc]

The dogs and warriors haven't had side panels in ages.

But how can they run??

 

[GAZF]

But how can they run??

No idea, could explain how both teams have gone in recent years.

 

[LineBall]

Why not designate one game per indigenous/WIL/Heritage round for a special jersey. So that way only 2 teams per year need an indigenous jersey. Would stop the whole round looking like a dogs breakfast and would create more demand for those one off jerseys due to their rarity. The other games could have indigenous paintings on the in goal areas or on the pads on the uprights etc. to contribute to the spirit of the round.

 

[kdalymc]

Ha. Can’t believe there are actually people putting shit on an indigenous round. No matter what they do you seriously cannot bag it..

 

[toomuchsoup]

Poor contrast between the Warriors and Roosters