I agree. Although I love the throwbacks, I actually like our current uniforms a lot and love the logo. The previous logo/uniforms were ugly as ****.
**Inevitable throwback jersey super thread**
- Thread starter DisturbedShifty
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fish920
lurker
Bills finale. That's why I might attend. I have yet to attend a game with the new uniforms/logo and I doubt I'll ever do so.
Yes, we got off lucky by Nike standards. It wasn't a butchering but a senseless moderate decline...change for the sake of change. Worst aspects are the washed out color scheme, tramp stamp and especially the motion sickness logo.
That logo shift is so representative of all the blunders from this franchise over the past dozen years or so. No need to think. Excess thought leads to subjective ineptitude. The helmet curves toward the eyebrows. Maybe the logo should follow that path. Let's see, that's been good enough for 95+% of all examples. Instead we're applying some stupid rationalization that an actual dolphin twists this way or that way. Don't you think if it actually mattered the topic would have surfaced in let's say...the prior 45 years?
TheJetsBlow
Active Roster
This needs to happen ASAP.
TheJetsBlow
Active Roster
That would be fine too. Just lose these current uniforms. They suck.
Dajesus
Active Roster
I can’t stand the new logo. If I’m buying merch I only look at the retro stuff. I would love to switch permanently and wear the 90s uniforms for our alternate.
Mrmeeseeks
☠️ Banned ☠️
My understanding was that you notify in March the year prior to the season, not 2 years. And since Miami had to keep the current uniform for this season, they couldn't make the change until spring of 2018 anyway.
phins_4_ever
E12 FH Tailgate Gang
I could care less what the Dolphins play in. I am happy with winning and if they do it in their Spiderman underwear so be it.
DisturbedShifty
Peace out
Informing the league the same year they want to make changes to a isn't enough time to change merchandise for that same year. That would mean they would have to change all their draft stuff in time for April and that's not just the stuff for the players to wear that includes the stuff that has to be sold to the public.
If I remember correctly sports store usually have the catalogs with the new designs a month or two prior to a big event. I used to know a guy that ran our local sports store and he used to let us look at the catalog months before the new gear was out. They had those catalogs that far in advance so they could place their order early and have them in time for the event. I think the it thing that isn't on an advanced time table is Super Bowl gear and that merchandise isn't always the best quality in the first couple weeks you buy it.
dolphindan
Active Roster
It’s definitely not the same year. The titans have already filed with the league, which is why we know they will have new uniforms. They’re could be a chance that we did and it didn’t leak but I highly doubt it. As much as I’d like to go back to the old look, I don’t think those in charge of this decision would change from the new logo after only 5 years. Makes it look like it was a huge mistake to change in the first place
dirwuf
Scout Team
Is it possible that because the throwbacks are an "existing" set, that they don't need the full advance time span....
dolphindan
Active Roster
I did think of that and that could be possible. That’s probably best case scenario as we move closer to the offseason.
This is what I'm hoping for. The Bills have some of the cleanest uniforms in the league.
DisturbedShifty
Peace out
No. You're still missing the logistical side of making the change. The change just isn't for the team. It's also for all the merchandise as well as promotional materials and even all the signs in the stadium. It's a huge undertaking to have to rebrand a company and that is exactly what changing the logo is, a rebrand.
dirwuf
Scout Team
I get that, but since throwback merchandise already exists, things like templates, approved color pallets, etc. don't have to be done from scratch...