Harvard's 1 fan

[billhoward]

Tacky they may be, but Nike probably pays to have them there. Schafer's raise has to come from some bankroll. Not that it's their way or the highway, but maybe the swoosh is something you've got to live with. Anybody recall when the dasherboards didn't have advertising? At least I think they didn't, long ago.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
Anybody recall when the dasherboards didn't have advertising? At least I think they didn't, long ago. [/q]
I do.  They didn't.

[Rosey]

[Q]You have no idea how strongly I dislike those swooshes.[/q]
Yeah, I agree... but given the terrible things athletics could have done to the uniforms:

- Huge hugging bear logo on front
- Switch to Big Red Wings-style sleeves, to cut costs
- Medium-size hugging bear logo on front
- Switch from athletic block lettering to script for "Cornell"
- Any size hugging bear logo, anywhere on jersey

I can mostly ignore the swoosh.

Cheers,
Kyle

[Will]

[Q]krose Wrote:

 [Q2]You have no idea how strongly I dislike those swooshes.[/Q]
Yeah, I agree... but given the terrible things athletics could have done to the uniforms:

- Huge hugging bear logo on front
- Switch to Big Red Wings-style sleeves, to cut costs
- Medium-size hugging bear logo on front
- Switch from athletic block lettering to script for "Cornell"
- Any size hugging bear logo, anywhere on jersey

I can mostly ignore the swoosh.

Cheers,
Kyle
[/q]

Shhh, don't give them any ideas.

[schoaff]

[Q]kaelistus Wrote:

You have no idea how strongly I dislike those swooshes. They are the ultimate sign of "selloutness".
[/q]

Oh, how could anyone dislike them. If you're a capitalist they remind you of the success the military industrial complex is having pacifying the masses with bread and circuses. If you're a communist you must glory in the fact that comrade Schafer has fooled the evil capitalists into funding their own inevitable demise by equipping the Red Army. :-}

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]krose Wrote:

 [Q2]You have no idea how strongly I dislike those swooshes.[/Q]
Yeah, I agree... but given the terrible things athletics could have done to the uniforms:

- Huge hugging bear logo on front
- Switch to Big Red Wings-style sleeves, to cut costs
- Medium-size hugging bear logo on front
- Switch from athletic block lettering to script for "Cornell"
- Any size hugging bear logo, anywhere on jersey

I can mostly ignore the swoosh.

Cheers,
Kyle
[/q]
Or, worst of all, adding an unnecessary and incorrect accent color--blue, black, silver-gray, etc.--like they've done to deface almost every other Cornell uniform.

[Will]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

Or, worst of all, adding an unnecessary and incorrect accent color--blue, black, silver-gray, etc.--like they've done to deface almost every other Cornell uniform.[/q]

Shhh, don't give them any ideas.

[Rosey]

[Q]I can mostly ignore the swoosh.[/q]
I should add, however, that it would have been more tasteful simply to put the swoosh in place of the CCM on the old jerseys, rather than have it front and center, and not put the swoosh on the knees.  Nike's not part of the team: they just provide sweatshop-quality clothing at rock-bottom prices. ::yark::

I know when I dress for a game, I'm not overly concerned with how centered everything is, just how comfortable I am and how well... well, how well I'm protected. :-)  Do you think it's part of the contract that the guys have to specifically put the socks on so the swoosh centers exactly over the knees?  Yich.  One more idiotic distraction from the main event, that being playing the best hockey in the nation.

Cheers,
Kyle

[RichH]

[Q]krose Wrote:

I should add, however, that it would have been more tasteful simply to put the swoosh in place of the CCM on the old jerseys, rather than have it front and center, and not put the swoosh on the knees.  Nike's not part of the team: they just provide sweatshop-quality clothing at rock-bottom prices. [/q]

I'm quite certain that the '04-'05 jerseys had the CCM logo front and center.  Looking at Age's photo archives confirms this, but only for the home uniforms.  The road jerseys had the small CCM on the shoulder, like they had the previous 3-4 seasons.

Look at the 3rd photograph on this page: http://www.elynah.com/?photob&id=166&e=&p=2

Or poke around last season's photos for plenty of examples.
http://www.elynah.com/?photo&y=2005