Sports franchises are faced with a unique dilemma when re-design time comes around. Most of the good color combinations are already in use! Now it's even more difficult to make your team standout. I understand and I sympathize.
There are only but so many colors in the Crayola boxes, right? How did the Eagles make sure their green and white wasn't confused with the Jets'? They chose midnight green out of the color palette instead. Smart move.
Then there are the teams that choose to update their whole look. They look for a sleeker design, something more modern. And it might be cool at a glance. That is until it becomes dated. Just ask anyone responsible for the 1980 Houston Astros uniform.
Then there are teams that just can't get it right. Their uniforms aren't fun to look at, and other teams hate playing against them for it. It may even be safe to say that free agents stray from these organizations because of the overall hideousness of the jerseys.
Ignoring the uniforms of the WNBA and the Arena Football League, here are the five worst jerseys in professional sports:
5. Arizona Cardinals
It's amazing, because it shouldn't be this difficult to ruin red and white. The Cardinals jerseys appear to be made from scraps of the Atlanta Falcons uniform. The patched up blocks along the shoulders don't do much to disprove that notion.
4. Denver Nuggets
These guys just can't get it right, can they? Fans are still recovering from this abomination of a jersey.
The current, powder blue with yellow accents, color combination would probably work as an occasional alternate uniform. There's no way the organization will still be pleased with these colors in five years.
Fans can expect a color change down the road as the Nuggets continue to look for the best way to identify their team.
3. Cincinnati Bengals
Oh, so many punchlines and so little time. Given the Bengals aptitude for being on the wrong side of the law, orange jumpsuits and stripes are so unintentionally appropriate. However, their legal misfortunes are secondary to how ugly the uniforms are from top to bottom.
It's definitely not the color combination that's wrong. Orange, black and white can work very well.
It's the Tony the Tiger inspired helmet that needs to see it's way out of the NFL. They can keep the colors. They need to abandon the concept of designing the uniform to actually look like the animal they're named for. Abandon the stripes. Immediately.
2. Washington Wizards
The Wizards receive no gold stars for their gold top alternate jersey. At the very least, it's not their official uniform. But it still counts, because they've worn it more than once.
There are only two logical explanations that can serve as acceptable excuses for these ridiculous things:
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Kristofer Green 11 months ago
I agree that the Wizards uni's are definately hideous, but I happen to like the Nuggets and Cardinals uni's. Fun read though.
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Michael Brown 11 months ago
That Eagles retro jersey is the worst, though those five listed are pretty bad.
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Harmon Whistler 8 months ago
Great read - funny.
The Wild logo is in reference to our wilderness, and our pride in Minnesota's majestic wildlife.
It features a bear's head with a sun setting over a forest, a winding Mississippi river at it's mouth and making the eye is the North Star. (in tribute to Minnesota's original NHL team.)
Colors:
Forest Green - obvious.
Iron Range Red - north central Minnesota is known for its iron.
Yellow - not sure on this one, works for us though.
Wheat - bread basket of the region.
Keep the articles coming!
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T.W. Krems 8 months ago
I actually happen to like the Wizards uniform, probably cuz I am a fan. Have you noticed that the Vikings and Cardinals uniforms look the same? It seems all NFL teams that that get new uniforms will be the same just different colors. They both have a small team logo above the name on the back and the patterns are the same.
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