As a history buff, I couldn't be happier. There have been some other throwback jerseys available around Winnipeg released by other companies. I found a blue and white '60s jersey a few years back at a store in Polo Park Shopping Centre. They of course didn't have my size, so I had to buy it for my brother.
The old Bomber jersey makers Harv-Al (a local Winnipeg company) also recently (in the last two years) re-released the old classic '80s jerseys. Dang, I wanted a Matt Dunigan one. Yet again, not my size, and to be quite honest, after getting used to the Reebok quality jersey, I lost interest in getting it after I checked it out at the Bomber store.
It is surprising that the league chose Winnipeg to be one of the first to receive these throwback jerseys (apparently there are going to be two released each year going forward) when there are such large markets like BC and Montreal out there.
It's nice to see the CFL supporting the prairies, where the CFL fans are really fanatical. Too often they have been pandering to the large markets such as Toronto.
Yes, the other throwback jersey this year is Toronto's. I would have liked them to have paired up the release dates each year to coincide with the Labour Day Classic. The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Bombers would have been good. Then again, right on the jerseys there is a patch that lists (for the Bombers anyway) how many Grey Cups (10) they have won.
I don't know what they will do for the Roughriders—two just seems so erm, would you even want to put that on your jersey?
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