Nonstopdrivel
6 years ago

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The biggest news coming out of the annual league meeting in Phoenix this week has been the vote to move the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas. The Green Bay Packers, however, created some news of their own on the final day of the week-long meeting.

Team President and CEO Mark Murphy petitioned team owners to approve a change in the Packers’ logo and team uniform.

Murphy presented artist renderings and samplers of the proposed new helmet, which features the standard Packers logo, but with a different color scheme. Unlike the current look, which features a white “G” on a green oval background, the new look features a black “G” in a yellow oval, and on a black helmet. Other than the team logo, the helmet is solid black, and without the green and white striping that goes from front to back across the crest of the current helmet.

Murphy indicated to the other NFL executives that the black helmet and its black “G” logo would become part of the team’s away uniform, whereas the current yellow helmet and logo would remain the home uniform.

The idea originated among several Green Bay board members who felt the league was becoming too style-oriented, and resorting to trendy, rather than traditional, color schemes.

The breaking point for a majority of the board was when the NFL last year introduced “color rush” uniforms for Thursday night games. “It’s just a marketing idea that takes away from the fundamental appeal of the sport,” Murphy told the group.

Murphy indicated the Packers want to move back toward an image the NFL has projected for most of its nearly 100-year history: the sport as a no-frills full-out physical confrontation among the best athletes in the world.

Board members pointed to a study that has been done showing that college football teams that wear predominantly black helmets win over 53 percent of their games, while teams that wore predominantly white or light-colored helmets had winning percentages of only 45 percent. The research covered over 300 Division 1 NCAA teams over the 10-year period from 2006-15.

Board member Andrew B. Turnbull argued that the team could benefit from having a little extra motivation to perform well when playing away from Lambeau Field. The black helmets would make the players look more “menacing,” claimed Turnbull, and that attitude might carry over into the players playing a more physical and intense brand of football.

If three-fourths of other NFL teams agree, the proposal could be approved as early as the annual league meeting next spring.

Rob Born  wrote:


I'm not sure how I feel about this. It will definitely take some getting used to. I'm skeptical of the notion that just changing the color of the helmets will improve the Packers' performance on the road. Also, do we really want the Green Bay Packers looking more like the Georgia Bulldogs?

P.S. I suspect this article may in fact be a piece of satire.
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yooperfan
6 years ago
I like it, I'm all for it!
Smokey
6 years ago
While I don't like the Black helmet idea, GB's green would work much better if a change is that necessary. The green, trimmed with the yellow would work fine. I will always prefer the more traditional yellow, trimmed in green.

Perhaps they could now think about getting a team mascot. 😎
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beast
6 years ago

I'm not sure how I feel about this. It will definitely take some getting used to. I'm skeptical of the notion that just changing the color of the helmets will improve the Packers' performance on the road. Also, do we really want the Green Bay Packers looking more like the Georgia Bulldogs?

P.S. I suspect this article may in fact be a piece of satire.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Yes, I'm expecting that is article is bullshit for a couple of reasons, but why are we whispering?

I think the NFL has adapted rules against using forcing the players to use different helmets from week to week after some concussion study came out and found when players who stuck with one were less likely vs those that were changing more often.

And yes that helmet reminds me of college ball... and it looks horrible, if you were going to do this, keep the G white
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Zero2Cool
6 years ago
04/01/2017


no place here for garbage
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Nonstopdrivel
6 years ago
Oh, shit, I didn't even notice the date on the article.

It's actually true that the Packers implemented a uniform change back in 2017 , but it had nothing to do with the helmets.
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Nonstopdrivel
6 years ago
Interestingly, there is one study that indicates that teams which wear red have a higher probability of winning , while another study finds that teams which wear black are more likely to be penalized .
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wpr
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6 years ago
It is kind of funny (not really) how much teams change uniform schemes is really about marketing but they kind of try to hide it behind other things. Of course there are not very many NFL helmets that are worn by the general public.

And the first thing I thought of was GA too.

The Oakland-Vegas line was puzzling since they are already building the stadium. I assumed the story was an old one. But hey- Zero digs up old threads so why can't you dig up old stories for us to talk about. 🤷
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KRK
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6 years ago
IIRC, Georgia actually licenses the G from the Packers.
In Luce tua Videmus Lucem KRK
wpr
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6 years ago

IIRC, Georgia actually licenses the G from the Packers.

Originally Posted by: KRK 



They did get permission from Packers, Inc. I don't know if they have to pay a license fee or not. I always thought it was gratis.
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