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Post by brandon on Feb 3, 2023 8:24:06 GMT -6
So, I found out what I believe is the truth...
An old friend of mine works with the club sports, and my step son is over the E sports.
They both told me that the reason Gold is getting cut out of athletics is because they payed someone some money to tell the how to better market their "brand" and the top 2 things to do, Change the logos and get rid of Gold. They Said that fresh logos force people to pay attention and nobody likes Gold in sports.... what???
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Post by unafied on Feb 3, 2023 8:43:03 GMT -6
So, I found out what I believe is the truth... An old friend of mine works with the club sports, and my step son is over the E sports. They both told me that the reason Gold is getting cut out of athletics is because they payed someone some money to tell the how to better market their "brand" and the top 2 things to do, Change the logos and get rid of Gold. They Said that fresh logos force people to pay attention and nobody likes Gold in sports.... what??? Man. Whoever said that, and whoever believes that, are idiots. I fail to see how making something more "bland" would somehow grab people's attention. Sounds like someone got paid to make some recommendations and dang it, they were gonna come up with something. I'm not holding my breath to see when Washington or even James Madison will be removing gold from their color schemes. What's even dumber is, when it comes to football at least, we're now in a conference with teams that are purple and gray/black (UCA), and THREE teams that seem to be purple and white (Tarleton, Abilene Christian, and SFA). Wouldn't being the lone team that uses gold set us apart? Sometimes I feel like the proverbial old man yelling at a cloud about this, but jeez. It makes me mad every time I turn on a game.
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Post by rmfl1988 on Feb 3, 2023 8:53:01 GMT -6
So, I found out what I believe is the truth... An old friend of mine works with the club sports, and my step son is over the E sports. They both told me that the reason Gold is getting cut out of athletics is because they payed someone some money to tell the how to better market their "brand" and the top 2 things to do, Change the logos and get rid of Gold. They Said that fresh logos force people to pay attention and nobody likes Gold in sports.... what??? I would love to see these people go to Notre Dame and tell them to not wear gold helmets anymore.....
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Post by unafied on Feb 19, 2023 17:05:56 GMT -6
This year’s baseball unis seem to have zero gold. Just purple and white. Sigh. Not that I’m surprised at all, but it’s frustrating nonetheless.
And no more “UNA” hat. Just “NA”.
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Post by unalions on Feb 19, 2023 18:05:25 GMT -6
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Post by brandon on Feb 19, 2023 18:28:56 GMT -6
This year’s baseball unis seem to have zero gold. Just purple and white. Sigh. Not that I’m surprised at all, but it’s frustrating nonetheless. And no more “UNA” hat. Just “NA”. I may be in the minority, but I like the NA... hate the fact that there is no Gold...
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Post by unafied on Feb 19, 2023 19:23:57 GMT -6
I really loved the purple and Athletic Sand combo. The best look we’ve ever had, IMO. For the life of me, I simply cannot understand why we are forcing this change. The university’s gold should’ve been changed to match it. It looks more modern and classy than what the academic side uses.
Brandon, I don’t even really dislike the NA logo as much anymore. It’s just more about what it represents. Just feels like an attempt to get rid of “UNA”. And I mean, I guess that’s what it is. I’d still rather lean into the UNA branding over “North Alabama”, but I might be in the minority on that. I could stomach that change a WHOLE lot more if we hadn’t ditched gold.
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Post by unafied on Mar 5, 2023 8:12:28 GMT -6
Managed to visit Florence for the first time in a few months this weekend. My wife wanted to stop by Martin’s, so I looked through their merch. LOTS of purple and GOLD clothes to choose from. Almost all of it with the old logos, but still. I did actually buy a hat with the new logo. Funny enough, it has a distressed look which makes the lion head purple and sandy gold instead of white. I think it looks good. I’ll concede the purple and white lion head looks pretty good itself (the logo has really grown on me). It would just look a lot better with some gold added.
FWIW, I didn’t see any shirts with the new logos, just hats. This has to be one of the worst rollouts of a new logo set ever.
This probably isn’t news to those of you who live in the Shoals, but I thought I’d mention it in case you want to get some new purple and gold before it’s… gone?
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Post by roaringsince96 on Mar 5, 2023 19:09:24 GMT -6
Right and Martins will place an order for new merchandise to hit before fall semester. So Martins may not have have had the new logo last summer? The bookstore is just starting to get more of the new logo. Makes me wonder if we are good with it? Think about our helmets this season may not rep the new logo?
Always fun to return and visit home though right? I am always as happy there as anywhere.
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Post by unafied on Mar 5, 2023 20:13:21 GMT -6
Right and Martins will place an order for new merchandise to hit before fall semester. So Martins may not have have had the new logo last summer? The bookstore is just starting to get more of the new logo. Makes me wonder if we are good with it? Think about our helmets this season may not rep the new logo? Always fun to return and visit home though right? I am always as happy there as anywhere. I love Florence and always will. It’s home. It’s not perfect, but it has a lot going for it. Would be nice if there was a way my career could bring me back, but hey, you do what you have to do. I think the lack of merchandise this long after the change points to this being a decision that was made and implemented quickly. Honestly I’m pretty sure it’s something Looney did when he took over. I really don’t have any evidence, it’s just a hunch, but based at least partly on my emails with him. Either way, I’d love to know what the color gold did to piss off someone in the athletic department.
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Post by brandon on Mar 5, 2023 20:23:34 GMT -6
I'm just excited about the possibility of going back to our traditional helmets... hopefully new coach sticks to them. That's our "trademark" so to speak. Love the plain purple with the white stars. I put it in the classic category along with Michigan, Alabama, Penn State, Nebraska and so on.
That should be our standard, most of the time helmet with logos in another color helmet a sometimes thing.
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Post by roaringsince96 on Mar 5, 2023 21:12:50 GMT -6
You know a “gold star” means more….people used to say you get a gold star. Think UNA could actually do that and pull it off. Doubt it happens, would soooo love to see it happen.
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Post by brandon on Mar 6, 2023 8:24:20 GMT -6
You know a “gold star” means more….people used to say you get a gold star. Think UNA could actually do that and pull it off. Doubt it happens, would soooo love to see it happen. Hudspeth did white for football awards and Gold for academic achievements. He went to the smaller stars like the teachers would use in elementary school. I guess you could use both...
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Post by unafied on Mar 6, 2023 11:38:14 GMT -6
Unfortunately my guess is that wishing for anything gold to be added to the uniform will just leave you disappointed. Looney himself pointed out to me that our 90s uniforms had very little gold. To be fair, he's not wrong - the sleeve stripes had gold/white/gold, but everything else was purple and white. That being said, we also weren't actively trying to remove gold from every other uniform at the time.
I'm betting that the jerseys and pants remain mostly the same this fall, but that we begin adding (white) stars to the two existing purple helmets (the lion head and "NA" helmets). I'd be fine with doing away with the white helmet (please ignore my avatar). We look much better with purple shells.
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Post by roaringsince96 on Mar 6, 2023 13:08:17 GMT -6
Got me tickled as you made me look at your avatar. I love that helmet. Maybe we use it for every homecoming game? Shame to let it go to waste….
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