Since I moved to Michigan from Oregon last January, I haven’t had the chance to keep tabs on what’s been going there lately.
Apparently, the University of Oregon lost its mind when it came to designing new uniforms.
The effect is even more garish on TV.
“My eyes! The goggles…they do nothing!”
Worst. College Football Uniform. EVER.
Reminds me of the color of the walls in the rooms of my old college dorm. On the first floor, they were “light blue”. On the third floor, they were “grungy white”. On the second floor: “puke yellow”.
Ack.
If you were a serious Oregon fan you would know that all of their athletic uniforms are manufactured and designed by Nike, so if you are going to blow a gasket at someone, Phil Knight, CEO of Nike is the one you are looking for.
The U has no input or final approval of the uniforms?
I’m aware that Nike does the uniforms, and they a decent job with the ones Oregon was using for the last couple of years.
But I can’t imagine the university not having the final say on the uniform design. If they don’t, then someone at the university should be faulted for giving away the veto, and if they did have the final say, then someone should be faulted for approving of this design.
This is my question too. Surely, even if Nike provides the uniforms it doesn’t get to choose the school’s colours?
Also, on a semi-related note, i thought that Phil Knight started screaming and foaming at the mouth a few years ago when Oregon became part of the Workers’ Rights Coalition that opposed selling sweat shop-produced apparel in Universioty stores. I seem to remember him vowing never to give another cent to the University.
Does anyone know what happened with this?
The mascot is ducks. They uniforms are mostly yellow.
Makes sense to me.
Yeah! 'Cause you know, ducks are yellow!
Hey, wait a sec…
[sup]I like the uniforms.[/sup]
I haven’t seen it on TV but I like that. That man looks very much like a large, wild, insanely colored duck.
Actually, I thought he looked like a bumblebee on steroids.
(And I don’t think I’ve seen too many yellow ducks, either… ;))
The uniforms are a payback for the Worker’s Rights Coalition.
I have nothing to add, Atreyu, except to congratulate you on your fine use of an apostrophe at the end of a plural-posessive. Proper apostrophe usage is a dying art.
I salute you.
