Names on the back of jumpers - good or bad?

[Inferno]

Meh, I think it's just more unnecessary clutter on jumpers. I won't lose sleep if they keep them but I'd rather they didn't.

 

[Rack Watts]

I didn't really notice it.

 

[Sellyme]

It's different here though.

In the US, the equivalent past players get their number retired. The clubs have been around here for long enough that nearly every number at the traditional clubs can be associated with a past hero, even if the current player that wears it is a nobody and in all but a couple of instances, league-wide, those same legends' numbers are still in circulation.

I wouldn't exactly call the current owners of the Geelong #5, North Melbourne #18 or Brisbane's #3 'nobodies', but if you buy one of the current players' guernseys, you're not necessarily buying it for them, but for every player that's worn that number in the past. And if the guernsey that you buy has a big 'VARCOE', 'ATLEY', or 'MOLONEY' on it, it makes it a bit harder to do.

Then don't buy them with the names on?

 

[Exe Gesis]

The Clutter btw is everything else but the numbers and the name.

How many 'afl' badges does the AFL need to have on every item of clothing FFS, for instance.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Then don't buy them with the names on?

I'm talking about the player issue/match worn guernseys.

 

[aussierulesrules]

I'm all for it. Was watching the Brisbane game the other night for a bit and after Johnno Brown kicked a goal about half his team got around him and I got to learn who most of them were and what their numbers were because their names were on their backs. No way would I have bothered to look them up otherwise, so I'd learn them much more quickly if this was a perma-thing.

A no-brainer for me for them to come in permanently.

 

[Silvagnis]

I like chipps.

 

[basashi]

Problems caused.... zero

could I see them all the time? .... no

did I get good enough glimpses, often enough? .... yes

Should the names stay?..... of course

 

[basashi]

If you don't know the players names from their numbers alone then you need to follow the game more .
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I feel the same way about each team having a distinctive jumper. If you don't recognize the players and know which team they play for without relying on the colour of their jumper.... then you shouldn't be allowed to watch the footy.

get rid of team gear and just play in unlabelled grey sweat shirts.

 

[blaze036]

I like chipps.

Let's hope he doesn't play the Sydney Bloods

 

[DardySingh360]

Controversial opinion (WOooOooooOoOoOooOoooOO) why don't we take the back sponsor, plaster it across the front of the jumper and make the numbers and names larger will reduce the clutter tenfold

 

[Air_Chester]

Exactly as I expected going in, the names were very useful in identifying players I didn't know at quarter breaks. Looked great on TV.

They hurt nobody except the extremely delicate, it seems.

 

[Air_Chester]

Then don't buy them with the names on?

People really don't seem to grasp the concept that when you buy a jumper getting a name on it is optional. Much like getting a number printed on has always been optional.

I also don't understand why people are into digging at the AFL for "trying to suck money out of fans". I don't want a name on my jumper so I'm not getting one. Nobody is forcing me to. Anyone who shells out money for one clearly WANTS ONE, so why are people who don't want one telling them how to spend their money?

Concrete proof that this is all simply a marketing exercise? Today, Jay Kennedy-Harris had "K-HARRIS" above his number as the full name wouldn't have fit. That's fine. But the same principle should have been applied to Lewis Roberts-Thomson on Saturday.

Instead, because the media love calling him LRT, and he loves getting called LRT, the AFL decide to put the grammatically incorrect and quite frankly stupid abbreviation of "L.R.T" on his jumper instead of "R-THOMSON" as it should have been.

This isn't about identifying players at all – it's about making a quick buck.

You don't think maybe the property steward at the Swans just asked him which option he wanted printed?

AFL uniform standard/regulation, something like this.....

(note: the NMFC now under the logo, and the logo now on the left chest parallel with AFL badge, no sponsor badge on front, reduced sponsor area on back, numbers lowered, NMFC removed from back, name font increased in height, better proportion.

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For the record, I legit had no idea who is number 12 for North and don't know whose head that is the back of. Funnily enough I now know that's Lindsay Thomas. Wonder why.

I also couldn't pick Zach Tuohy out of a lineup, but after seeing he name on his jumper at 3/4 time on Sunday, I can now pick him even from a distance. As someone who listens to the radio for footy over watching on TV regularly, I found it immensely helpful to put a face to the names of the fringe players of opposition clubs.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

I actually think it's pretty good. As with the EPL, I'm not looking to read the names while the players are running.

Being a supporter overseas, it's hard to keep track of players on other teams. Now with the names on the players' back, I now know what players like Bastinac look like.


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I also live abroad and actually I didnt know what Bastinac looked like either, until a few weeks ago.

Know how I figured it out? (without google or without using one of the 3 afl apps I have on my smart phone)

I looked at his face after i heard his name mentioned...

Try it.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Exactly as I expected going in, the names were very useful in identifying players I didn't know at quarter breaks. Looked great on TV.

They hurt nobody except the extremely delicate, it seems.

Look, its not a major issue.

For me what it comes down to - and I think I speak for most of the 'extremely delicate' when I say this - it just looks stupid.

It provides nothing and it looks stupid.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

I also live abroad and actually I didnt know what Bastinac looked like either, until a few weeks ago.

Know how I figured it out? (without google or without using one of the 3 afl apps I have on my smart phone)

I looked at his face after i heard his name mentioned...

Try it.

The commentators list the name of every player who appears in every shot?

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

The commentators list the name of every player who appears in every shot?

No they dont. How many faces can you see in open play anyway?

I was able to identify Bastinac as he was the player who had the ball after a mark. The commentator said his name and i knew.

And I didnt even have to wait for hkm to turn around so i could (maybe) see his name!!

Have you got a point with this post or are you just being an argumentative smartarse for the sake of it?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

No they dont. How many faces can you see in open play anyway?

I was able to identify Bastinac as he was the player who had the ball after a mark. The commentator said his name and i knew.

And I didnt even have to wait for hkm to turn around so i could (maybe) see his name!!

Have you got a point with this post or are you just being an argumentative smartarse for the sake of it?

See my post #322 on P.14.

But if you think printing the name a player has had since birth on their jersey back is "stupid" as you say in another post, we're unlikely to watch footy the same way anyway.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

See my post #322 on P.14.

But if you think printing the name a player has had since birth on their jersey back is "stupid" as you say in another post, we're unlikely to watch footy the same way anyway.

Watch footy in the same way? What the hell are you on about?!

I said I think it LOOKS Stupid.

I didnt say having a surname IS stupid. Brian Lake hasnt had his name since birth, should he have Harris on his back?

Odd post

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Watch footy in the same way? What the hell are you on about?!

I said I think it LOOKS Stupid.

I didnt say having a surname IS stupid. Brian Lake hasnt had his name since birth, should he have Harris on his back?

Odd post

Way to split hairs.

Yes, huge difference being ""is stupid" and "looks stupid". Massive.

Yes, let's pick one of the only AFL players to have changed his surname, to avoid my point.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Not splitting hairs, in this context there is a diffrence. Also not avoiding your 'point', i only brought Lake up because you keep trotting out this 'since birth' line...

I've maintained the same opinion on this:

Visually, i just think it looks stupid.

I can say it again differently if you are still struggling.

 

[Connoisseur]

You seem angry

Arguing with stupidity tends to have that effect on people.

 

[Hodge is God]

Arguing with stupidity tends to have that effect on people.

Stupidity? It's a matter of opinion or preference.

 

[Xtreme]

I feel the same way about each team having a distinctive jumper. If you don't recognize the players and know which team they play for without relying on the colour of their jumper.... then you shouldn't be allowed to watch the footy.

get rid of team gear and just play in unlabelled grey sweat shirts.

Just have them identifiable by the team shorts and socks!!

 

[joop]

There is only one reason the afl is doing this, cashola.