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[Freight Train]

So if Russell Athletic wanted to return to the AFL, they would have to bid to become an approved manufacturer and then bid to clubs?

I think it’s a bit different in the AFL than it is in the leagues below, where you would just have to pay a (significant) licensing fee to the AFL, and then approach clubs, however probably with no limit on spots, because you then also have to pay the club’s significant amounts to supply for them. Plus, the league probably gets stuff like royalties from retail sales etc, so it’s a bit of a different circumstance.

Whereas with state leagues and below, the leagues use it as a source of income so they limit the amount of spots available to suppliers, making it a more lucrative prospect and forcing manufacturers to offer bigger sums of cash & contra to get one of the spots.

 

[THE A5]

WA Football Official Website

WA Football - Play, Coach, Umpire, Volunteer

www.wafootball.com.au

Sekem and ISC are approved suppliers/partners to the WAFC.

Like, for anyone not aware, you can't just start up an apparel business and become a supplier to senior footy clubs. Most leagues, from the AFL, to state leagues, to metro and country ammos leagues, have approved supplier agreements where only X amount of companies may legally use their league logo on apparel, so clubs can only use those approved companies, usually in return for some sort of financial agreement between the supplier and the league.

Surprised Puma and NB haven’t had a crack yet

 

[THE A5]

New Balance to lions confirmed

 

[Craegus]

New Balance to lions confirmed

Not necessarily, the letters given and those missing could be anything. It could easily be BED KARAOKE for all we know, perhaps they are having some pre-season fun.

 

[Mr Eagle]

New Balance to lions confirmed

Or they could just like Red Lasagne?



Edit: see this is why you don't spend too long looking for funny word combinations, someone else gets in first...

 

[The Victorian]

New Balance to lions confirmed

Hopefully they return to Majestic like bold and bright colours. Classic's colours looked plain and washed out!

 

[Freight Train]

Surprised Puma and NB haven’t had a crack yet

They probably have in the past/will in the future, it's likely that it's limited to X amount of suppliers (two in this case) to make it "lucrative" - in theory each supplier gets 4-5 teams, as soon as you add another supplier, that agreement becomes less lucrative etc.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

When I was living in Australia, Puma were all over the Victorian suburban leagues

 

[Zer0]

New Balance to lions confirmed

Brisbane Lions

X

Sex Cauldron?

I thought they closed that place down?

 

[Heardy_101]

Proper bears clash and FFC monogram for Melbourne games

Crosses fingers

 

[Nickimus Rex]

Proper bears clash and FFC monogram for Melbourne games

Crosses fingers

I actually quite like our current away kit, really merges the old and new kits. But yep, would love to see actual heritage kits brought out for a few games

 

[Rubber Arm]

 

[Nickimus Rex]

Worst kept secret?

 

[lionbear]

First Question for New Balance, will they complete Classic's 3rd premiership reunion jumper and complete the set?

 

[Nickimus Rex]

First Question for New Balance, will they complete Classic's 3rd premiership reunion jumper and complete the set?

If they do can it be much, much better in design and execution?

 

[Liam Boy]

Worst kept secret?

North to Puma was significantly worse kept, we started hearing about that over a year before the announcement.

What's up with Brisbane always using navy blue in their off-field gear but never in the kit? It'd go so much better with maroon then royal blue does, there's a reason Fitzroy changed both at once

 

[Nickimus Rex]

North to Puma was significantly worse kept, we started hearing about that over a year before the announcement.

What's up with Brisbane always using navy blue in their off-field gear but never in the kit? It'd go so much better with maroon then royal blue does, there's a reason Fitzroy changed both at once

There was actually someone saying "mark my words" about the NB switch aeons ago, i'll have to dig it up.

Edit; found it from 2021 in the Lions forums

 

[SC26]

North to Puma was significantly worse kept, we started hearing about that over a year before the announcement.

What's up with Brisbane always using navy blue in their off-field gear but never in the kit? It'd go so much better with maroon then royal blue does, there's a reason Fitzroy changed both at once

There was actually someone saying "mark my words" about the NB switch aeons ago, i'll have to dig it up.

Edit; found it from 2021 in the Lions forums

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The worst kept secret? I'll raise you my Nike and Sydney.
Revealed 30 months before becoming official!

(Jumper Ideas for 2019)

Pies and Nike got out hell early too (15 months), although tweeter got timing wrong

(New Jumpers for 2020)

 

[Beno84]

North to Puma was significantly worse kept, we started hearing about that over a year before the announcement.

What's up with Brisbane always using navy blue in their off-field gear but never in the kit? It'd go so much better with maroon then royal blue does, there's a reason Fitzroy changed both at once

yeh there is.. colour tv

 

[Nickimus Rex]

yeh there is.. colour tv

Yeah they changed to the red, yellow and blue along with colour tv

 

[lionbear]

Does anyone know how long cotton-on is contracted to Geelong for? Not that I am wanting change, just since the initial contract haven't heard anything about additional contract lengths.

 

[magic_johnson!]

Does anyone know how long cotton-on is contracted to Geelong for? Not that I am wanting change, just since the initial contract haven't heard anything about additional contract lengths.

Personally I hope they try to outlast ford…

I like a consistent jumper, and given the local connection and cotton on’s success as a company, I can’t see either parties wanting to change

 

[Haymo_of_thor]

Crows jumper looks to be the exact same this season.

 

[Heardy_101]

Hopefully we see the return of the gold clash (as well as the red)

 

[Heardy_101]

Crows and O'Neills have done a great job, to be honest!