OT: Home Jerseys Switching Back to Light/Away to Dark Colours -- NO!
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The ACC has some of the best lighting in the league and the Leafs look great whether they have their crisp whites (which look kinda yellowish in ghetto arenas around the league) or in their blues.
I wouldn't mind seeing two teams both wear their colours if they're not the same. Blue vs red Detroit looks fine for example.
I wouldn't mind seeing two teams both wear their colours if they're not the same. Blue vs red Detroit looks fine for example.
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Growing up, it was always "home whites" I liked it better.
"The term "home whites" originated in the early days of Major League Baseball. Typically the visiting team had no access to laundry facilities and thus the players were unable to clean their uniforms on the road. By wearing grey or another dark color the visiting team was better able to conceal the dirt and grass stains that had accumulated on their uniforms over the course of the series. The home team, having access to laundry facilities, was able to wear clean white uniforms each day, hence the term "home whites"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_(sports)
http://proicehockey.about.com/cs/businessofhockey/a/NHLjerseycolors.htm
"The term "home whites" originated in the early days of Major League Baseball. Typically the visiting team had no access to laundry facilities and thus the players were unable to clean their uniforms on the road. By wearing grey or another dark color the visiting team was better able to conceal the dirt and grass stains that had accumulated on their uniforms over the course of the series. The home team, having access to laundry facilities, was able to wear clean white uniforms each day, hence the term "home whites"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_(sports)
http://proicehockey.about.com/cs/businessofhockey/a/NHLjerseycolors.htm
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https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091216062958AAEw8ZG
Somewhere in those links you will find reasons behind the color schemes.
It's a combination of having home fans see more color from visiting teams every week and TV eye candy.
Montreal will be wearing a color jersey at home this year so visiting teams will wear white on certain nights
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I have to admit that this is one I've changed my preference on.
When I became a Leafs fan it was white meant home, this was also true in baseball and perhaps basketball? I can't remember.
And maybe it was because of this that I used to prefer the Leafs white jersey.
But I must say it makes more sense to wear your teams actual colour at home and the other team wears white.
Think of baseball and I'm not sure if it has actually changed but it used to be the Jays wore white at home and grey on the road.
I mean.....grey?
I think it struck these leagues that grey is boring, and that it's maybe not the best idea to make the game look less than it could you know?
The Flyers are orange, the Bruins black, the Habs red etc. etc., why should they not wear their colour at home? White is not any teams colour that I can think of so why would every team wear a white based jersey at home?
And again the other side of it is well what does the road team wear? Well, not grey because that's a depressing colour, so they wear white.
When I became a Leafs fan it was white meant home, this was also true in baseball and perhaps basketball? I can't remember.
And maybe it was because of this that I used to prefer the Leafs white jersey.
But I must say it makes more sense to wear your teams actual colour at home and the other team wears white.
Think of baseball and I'm not sure if it has actually changed but it used to be the Jays wore white at home and grey on the road.
I mean.....grey?
I think it struck these leagues that grey is boring, and that it's maybe not the best idea to make the game look less than it could you know?
The Flyers are orange, the Bruins black, the Habs red etc. etc., why should they not wear their colour at home? White is not any teams colour that I can think of so why would every team wear a white based jersey at home?
And again the other side of it is well what does the road team wear? Well, not grey because that's a depressing colour, so they wear white.
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Never seen a Leafs home game live, however I have always preferred dark colours for the home team.
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Leafs are probably one of the few teams where whites look as good as colours. A few other duo-tone teams also (say the Wings). But for most teams with more than a white+1 colour scheme, colours looks way better IMO.
wouldn't surprise me if they go back to home being white's just for the jersey sales as people who now have the blue will want to have the white.
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I always liked seeing what the road uni of other teams looked like.
I already know what the Leafs look like.
It would've been bad to see the Seals or North Stars in white.
I already know what the Leafs look like.
It would've been bad to see the Seals or North Stars in white.
Don't understand why they can't do this. Would like to see the Leafs Blue Jerseys vs. the Canadiens Red jerseys. Like seeing it in international play. We have coloured TVs now, so time to progress.
But if it is either whites or darks at home, I pick darks.
This looks awesome. Wear your colours.
