Why Road Uniforms Friday Night at Home?
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For basketball it has always been white at home and dark on the road
People have finally figured out that most team's road uniforms are better looking than the whites and starting to wear them at home. Happening in NBA and NCAA.
Don't like those black uniforms with the Tigerhawk on the chest. Looks like something off a Walmart rack.
Decades ago, the Cleveland Browns traditionally wore “white uniforms” at home. Owner Paul Brown thought is a good marketing idea to allow Clevelanders to see the “opponents” colors. Cleveland Browns seldom wore their colors at home….afew other franchises have bought into this idea periodically over the years….The Browns now wear “home colors” frequently since they “re-entered” The League in 1999. But from the 50’s until they moved to Baltimore in the 90’s, they primarily wore whites at home.
Cowboys and the Redskins used to always wear white uniforms at home. The Cowboys still do and back in the day the only time you would see Dallas in blue uniforms was against Washington. And the only time you would see the Redskins in their maroon uniforms was against Dallas.
Hmm, I was a Cowboys fan when I was a kid so I wonder if this is partially why to this day I prefer white/light unis regardless of sport?
Major psychological breakthrough! Thanks!
It was a PR ploy by the owner. The Cowboy's were an “expansion team” and ownership thought it a great gimmick to introduce their fans to The NFL in those early days in the 60’s. I remember back in those early days, about the only time I ever saw Cleveland in their “home” uniforms was when they were in Dallas.
I believe to this say, by contract, the visiting team has the right to refuse to wear there “home” unis on the road.
Currently, the only programs that I can think of off the top of my head that wear their whites as their primary home uniform in football are the Dallas Cowboys, LSU, and Georgia Tech.
I remember we wore our black "away" unis in that great NIT game against Dayton when they were unable to hold the home game. Would love to watch that game again!
This has happened a few times lately WHEN the road team wears RED, then we wear Black. Thats the only time I think we wear the black at home......
Very well might be but the Brownies were doing it for a decade or so before Dallas joined the League.
