Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Jersey Colors
Since the Denver Broncos are considered the home team for the Super Bowl they get first pick at uniforms and have chosen to wear orange (They're 0-3 in the Super Bowl in orange, quick, change your bet!) so the Seattle Seahawks will wear white. This brings up a topic that has become a pet peeve of mine: Why do the teams still have to wear white and dark jerseys? What I've read suggests this goes back to the days of black and white TV, but that's not an issue now. If the colors were too similar it makes sense, but no one would have any trouble distinguishing between the teams if the Broncos were in orange and the Seahawks were in blue. Personally, I think the NFL (and college) should go to a system where the home team gets first pick and then the visiting team can choose to wear any uniform they want as long as the home team doesn't veto it, otherwise they can go with the standard away uniform. It seems like a painless change to me.
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Even if the reason had something to do with teammate color recognition using your peripheral vision, your peripheral vision might not be spectacular (then again, they are professional athletes, pretty much everything about them is more "spectacular" than the average human being created), but your peripheral vision would still be able to distinguish between "dark" (blue) and "light" (orange) jersey color schemes.
Why not just have a couple of preseason games, in any sport, to test it out. See how it affects the game, especially for the players.
I'm assuming if the colors were somewhat similar the home team would veto the decision. For example, I'd think if UM was playing at MSU the Spartans would not allow the Wolverines to wear blue jerseys, even though you can probably tell the difference pretty easily. It might be a different story for USC and UCLA though. I've seen it mentioned that other sports, and football at lower levels, seem to manage this just fine, so I can't imagine there's any real issue with being able to distinguish between teams.
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