Ned_Flanders
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- Aug 22, 2009
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They have had us wearing a clash against Efc since year dot, so good luck arguing that we won't be wearing it against them.
You seem to think this is a fan/club thing, and we are opening the door. Problem is it's not, and you are missing the major change that has happened.
Originally clashes were brought in to stop player confusion on the field. The game has changed though. The reason the AFL (not RICHMOND) vetoed our clash against WCE and port was it didn't create enough contrast on television.
1) it's now about creating contrast, not avoiding a clash
2) it's all about how it looks on tv now
Now we come to last season, as the article says the AFL has issued a directive to ALL clubs to come up with more distinct clash strips. After vetoing ours against WCE and port, there was no chance in hell of us being allowed to snub them again.
So change was always going to happen, it was then down to whether we managed the change, or let the afl do it for us (which would be a white top with a friggin cartoon kitty on it).
On the clubs, it will expand, and there is nothing we can do about it. It's either go in the yellow and black, or the afl designed white. The number of clubs we play in the clash though will expand due to the afl directive to maximize contrast.
On the bumblebee, I liked it, came close to voting for it, but it didn't enjoy huge support here. Also there could be an argument that it needs more black removed from the front (I flagged early on a hoop many need to be removed) in order to maximize contrast and get afl approval. That does change the design a bit (someone did mock one up)
