Last year, the AFL stipulated that any team that had white in their gurnsey would have to wear white shorts if they were playing a team with no white. Whoever was the designated "home" team was irrelevant.
Why don't they do the same this year??
The visual spectacle on Friday night was disgraceful. We came out in white shorts!! Now, anyone who knows anything about VFL-AFL football over the last 105 years will know that St.Kilda's colours are red, white and black. Essendon's colours are red and black. Essendon's white shorts, simply means that we had red, white, and black on our playing strip.
Now, I know that it would have been easier for the away team to wear a different jumper. That would be the logical scenario, but as we know, no such rule exists, so we had to make do with the traditional jumpers. Given that we were stuck with Essendon's traditional jumper for the match, why didn't we just wear black short - with S.Kilda wearing white shorts - to aid with the diffferentiation between the two teams. We should do this, at least until the AFL introduces a rule for team to come up with designs that don't clash.
You'd think it would be common-sense.
Why don't they do the same this year??
The visual spectacle on Friday night was disgraceful. We came out in white shorts!! Now, anyone who knows anything about VFL-AFL football over the last 105 years will know that St.Kilda's colours are red, white and black. Essendon's colours are red and black. Essendon's white shorts, simply means that we had red, white, and black on our playing strip.
Now, I know that it would have been easier for the away team to wear a different jumper. That would be the logical scenario, but as we know, no such rule exists, so we had to make do with the traditional jumpers. Given that we were stuck with Essendon's traditional jumper for the match, why didn't we just wear black short - with S.Kilda wearing white shorts - to aid with the diffferentiation between the two teams. We should do this, at least until the AFL introduces a rule for team to come up with designs that don't clash.
You'd think it would be common-sense.
