February 02, 2022

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 7 comments

The Washington Football Team has a commanding new name

posted by NoMich at 08:27 AM on February 02, 2022

Social Media Stunned by New Jersey Devils Lunar New Year Logo: I Maybe Would Have Gone in a Different Direction'

posted by tommybiden at 12:05 PM on February 02, 2022

Huh. I'm not seeing it. Of course, the colors are the same as the German Nazi flag, but even if I squint and look at the warm up jerseys sideways, I'm still not really seeing it. Maybe I'm being influenced by the fact that it was designed by someone who is actually Chinese? I don't know.

posted by NoMich at 02:25 PM on February 02, 2022

I'm not seeing it either. I feel like maybe it has more to do with the sleeves being tucked behind so they look like red banners--similar to what Nazi rallies have in every movie with them--rather than jerseys.

posted by bender at 02:38 PM on February 02, 2022

The nazi flag was red, with the black swastika in a white circle. There was no gold color, and red and gold could be confused with the Soviet red banner with the gold hammer and sickle. I don't understand how anyone who has ever studied even a tiny bit of 20th century history would be confused. It must be the overly high sensitivity of a portion of the population to symbols that they do not like. The Chinese character is FU. Perhaps they should have placed it twice in the design so we could have F U 2.

posted by Howard_T at 06:02 PM on February 02, 2022

Amen, Howard.

Some folks seem to have their outrage trigger cocked and ready to fire without confirming the target.

posted by beaverboard at 09:40 PM on February 02, 2022

Social Media Stunned by New Jersey Devils Lunar New Year Logo

Yeah, I'm with those who don't see anything resembling a Nazi flag in that. I thought the jersey design was pretty damn cool. Now, if Lindy's band of clowns could finally win a game or two, the marketing might have some value.

posted by tahoemoj at 01:45 PM on February 04, 2022

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