Ninh explains The Top 10 Worst Sports Jerseys … ever made.
Sports merchandise is big business. But sometimes, you have to wonder if these manufacturers
or marketing departments are all on crack, because there’s just no way that normal
people would come out with designs like these. Before I start shaming people, hit that subscribe
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yadda yadda. 10. Anything new made by the NBA.
For some reason, the NBA has a penchant for making their teams wear 4 or 5 different uniforms
per season. To add to that, they’ve released their ‘earned jerseys’ – supposedly
to reward teams that made the playoffs last year, but we all know the real reason why.
And whilst I don’t have a problem with teams trying to make some money, they’re all badly
designed. The Miami Heat generally look like this … so let’s make them play in these.
Cleveland’s colours are Wine and Gold, I know, let’s make them play in Navy and Sky
instead. Apart from possibly Houston and Boston, the rest are all awful.
9. 90’s goalkeeper kits. If you’re a football fan that’s born before
1990, you might actually remember these. This was the era of loud goalkeeper kits. Goalkeepers
in football have to have a different jersey to the rest of the players, but how much LSD
did they take before they designed these? The scientific reason behind all this is to
wear the busy patterns to confuse or distract the opposing striker, but all they did is
make everyone laugh at them. And every team followed this trend. Every single one of them.
8. The New York Islanders. The Islanders have the iconic look of a winning
ice hockey team. So the best thing to do is not mess with that. Stick with what works.
So adding colours that aren’t part of the colour scheme and trying to make them look
bush league is probably a bad idea. Sadly, they went with it anyway. This abomination
was released onto the public, with fans instantly calling it the worst jersey in franchise history.
A few years later, they scrapped it and released a different one, but made the same mistake.
This season, they changed it again – and they at least got the colour right, albeit
it still sucks. 7. The Pittsburgh Steelers
Hello Mr Roethlisburger, how would you like to look like a bumblebee from the 50’s?
Yes, I’d like that very much. That’s pretty much how this monstrosity came about. Yes,
it’s another retro jersey that has no place being in the modern game. Who honestly thought
that this was a good idea and furthermore, who actually bought it …. oh wait, yeah
…. those guys. Ohhhh….. 6. Baseball Teams in the 90’s.
Baseball was also sadly affected by 90’s design disease. Several Major League teams
decided – hey, you know what – let’s take our team logo and just plaster it across
the entire jersey – who gives a damn if it looks good or not. And to make it more
unattractive, let’s put the numbers and letters vertically and sideways so that people
can’t actually read them. What were they thinking?
5. The Colombian Women’s National Cycling Team
How do you draw attention to your countries best female cyclists? Make them wear this.
Yep, you’re seeing correctly. Partially nude coloured uniforms. From the side, it
doesn’t look too bad, but from the front – it’s definitely suggestive and doesn’t
leave much to the imagination. They became world famous just for wearing these, so I
suppose it kind of worked? 4. Stade Francais.
That famous French rugby team – you know, the one with the pink badge and the lightning
bolts on their logo. No? Still don’t know who they are? You will now, because these
are the guys that wear this. Pink. Lots and lots of pink. Somewhere in every Stade Francais
jersey are pink lightning bolts and every iteration of their kit, makes their manly
rugby players look extremely soft. Every one of their jerseys is very bad and very pink,
and sadly, this is a trend that isn’t going away anytime soon.
3. Deportivo Palencia. Muscle fit clothing is becoming really popular
these days. But how about actual muscles on clothing? Oh no. These belong to Deportivo
Palencia – and it’s not just the jerseys, the shorts are bad too. Do these guys have
some sort of sponsorship deal with Gunter Von Hagens and his Body Worlds museum or what?
And if you don’t like the realistic flesh coloured version, you can also have the same
thing in purple. Just in case you’re a weirdo who likes purple muscles?
2. These three NHL teams. The 90’s have stuck again, and these three
teams released these three piles of garbage. The LA Kings, who had this weird sash thing
and had clearly stolen the logo of another famous king. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks, with
this cartoon thing of their mascot who’s wearing their actual jersey – and really
hard to read numbers. And the most infamous one of all, the St Louis Blues trumpet jersey.
This jersey was so bad, that the team actually refused to wear it. They actually refused.
Ironically if you can find any of these three jerseys, they’re actually worth some considerable
money now. 1. Manchester United. The most famous football
team in the world have come out with some amazing kits over the years. And more recently
they’ve also come out with some of worst. But so long as you stick to the club’s colours
of red, white & black – it should be a winner. So what the hell were they smoking, when they
came up with this? Oh dear god, what have you guys done?
This is this season’s 4th kit. If you haven’t already noticed, it’s luminous leopard print.
Luminous. Leopard Print. This was inspired by EA Sports and I think it’s officially
called the digital kit, as it’s available on computer games as a digital download. The
team won’t actually wear it in real life (thank God for that). But you can actually
buy it! It’s available right now for the princely sum of £65, so if you’re a rich
person with absolutely no taste whatsoever, this would be perfect for you.
Now you might be asking me, Hey Ninh what about Islanders Fisherman jersey? Or the Raptors
cartoon dinosaur one? or the Rugby Kits where they’re all dressed like superheroes? Well
I actually like all of these … so yeah, I probably wasn’t the best guy to describe
the worst jerseys given the bad taste in clothing that I have.
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you can think of a jersey that’s worse than all of these, write it in the comments section
below. Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK