My Take On The Jerseys
- Thread starter Drainyoo
- Start date
Actually it is a reworking of the old Man City badges NYCFC is based off of.
The Yanks would never allow the NYCFC kit to have pinstripes on their uniforms. It's a huge part of the Yankees branding.
Why wouldn't they? Yankees own 20% of the team and they're playing in Yankee staduim. It would make sense to have one kit to have navy blue pinstripes. Especially as the home kit.
Doesn't really matter that they own the team and they're playing in their stadium. The Yanks are the Yanks and the pinstripes say Yankees. Those pinstripes are the same as the Nike swoosh. They won't give them to anyone.
They don't own pinstripes. I'd say the Yankees have a 20% say on the kit for NYCFC. Minority, not majority. If Mansour wants pinstripes, Mansour will get pinstripes.
If the Yankees own the rights to pinstripes, they sure were nice enough to let a whole bunch of other MLB teams wear pinstripes, too.
Of course they don't own the pinstripes, but their home uniform with pinstripes is part of their brand. No other team in baseball has that. When someone says "I'm putting on the pinstripes" they're referring to the Yankees uniform. This is why that uniform is one of the most famous sports uniforms in the world.
I would beat big money that we won't see a white NYCFC kit with pinstripes.
LOLIf the Yankees own the rights to pinstripes, they sure were nice enough to let a whole bunch of other MLB teams wear pinstripes, too.
Does MLS have jerseys for special occasions?
The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL all have either one-off game jerseys or special edition jerseys like St Patrick's Day, Veterans Day / Memorial Day / July 4th, etc or throwback jerseys. Does MLS do anything like this?
The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL all have either one-off game jerseys or special edition jerseys like St Patrick's Day, Veterans Day / Memorial Day / July 4th, etc or throwback jerseys. Does MLS do anything like this?
If anyone is operating under the assumption that the Yankees would consider a uni with pinstripes an infringement on their brand...your understanding of branding is misguided. Pinstripes are a general jersey inclusion seen with many MLB teams, but as was previously mentioned, the Yanks are 'pinstripes.' With that said, a fellow NY team with grand ambitions would, if anything, enhance that brand.
I don't think the NY Yankees would like NYCFC to have a pinstriped kit, not even the third kit. But they may or may not have veto power on that issue. However, they already rejected one of the badges that NYCFC was going to offer the fans to vote on because the "NYC" monogram too closely resembled the "NY" symbol used by the Yanks on their hats. This was widely reported earlier this year when the badge was unveiled. So, it's pretty clear that the Yankees want to protect their own brand. What isn't clear is the amount of power the Yankees organization has over the kit designs. I'm guessing they have only one stipulation: no pinstripes.
that has more to do with the way his kids are running them now.
Similar threads
