Call me a traditionalist or an old fart, but I have a hard time when I see teams, including some of my favorites wearing these alternate color uniforms.
To explain what I am talking about, I’ll use one of my favorite teams as an example – The Eagles, who sometime without much luck breakout the old black uniforms. I know it’s a marketing tool and sells their merchandise. I do have some black Eagles’ gear and have come to live with it, but don’t like it.
To take it one step farther, I will have problems with basketball teams that wear black sneakers and black socks. Heck, I have a problem with teams that wear white socks and you can’t see them over the top of their shoes.
I also have a pet peeve with teams that don’t wear their uniform pants right. And don’t get me started on how people wear hats. Okay, please stop the rantings.
I can’t right now.
What I do have a problem with are teams that want to change their colors and even their mascots to something that shouldn’t even be an issue and I don’t care how much success a team or school is having.
I can remember perhaps 15 years ago or so when a former Columbia High School principal attempted to change our school’s mascot from the Crimson Tide to the Bulldogs. That administrator even went as far as to order some shirts and other items. The community was in such an uproar and packed a school board meeting to air their feelings.
Well, the bulldog idea was put out to pasture.
Which leads to me to school colors. Whether it be crimson and gold in Columbia’s case; green and white for Donegal; blue and gold for Eastern and yes, even purple and gold for Lancaster Catholic, they are the chosen school colors.
What bothers is when I see our local schools wear a color other than school colors.
I have to ask why? Why do we need to say mix another color, say back into the uniform mix. Its not a school color.
I won’t say this is happening yet around here, but I would hope that if any of our coaches try to change school colors for say uniforms to something other to crimson and gold, the thought should be dismissed right away.
Black is not a school color in Columbia and should never be.
We wear crimson and gold!
Enough said.
3 comments:
I think the color should be GREEN, representing the insane school taxes we endure.
You mean black like the previous high school band director was allowed to order?
^ agreed, the all the older folks i have talked to agree... our colors are crimson & gold. as ugly as they may be together... its not crimson & black.
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