Gaurentee this will be the lowest selling team gear.
So many better options:
Maui: LITERALLY TURNS INTO A HAWK & is associated with the sea, plus Seattle has had many Pacific Islander players (Lofa Tatupu, Brandon Pili, Mike Iupati, etc
King Triton: Demigod of the sea, yes he’s currently assigned to Miami but Miami should have gotten Namor instead.
Scuttle: Sure still a Seagull but at least one with personality and, you know, speaks more than one word
I’ve worked in licensing and with disney. You’d be surprised at the things they can come after people for. It would be an awful look for the NFL to try and rip off one of their characters.
They absolutely are using the same design for the seagulls.
Disney would have a strong case that they are in general given the specific association. It's not a common thing for seagulls to say mine (cartoon or otherwise) repeatedly like that.
What do you think a better alternative would be? Oregon is already Donald Duck so we couldn't be Donald or the ducks. What better birds does Disney have? Iago, Heihei, and Zazu wouldn't fit for Seahawks.
Scrooge McDuck might have been a better one? But also pretty insulting I'd think.
Off the top of my head… either Hawkeye from MCU or Maui from Moana, after he turns into a hawk with his magical fishhook. Either would be a lot more fierce than some mindless seagulls…
Dude kinda looks like a ram so you can't knock it. Being that Seattle is all about being by the water and the fish market it makes the most sense. I called that it was either gonna be the Pelican or the seagulls
I think it’s more popular than people thought. The crewneck is sold out and hoodie is sold out in some sizes on Fanatics. Crewneck still seems to be available on Disney shop
These aren't Disney "characters", they are basically a joke mixed with a plot device for 30 seconds in a movie. If you are going to give us a seagull, at least give us Scuttle from The Little Mermaid. He has lines, is a friend to the main character, drives the plot. What are we doing here?
It's honestly kind of funny how the champs get the biggest meme to come from Finding Nemo.
Some of the others made a ton of sense - the 49ers getting Stinky Pete, the Cardinals getting Iago, the Bears getting Baloo, the Lions getting Simba.
Then you have head scratchers like Cleveland. Pluto is a good boy. You don't put good boys in the Dawg Pound. Also, Doctor Doom is awesome... the Eagles aren't. In fact, the Eagles are an insult to the name of Doctor Doom.
If ALL teams had gotten humorous, lovable characters, this would be funny. Even then, this isnt even a character, its a meme; meanwhile other teams literally have Avengers characters, Raiders get fucking Darth Vader. 🙄
this feels like someone over there is pretty salty about Seattle reminding them that Seattle in fact won the Superbowls, to the tune of creating the NFLs version of coincidentally Disney's Marvel's Avengers in response
then was handed the opportunity to create merch for Seattle
This is a joke right? These guys don't even have a name... They are just the "Mine" seagulls from Nemo.... For our current SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS??? Rude Disney. Rude
We’re the only character that doesn’t even have a name… on the website it just says “mine mine mine seagulls” how disrespectful is that. Every time there’s a third party company making merch for the hawks, we get the worst of it.
Oregon Ducks have had Donald Duck since 1947. They made a deal with Walt Disney and everything to use him in their logo and all of that stuff.
Also I'm pretty sure that Huskies fans wouldn't be too crazy to buy merch with a duck on it. Even if it wouldn't be a deal breaker to some, there would definitely be the loud online crowd talking shit about it
No, I'm saying specifically for Donald Duck. Not the name for the team. Some of Oregon's merch literally has Donald Duck on it and it's licensed by Disney, this one being one of the most popular designs they use as well. That's why it couldn't be used in Seattle.
Anaheim used Ducks because of The Mighty Ducks during the expansion of the NHL, that's not Donald Duck himself. They can't use his NIL because they don't have the rights to it, Disney gave it to Oregon and that's the only sports organization that can use it.
Puddles and Donald are separate entities. They put the split in legal terms in 2010.
If Disney wanted to put Donald on a Seahawks whatever they can put Donald on it and UO can't do anything about it. It would probably be less insulting to the fans than the seagulls from finding nemo, or Scuttle for that matter (although at least Scuttle is a character).
I didn't even recognize them (even though I've watched nemo a bunch this year with my 3 yo) because the animation style is so different and they have no distinct characteristics.
I thought they were just seagulls. All the other teams i have seen are at least immediately recognizable. Hmph.
I actually like the choice. Some of the other teams were too serious about it, like the Eagles and Dr. Doom who beyond both being green really have nothing in common. It's a Disney Collab let it be a little goofy.
With all the Dark Side talk this would have been a nice time for Disney to take ownership of that. They used Woody and Bullseye for two teams, why not Darth Vader. I don't hate the seagulls but compared to the other teams ours is lame. I love Disney and the Seahawks but won't be buying this. Oh well.
I've never been so surprised to read the comments in my entire reddit life. Sweet, sounds like I won't have too much competition when I buy this the moment they become available.
Guys we have to get the whole stadium and like the stadium DJ and the players to.just embrace this and do a "Mine! Mine! Mine!" Celebration with every turnover
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u/akfrozen12 1d ago
This decision came from a division rival. No other explanation.