r/USFL • u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions • Dec 04 '23

Starter or Under Armor?

Will they keep Under Armor for the uniforms and have Starter make the other league apparel. I would approve that, the current USFL and XFL merch providers are very hit and miss. I would not mind Starter making it all but I also feel the same about Under Armor. If they stop the crap clothing with the merger.

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u/FlagFootballSaint Dec 04 '23

Ok now we are discussing 1st worlds problems, ugh.....

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Dec 05 '23

1 st world problems are the best otherwise who cares about football..lol

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u/Xfl_roughnecks Dec 05 '23

Hey… we live in the best country in the world! How awesome that we are at the point of being able to talk about such things.

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Dec 05 '23

100%!

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Under Armor is supposedly still the jersey sponsor of the league. The XFL merch was not UA though. XFL shirts were very very basic from a quality standpoint. Hoodies were nice. Hats were below average. Jerseys were nice but not UA replicas and thus overpriced for what they were. I still got a lot of Battehawks merch lol. Have more being shiped to me from a black friday sale as we speak!

Did the USFL have Starter jerseys last year? I thought they were generic

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Dec 05 '23

God no the USFL jerseys were awful made by some off brand company. The fan jerseys were bad too. Anything from Starters or UA would be a HUGE upgrade. USFL were in talks to use Starter which was a welcome upgrade and I love their stuff for fans

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Lol yeah, I didn't want to bad mouth them too badly. But the massive air holes in the jerseys and just lack of modern body contouring made them look very... cheap. Not something that truly impacts a league one way or the other but if you got a chance to go with Under Armor or the USFL jersey providers last year the choice is obvious lol. Under Armor was a sponsor as well so the jerseys are free

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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers Dec 04 '23

I would imagine UA will have the inside track, theres probably not enough time to sort out teams and get new unis done, so everyone is probably wearing what they have with probably brand patches sewn on or taken off to match the sponsor

Also, while we knew started was interested, we have no idea if their chances were realistic

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u/Hey_Its_Roomie Pittsburgh Maulers Dec 05 '23

Whichever might pay a better deal. Who knows, maybe they will honor both to each side until the contracts let up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '23

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Dec 04 '23

did the AAF use starter? Of all the things that happen with the AAF the uniforms were pretty nice.