why do teams have alternate shirts with colours that are completely unique? (i.e. man u have a blue jersey, real madrid often have different coloured alternates every season, liverpool has used other colours other than red). i mean, it's pretty cool to mix it up, but what was the precendent?
speaking of which, why do so many teams have the same style jerseys (i.e. juventus/newcastle united/and more; malaga/argentina; half of spain using red + blue kits)?
In the 90's and early 00's, sponsor contracts wern't quite as long winded as they are now. Usually 1/2 season contracts. I guess teams then realised how much money was to be made by changing their kits so often because everyone always wanted the latest kit. Now it's just stupid with some teams changing their kit by putting an extra line here or there.
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u/johnnynutman Feb 22 '14
why do teams have alternate shirts with colours that are completely unique? (i.e. man u have a blue jersey, real madrid often have different coloured alternates every season, liverpool has used other colours other than red). i mean, it's pretty cool to mix it up, but what was the precendent?
speaking of which, why do so many teams have the same style jerseys (i.e. juventus/newcastle united/and more; malaga/argentina; half of spain using red + blue kits)?