Eagles are aware of Petition to bring back the Kelly Green Uni's but...

[ForWhoForWhat?]

http://www.phillymag.com/eagles/2013...s-not-so-fast/

The Eagles are aware of the petition (now with north of 9,000 supporters) to reinstate Kelly Green as the team’s official color, but there is very little they can do in the short term to make that a reality.

Changing uniforms in the NFL has become a lengthy and exhaustive process. According to the league offices, it essentially takes two years to make the switch once the request from the team is submitted. So if the Eagles today declared they wanted their primary uniforms to be Kelly Green, it wouldn’t actually come to pass until the 2015 season under the current policy.

The NFL does a lot of homework before giving its stamp of approval. They exchange design ideas with the team; test the uniform on the field, inspecting how it looks from every seat in the stadium (both indoors and out, at night and during the day), and how it looks on camera; they want to see how it would appear in stores, and get player feedback.

Would the old school uniforms play well enough for the new-school NFL to accept them as the Eagles’ official look? Who knows, but I’d guess NIKE (who took over for Reebok last year) would want to at least add its own touch.

How about alternate jerseys?

Teams are locked into their alternates for five years once they choose one, and my understanding is they are able to wear them twice a season for select games. The Eagles have been wearing the black alternates for longer than five years, therefor they can theoretically change it up. But that also needs to be submitted for approval, and takes time. If the Eagles have requested a change, they have yet to make it public.

You can work a throwback into the mix on occasion as well (the Eagles wore the Kelly Green unis in the opener against Green Bay in 2010, for example) but getting that special dispensation isn’t as easy as you might imagine.

While i wouldn't expect it for 2013, i would have thought the eagles would have been out in front of this after the response from the uni's in the 2010 opener. My only guess is they must not market well as the midnight green.

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[Rear Admiral]

The NFL does a lot of homework before giving its stamp of approval. They exchange design ideas with the team; test the uniform on the field, inspecting how it looks from every seat in the stadium (both indoors and out, at night and during the day), and how it looks on camera; they want to see how it would appear in stores, and get player feedback.


I find that hard to believe given some of the Schlock they've come out with over the past decade or so. The college game has started to come out with some real wild uniform changes but some of them are nifty. I can't think of one new NFL uniform change I've liked, save maybe the Rams, going all the way back to when the Panthers came in the league. And some of the throwback uni's ought to be just thrown away once and for all, see Pitt Steelers (and I don't care for the Cowboys throwbacks, either). **** that wasn't broke didn't need fixin'. I have no opinion on the Egals without photos, but their 'update' was at least palatable, as was the Falcons, a few others - the Pats, no, the Broncos, maybe. The Bills, okay. The Bengals has been God Awful for a long time - you're telling me they did homework on that monstrosity?

[wahoo]

A true case of over-evaluation by the NFL especially considering the color has already been utilized.

[WIZ]

I like the newer ones better.

[Funktronic]

I like the newer ones better.

Me too.

I'd be cool with some kelly green accents on the current scheme, otherwise that color should stay gone. Its not a pleasant color.

[bridgecoach]

I much prefer the current branding over the Kelly Green.

[FFL_Recruiter]

I like the current logo and artwork... but I do like the kelly green over the current green (which has too much teal in it for me). I'd like to see the current design, with a simple change in the green.

I can understand the need for mass research/testing when you consider the amount of money that gets put into this, and the potential loss if it doesn't go over well - along with the image/media hit they would take for a 'blunder.' But 2 years seems vastly excessive. They should be able to test this over 3-4 months. If not, get someone else who can.