Monday, July 02, 2007

Ugly Uniform of the Day


Just as I was running out of ideas for ugly uniforms, ESPN2 came to my rescue tonight. I was flipping channels, and there was an Arena Football game on The Deuce. The professional football team representing Los Angeles was in action tonight. By the way, it wasn't the Rams or the Raiders. The LA Avengers were representing the City of Angels at Staples Center.

I saw these things, and I had to find a picture. They don't wear these very often, but tonight is a playoff game for them, so I guess they are special uniforms.

This is a putrid combination. This makes the Tennessee Titans' baby blues look good. What makes this stand out isn't the sponsors' logos on the shoulder, or the two different shades of blue on the jersey. The logos do make them look European, but the Arena League needs the money. The red helmets make this look ugly as sin. They do not go with this look at all. The red helmets ruin an already bad look.

The Avengers, from what I can tell by looking at their website, normally wear red at home. Those looked more like normal Arena League uniforms. This combination of red and baby blue is just awful. They weren't dressed to avenge, but were dressed to offend. Who knows: a team called the Los Angeles Offenders might go over well in SoCal.

For what it's worth, the Avengers were beating the Utah team to a pulp, when I last checked.

Maybe they'll have to play a road game in the playoffs and wear white. This red and baby blue look has got to go. Ugh!

3 comments:

Zee said...

That is the uniform of the Houston Oilers, if they were still around today (as themselves)! Nice pick, JD.

John said...

That's what my wife said! Only the Oilers used red trim instead of going with a full-blown red helmet.

That Avengers uni is pretty bad.

Zee said...

As much as unis change over the years, I can see them going with the red helmet. Earl Campbell would have looked good in whatever he wore. ;) And he has some mighty tasty sausage! lol