Entering the 21st Century

August

Just a quick, pulse-taking exercise here.

There was a story in USA Today a couple of days ago detailing how the NFL was going to unveil its new NFL Shield logo at the next draft. However, images of the new shield (as compared to the old one) have been supplied and as you can see here.

So what do you think? Is this a big deal or not?

Personally, I have no problems with it. The new Shield does look a little bolder and i like the squarer letters. The important thing to notice is there’s now eight stars instead of 25. The eight stars makes sense, one for each division. The NFL could come up with no explanation for why there are currently 25 stars.

The new football design resembles the football atop the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which makes sense, too.

Anyway, I’ve placed a poll on the right side of the page (you have to scroll pretty far down to find it, it’s OK, keep going, keep going). Let’s hear what you think.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 4:15 pm by Andrew Gross.
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5 Responses to “Entering the 21st Century”

Frank August 31st, 2007 at 4:57 pm
The old shield is classic…I don’t like the new one…
David August 31st, 2007 at 4:59 pm
If you hadn’t mentioned it, I might have never even noticed. I’d love to know how much the design firm made for redesigning that old wheel.
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Steve September 2nd, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Someone in the NFL front office is watching too much HGTV. Never would have noticed.

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