[SWAdude]

That last line (if true) is the deal breaker.

That tweet is confusing.

It reads like the Ferragamo's are going to be worn the next 3 years at the Coliseum (hope so) then a redesign of the same colors for Inglewood. Then it imply's that the Shield still has an investment in StL colored jerseys and wants to sell off that inventory before nobody wants one. Perhaps the Shield needs to know that nobody in LA really wants one already. I guess they are counting on all the newbies buying up the uglies.
I thought the team produces and owns that stuff. Confusing for sure..

I don't believe it would follow league rules. In the bylaws I read that they would have to file for a change by March 1 of this year to wear new uniforms the year after.

I can't copy the exact wording but here is the link and its Article XIX, section D, paragraph 1 on page 101.

http://www.nfl.com/static/content/publi ... df/co_.pdf

[Hacksaw]

That tweet is confusing.

It reads like the Ferragamo's are going to be worn the next 3 years at the Coliseum (hope so) then a redesign of the same colors for Inglewood. Then it imply's that the Shield still has an investment in StL colored jerseys and wants to sell off that inventory before nobody wants one. Perhaps the Shield needs to know that nobody in LA really wants one already. I guess they are counting on all the newbies buying up the uglies.
I thought the team produces and owns that stuff. Confusing for sure..

I don't believe it would follow league rules. In the bylaws I read that they would have to file for a change by March 1 of this year to wear new uniforms the year after.

I can't copy the exact wording but here is the link and its Article XIX, section D, paragraph 1 on page 101.

http://www.nfl.com/static/content/publi ... df/co_.pdf

They did something 3 years ago. I need to find that article. Was that only about the throwbacks? I don't remember it that way.

[trueblue&gold]

Demoff was very clear in stating that the current uniforms are the uniforms that will be used until they move into the new stadium. It sounds like the new uniforms will be something new not just making the throwbacks the standard uniform. They will probably be designing it next year with them submitting next year for unveiling in 2019. It sounds like they are going to try and rotate the throwbacks from year to year though which will be nice.

[Elvis]

I'm pretty sure the Rams can have new throwbacks for 2016 so the question (for my theory) is how many times can they wear them? That rule might be a little more fungible...

[SWAdude]

Fungible....

I like that word.

The NFL has a large investment in product recognition. Uniforms being one of those products.

I believe two times a year the throwbacks and they must be approved also. Don't wear the right color shoes and you can get a fine. Its a big deal to the powers to be.

[SWAdude]

It reads like the Ferragamo's are going to be worn the next 3 years at the Coliseum (hope so) then a redesign of the same colors for Inglewood. Then it imply's that the Shield still has an investment in StL colored jerseys and wants to sell off that inventory before nobody wants one. Perhaps the Shield needs to know that nobody in LA really wants one already. I guess they are counting on all the newbies buying up the uglies.
I thought the team produces and owns that stuff. Confusing for sure..

I don't believe it would follow league rules. In the bylaws I read that they would have to file for a change by March 1 of this year to wear new uniforms the year after.

I can't copy the exact wording but here is the link and its Article XIX, section D, paragraph 1 on page 101.

http://www.nfl.com/static/content/publi ... df/co_.pdf

They did something 3 years ago. I need to find that article. Was that only about the throwbacks? I don't remember it that way.

I believe it was three years the league changed to Nike?

I don;t know if that is correct or even a player.

[Hacksaw]

I don't believe it would follow league rules. In the bylaws I read that they would have to file for a change by March 1 of this year to wear new uniforms the year after.

I can't copy the exact wording but here is the link and its Article XIX, section D, paragraph 1 on page 101.

http://www.nfl.com/static/content/publi ... df/co_.pdf

They did something 3 years ago. I need to find that article. Was that only about the throwbacks? I don't remember it that way.

I believe it was three years the league changed to Nike?

I don't know if that is correct or even a player.

There was more definitive talk about a complete change back in 2013 which happened to coincide with the Nike (disaster) contract.

Rams exec: 'Complete uniform change' might happen
By Marc Sessler
Around the NFL Writer
Published: Aug. 15, 2013 at 10:49 a.m.

Are the St. Louis Rams contemplating a uniform overhaul? Team executive Kevin Demoff says it's in the works.

"I think at some time in the next five years, you'll see a complete uniform -- throwback and current uniform -- change," Demoff, the Rams' executive vice president of football operations, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this week. "I'd be surprised if we didn't have it."

Said Demoff: "Like everything else, you're trying to elicit emotion from your fans, and our uniform colors seem to do that on a daily basis. There's not a day that goes by that there's not a uniform question or comment on the Internet."

The Rams fared well in Dameshek's "Greatest Uniform in NFL History" contest. The franchise's blue, yellow-gold and white threads from the 1973 to 1980 era reached the final eight of the contest before falling victim to the Carolina Panthers' 2012 alternates.

The Rams' colors haven't changed much since the team bolted Cleveland for Los Angeles back in 1946. A mix of gold and yellow hues have intermingled with millennium blue and white. The signature horns curling around the helmet have been a mainstay, too, and it doesn't sound like they're going away.

"The horns have always been part of what we've done," Demoff said.

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Rams thinking new unis and throwbacks soon
By Darin Gantt
August 14, 2013, 9:19 AM EST

Rams fans will get to relive their glory days this year, when the team wears its 1999 throwback uniforms against the Buccaneers and Titans, a nod to the path to a Super Bowl title that year.

But in the near future, the Rams expect to have a new set of throwbacks, and a new look for their other games.

Rams executive Kevin Demoff told Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a change in styles was coming.

“I think at some time in the next five years, you’ll see a complete uniform — throwback and current uniform” — change, Demoff said. “I’d be surprised if we didn’t have it. . . .

“Like everything else, you’re trying to elicit emotion from your fans, and our uniform colors seem to do that on a daily basis. There’s not a day that goes by that there’s not a uniform question or comment on the Internet.”

The team is locked into its current uniform for the 2014 season, but Demoff indicated that they could change both the regular uniform and the throwback for the 2015 or 2016 season.

“I think the blue-and-white is a great traditional, classic look for our club,” Demoff said. “I like our current throwbacks. I like our current uniform. They all have a meaning in time. We’ve talked about long-term doing a uniform re-design, looking back at the throwbacks we’re using now, or the blue-and-white, or a different hybrid. Or maybe something new and completely different.”

Demoff even suggested the possibility of a red and black throwback, from the 1937 Cleveland Rams. While the idea of the Rams in anything other than blue seems odd, they at least have the comfort of knowing they can’t possibly look worse than the Steelers’ bumblebee unis.

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Both of these reports link to an article from Jim Thomas at the PD which I remember being more to the point where Demoff says "I'd be surprised if we didn't have it." by 2016....

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football ... 89dd4.html

[moklerman]

"Ferragamo's". Love it.

That they aren't celebrating the move with new(old) uniforms really disappoints me. The stadium will sell itself so I don't agree that they need to unveil the new uni's at the same time. I guess I can understand it, but I don't agree with it.

I am VERY leery of what they have planned. Too much talk of changing things instead of just modernizing the Ferragamo's.

[SWAdude]

Excellent sleuthing Hacksaw!!!

At the very least, how about they come running out of the tunnel in their blue and yellow throwbacks first game at the coliseum.

A complete frenzy will ensue.

[trueblue&gold]

Excellent sleuthing Hacksaw!!!

At the very least, how about they come running out of the tunnel in their blue and yellow throwbacks first game at the coliseum.

A complete frenzy will ensue.

I like that, Start of the regular season in throwbacks. Save the other one for one of the primetime games we are sure to get this year.