Comments on: Brazil players unhappy about Olympic shirt change

By: Steggz

Steggz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:11:25 +0000

Makes perfect sense. they aren’t competing with the CBF but with the Brazilian Olympic committee. Therefore, their shirts should have that logo. Every other country has done it, and the other countries that had to change haven’t complained. Or they could have been like a few smart countries, like Australia, that had that all fixed up before the tournament!

And it’s the same for every sport. Eg, the hockey teams won’t have their hockey federation logo on their shirts, the swimmers don’t have the swimming federation logo, etc etc. So it’s not just for one sport

By: brn442

brn442 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:57:16 +0000

cptjeff, I used the NBA as an example - No one knows, who runs US basketball, including me. Technically speaking - in world football - it sounds silly but it’s the federations/associations that compete against each other - not countries per se, hence the tolerance of the home nations (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland) and why Fifa does not allow ANY meddling by government in their federations’ affairs. The 3 lions is the crest of the F.A not England the country (that would be the St George’s Cross.) According to them an Olympic team should be a separate entity. Personally, I don’t know why the Olympic committee would risk offending the federations ( who oversee the team setups & whose help they need to secure over-aged players) with such a request, I’m just trying to explain their “logic.”

By: gatto

gatto — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:25:09 +0000

it is not about the looks. the discipline-specific logos are not allowed to appear, only the national olimpic federation crest can. this is the rule for every olympic sport, so also for football. it is right so. i saw italy playing with the logo of the national olympic federation last days.

By: cptjeff

cptjeff — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:56:58 +0000

brn442, That’s not what the crest is. The crest would be like USA hockey putting their logo on the hockey jersey- not the NHL. To use your sport, it’s like USA basketball- the people who run the national team- not the NBA.

It’s not an MLS logo. It’s the logo of the national team itself- the team that it playing. To ban the national team’s logo for the biggest tournament is like (using the NHL again because of the nice clear logos on jerseys) Is like the NHL telling the Stanley cup finalists they can’t put their team logos on their uniforms.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:09 +0000

They’re wrong! A football shirt isn’t a football shirt without the the logo! How would you like it if we didn’t have an England badge or Scotland! Without the badge its way to plain!

By: pete

pete — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:03:55 +0000

its’ true! nike et al can bring out five or six kits a year for borusia dortmund but we don’t seem to have had the olympic shirts thrust down our throats with as much vigour - they need to get on that. they need to bring out three new kits for the Olympics, plus another three or four for the qualifying, and then if they get to the final they bring out a special kit, and if they’re winning at half time they change into another new kit…well that’s the way it’s going…

By: brn442

brn442 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:33:37 +0000

At first is sounds ridiculous but it makes sense as this has more to do with countries competing as opposed to federations.(could you imagine the NBA insisting that their logo be used on the men’s basketball team gear? I would think the federations and their technical sponsors would be happy as its a great excuse to launch an “olympic” shirt for the punters.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:04:22 +0000

they’re not five times olympic champions of the world though. In fact, not even once.

Do they really need that badge in order to win their games? Pretty sad if that’s the case.

By: Mendes7788

Mendes7788 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:19:35 +0000

It’s not a Brasil shirt without the real Brasil badge, but they are not the only ones that have had their badge removed. All Olympic teams (in football, obviously :P) were ordered to have their federation badges removed and were replaced by their respective countries Olympic patches. Brasil are they only team that have complained(publicly, at least).

By: 81Ross

81Ross — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:21:48 +0000

The players are right - without the national crest, it’s just a Nkie T-shirt.