Welcome to our inaugural sports uniform blog.

It will be a weekly update on changes, observations and some cool links from the world of sports uniforms.

We call it UNI-VERSITY!

Your comments are welcomed.

So what’s news?

With the BCS Bowl season upon us, it will be interesting to see what new design the Oregon Ducks will be sporting.

Have you ever seen more changes to a uni in 1 year?  12 Different ones so far this year!

The school must have a ‘Uniform Design’ class that submits their weekly assignments to the sewing dept!

Have a look: DuckTracker 2009 Uniforms ‘Ninja Duck’ is the best!

What is with the new Florida Panthers 3^rd jersey? Have a look

Logo is OK – But why the colour change? (True – they’re regular ones are about the ugliest in the league) Did they hire the designer from the Penguins?

When they played each other last week it looked like a Pittsburgh dark/light practice game.

Did you know how strict the NFL is on their UNI requirements? You hear every week of guys getting fined – here is why:

$5000 fines
- High/Low whites on socks
- Pants not covering knees (no skin should show below the waist)
- Bandana
- Wrong nasal strip
- Hand towel alterations – towel must be 7 to 8 inches and have no tape on it
- Tape not the same color of the shoe.
- Jersey untucked (usually there is a warning for this one)
- Jersey cut too short
- Sleeves coming out of jersey – only QB can have this and only a certain amount can come out
- Chinstrap undone ($7500)

$10,000 fines
- Personal messages
- Any second offense fine
- Wrong attire 90 minutes previous and after a game – clothes must be Reebok apparel
- Tinted visor – must have a doctors note for a tinted visor

There is also a special fine schedule for the post season. The minimum fine in playoff games will be between 10 and 20 thousand dollars. The minimum in the NFC Championship is between 50 and 75 thousand and for the Super Bowl the minimum is 100 grand. It’s been made very obvious the NFL and it’s sponsors want the players to dress accordingly.

And finally: We would like to hear your thoughts weekly on The BEST & WORST UNI’s from around the world of sports

THIS WEEK: BEST NHL UNI  -

I’ll Start us off : BlackHawks white!

See you next week.

….and remember if you don’t look good – you ain’t gonna play good.