Saturday, April 7, 2012

Hipsters

I just noticed a very subtle detail in Nike's new Packer uniforms:

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The swoosh and NFL shield have switched places on the front of the pants.

Here's how it appeared from 2002-2011:

From 1997 until the "NFL EQUIPMENT" patch was introduced in 2002, players wore an NFL shield patch on their left hips:

The manufacturer's logo, at that time Starter, was first added to the Packers' pants in 1993, as seen on the cover of the 1994 Yearbook:

That's a very minor change that most fans won't ever notice. I wonder what the thinking behind it was?

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