Jumper change proposal

[dimelb]

Attributed to George Bernard Shaw: the British and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
I'm grateful to the Yanks for "jail" as an alternative to the stupidest word I know in English, "gaol".
And it'll be good to have names as well as numbers, regardless of who else does it.

- - - Updated - - -

Attributed to George Bernard Shaw: the British and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
I'm grateful to the Yanks for "jail" as an alternative to the stupidest word I know in English, "gaol".
And it'll be good to have names as well as numbers, regardless of who else does it.

[bloodsbigot]

I'll give them the Light Bulb, but not electricity.

Not the idea itself but guys like JP Morgan popularized and mass marketed electricity by establishing General Electric. Before that we were walking around with oil lamps.

- - - Updated - - -

Attributed to George Bernard Shaw: the British and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
I'm grateful to the Yanks for "jail" as an alternative to the stupidest word I know in English, "gaol".
And it'll be good to have names as well as numbers, regardless of who else does it.

- - - Updated - - -

Attributed to George Bernard Shaw: the British and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
I'm grateful to the Yanks for "jail" as an alternative to the stupidest word I know in English, "gaol".
And it'll be good to have names as well as numbers, regardless of who else does it.

There's one thing I'll never forgive Americans for though; using miles instead of kilometres. Pounds instead of kilograms.

- - - Updated - - -

Attributed to George Bernard Shaw: the British and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
I'm grateful to the Yanks for "jail" as an alternative to the stupidest word I know in English, "gaol".
And it'll be good to have names as well as numbers, regardless of who else does it.

- - - Updated - - -

Attributed to George Bernard Shaw: the British and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
I'm grateful to the Yanks for "jail" as an alternative to the stupidest word I know in English, "gaol".
And it'll be good to have names as well as numbers, regardless of who else does it.

There's one thing I'll never forgive Americans for though; using miles instead of kilometres. Pounds instead of kilograms.

[Xie Shan]

Not sure what the fuss is about really. I can see the argument that it's not really needed, but it's hard to imagine anyone being truly upset by it if they brought it in. I personally like the jumpers the way they are, but that's just my preference. If it makes it easier for fans to identify the players, then I'm all for it, as I can't see any real downside. It's not like it (having numbers only) is a sacred part of our game or anything. I don't believe in change for change's sake, but if you can make something better for very little cost, why not do it?

[Meg]

Not sure what the fuss is about really. I can see the argument that it's not really needed, but it's hard to imagine anyone being truly upset by it if they brought it in. I personally like the jumpers the way they are, but that's just my preference. If it makes it easier for fans to identify the players, then I'm all for it, as I can't see any real downside. It's not like it (having numbers only) is a sacred part of our game or anything. I don't believe in change for change's sake, but if you can make something better for very little cost, why not do it?

I completely agree. I watch all Swans' matches and a lot of the matches of other clubs if they are on free-to-air TV. But I still don't recognise all the players from other clubs so jumper names would be a plus as far as I'm concerned. I object to paying $5 for the Record just to get the names. I've ripped out and kept the number pages from Records I've bought at past matches involving each of the other clubs. Helps to identify a lot of the players but as each year goes by the number gets less. And Ron who sits in the seat beside me at the SCG laughs when he see that according to my page our coach is still Paul Roos!

- - - Updated - - -

Not sure what the fuss is about really. I can see the argument that it's not really needed, but it's hard to imagine anyone being truly upset by it if they brought it in. I personally like the jumpers the way they are, but that's just my preference. If it makes it easier for fans to identify the players, then I'm all for it, as I can't see any real downside. It's not like it (having numbers only) is a sacred part of our game or anything. I don't believe in change for change's sake, but if you can make something better for very little cost, why not do it?

I completely agree. I watch all Swans' matches and a lot of the matches of other clubs if they are on free-to-air TV. But I still don't recognise all the players from other clubs so jumper names would be a plus as far as I'm concerned. I object to paying $5 for the Record just to get the names. I've ripped out and kept the number pages from Records I've bought at past matches involving each of the other clubs. Helps to identify a lot of the players but as each year goes by the number gets less. And Ron who sits in the seat beside me at the SCG laughs when he see that according to my page our coach is still Paul Roos!

[DaveyCaper]

To be honest, I don't see a good reason not to do it.

Names on jumpers would certainly help fans coming into the sport learn the players. Take myself. I am Canadian who has fallen in love with Australian football. But there is near zero media coverage here. I watch 2 - 4 games a week normally (I started getting AFL Live, the international streaming service last year) and understand the rules pretty well. What I have found the last thing to develop is a true knowledge of a large number of players in the league (though certainly know Sydney pretty well as I watched all their games last year). Names of the uniforms would certainly help me in the process of learning the players in the league. This would be the same even for an Australian who is getting into the game (though obviously they have the media advantage). Hockey players didn't always have name son the jerseys and I really don't see the downside of them being there now.

[Zlatorog]

I don't understand, why people's objection to have names put on the players' guernseys? It's a very good idea. I would even put their names on the side of their shorts so that the umpires can't mistake them. You don't have to buy them printed with names on it, I'm sure there will be option either with the names or without.