El Coconuto
Great White
Over the last couple of years, I have seen a range of teams utilize their jerseys as ways of endorsing various causes/charities with great success. Examples of this include the Women Of League/Breast Cancer pink varieties; the Cancer Round yellow jersey's; and the Indigenous varieties.
In recent times I have been left to wonder why a club like ours hasn't opted to utilize these ways of positive brand association? We have had club tragedies in recent times that would lead me to believe that these would be great initiatives for us to be involved in. Are we afraid to venture here for financial reasons or are we legally bound to wear our home/away jersey's a certain amount of times every year and forfeit the chance to support these causes? What does everyone think about the idea of "Charity Jersey's" anyways? For or against?
I would really like to see the club investigate the merits of an Indigenous jersey. Two of the most (positively) influential Indigenous players of the modern era rose to prominence wearing the black, white and blue (David Peachey and Preston Campbell) as well as an elusive group of others in the clubs history that I feel we could honour by producing an Indigenous jersey to wear perhaps against the likes of the Cowboys. The Cowboys have done it, the Sea Eagles have done it - hell, even the Sydney Roosters have done it. As well as honoring the Indigenous contributions to the club in the past, I feel it would go a long way to breaking the stigma that a lot of Sydney has about the Shire.
What does everyone else think about charity jerseys?
In recent times I have been left to wonder why a club like ours hasn't opted to utilize these ways of positive brand association? We have had club tragedies in recent times that would lead me to believe that these would be great initiatives for us to be involved in. Are we afraid to venture here for financial reasons or are we legally bound to wear our home/away jersey's a certain amount of times every year and forfeit the chance to support these causes? What does everyone think about the idea of "Charity Jersey's" anyways? For or against?
I would really like to see the club investigate the merits of an Indigenous jersey. Two of the most (positively) influential Indigenous players of the modern era rose to prominence wearing the black, white and blue (David Peachey and Preston Campbell) as well as an elusive group of others in the clubs history that I feel we could honour by producing an Indigenous jersey to wear perhaps against the likes of the Cowboys. The Cowboys have done it, the Sea Eagles have done it - hell, even the Sydney Roosters have done it. As well as honoring the Indigenous contributions to the club in the past, I feel it would go a long way to breaking the stigma that a lot of Sydney has about the Shire.
What does everyone else think about charity jerseys?