It's because of the players' costumes. It's enchanting to see the
diverse colors and designs.

But some are depressing. One team has horseshoes on their hats.
Those horseshoes make one think that the players were kicked in the
head by a horse.

Another has a design on only one side of their hats and no one I asked
knows what the design means.

Another poor team with orange hats has no design!!! Must not be any
creative people with that company.

I was also disillusioned to learn that they do not wear their costumes
at rehearsals, only at games. I found this out when visiting a Ravens
rehearsal. But oh their purple is sooooo gorgeous.

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:08:54 -0400, "Duncan" <WestPenn@nospam.com>
wrote:

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>"Merciful Percival" <spam@nospam.org> wrote in message
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>> It's because of the players' costumes. It's enchanting to see the
>> diverse colors and designs.
>> But some are depressing. One team has horseshoes on their hats.
>> Those horseshoes make one think that the players were kicked in the
>> head by a horse.
>
>Actually, it wasn't from getting kicked in the head by horses but from
>getting their heads stomped on by a Bronco from Denver named Elway..

Those horseshoes went on the sides of the hats in '57. Prior to then,
they were on the back of the hat, near the neck, on either side of the
center stripe.

Prior to '57, there were no shoulder stripes, just arm stripes.

>> Another poor team with orange hats has no design!!! Must not be any
>> creative people with that company.
>
>They absolutely do have a Logo and it's not a bulldog... it's an ELF (you
>know, like a Brownie Elf or a Fairy Elf) It's true and after seeing a
>picture of the original design I can understand why they don't want to use
>it.

A fairy would have been better than having a picture of Paul Brown on
their hats.
>
>>
>> I was also disillusioned to learn that they do not wear their costumes
>> at rehearsals, only at games. I found this out when visiting a Ravens
>> rehearsal. But oh their purple is sooooo gorgeous.
>
>That team is actually NOT a professional football team although they DO
>sometimes pretend to be one on TV. I always thought Green Bays costumes were
>kind of Pretty myself. (Not quite as attractive as the Penn State or
>Michigan State Collegiate teams but close).

Going way, way back in the day, GB had blue blouses, rather than
green. I'm talking early 1950s.

And the Colts had green blouses and hats, circa 1954.

Go figure.

>Possibly you might enjoy visiting an Oakland Raiders home game. They have
>some absolutely Fabulous Costumes.... simply marvelous. For your safety and
>my entertainment, you may like to wear a Dallas Cowboys Jersey while
>attending. I'm sure the fine folks in Oakland would make you feel most
>special. :))

I recall Oakland's costume as being stark and plain looking, which is
sort of cool. Maybe they've gotten all frilly too. Haven't really
watched the games for awhile.