Fans petition Eagles to bring back kelly green uniforms
Do you want the Eagles to bring back those bodacious kelly green jerseys? Well, you're not the only one. Cranekicker, the local twitter personality and Zoo With Roy contributor, has written a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie petitioning that the Birds bring back the old jerseys.
Fans petition Eagles to bring back kelly green uniforms
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Do you want the Eagles to bring back those bodacious kelly green jerseys? Well, you're not the only one. Cranekicker, the hilarious local twitterer and Zoo With Roy contributor, has written a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie petitioning that the Birds bring back the old jerseys.
Already sold? Sign the petition here.
If you still need some convincing, hop on over to Zoo With Roy and read the letter. READ IT!
Cranekicker makes some pretty logical points, besides the obvious one that the new Eagles coach is named Chip Kelly. That isn't the main reason for the petition but Cranekicker, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Philly.com that it was just "a bonus to help kick start the process."
"Basically, I don't like the Eagles uniforms. I think they're ugly," Cranekicker said. "I'm not a fan of new uniforms in general. I like the traditional football look with the block letters, kind of like what they did with the Pro Bowl uniforms this season."
But will the petition work?
When asked if he thought it would ever reach Lurie's desk, Cranekicker said, "I'm sure that if it builds enough steam it will. I'm also pretty sure he knows how Philly fans feel about that color, but he probably doesn't care."
Come on, the last Birds championship came in 1960 when they wore those swaggerific jerseys.
As CK writes, "Welllll 1960 was the last title ... we still have no Super Bowl and that’s the ultimate barometer of success so give the fans what we want."
- Stadiums shouldn't decide your uniform colors. Keep the current color scheme in the stadium. Call it our corporate colors. On the field, though, kelly green is the only way to go.
- Never gonna happen. Lurie hates green. We're lucky to still have any color green as part of the uniform.— chris73
- cuz, it's his favorite color. the color of money
— hannibal barca - Bring back as a 3rd jersey like other NFL teams do.
— henry hill - Definitely a better choice than black as a third uniform. It could easily be like the Chargers when they use the powder blues!
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Time to change it up and infuse some of the past with the future. I think something like these woud work. I'm not saying these exactly, but I think it's a clean look with some more flash then the midnight green currently provides— Fumblersuki20 - Kelly Green Jerseys with white helmets and green wings.— sumotrucker
- Kelly Green is far superior to Midnight Teal.— Pelti
- Bring It Back! it's a new era - coach kelly....kelly green— DaIBelieveU
- Nope, stop living in the past. Its all about merchandising and no one wants to wear bright green.— Sidewinder7
- You mean living in the past like the Packers, the Steelers, the Bears, the Giants, the Browns? You sound like a 12-year old. No appreciation for tradition. Let's make the Packers violet, the Browns royal blue, the Steelers pink. The hell with tradition! Your point is irrelevant.
- Millions of Packers fans disagree with you. — Dave14
- i too prefer the kelly green jerseys...bednarik; van brocklin; jaworski; wilbert; reggie; clyde; JB; cunningham
but don't get your hopes up. Lurie likes to pretend the eagles were founded in '94 when he bought the team; his massive ego won't let him recognize the eagles have a history pre-dating him...unless he can make a lot of money off the new/old jerseys— hannibal barca - Use the Kelly Green as throwback jerseys and never ever use those yellow and blue or whatever the heck color those throwbacks were again!!! Keep the midnight green ...move forward people who wants to live in the past...you will never see that type of team anymore..The NFL has changed...keep moving forward Eagles....
— gkc462 - He can pay off that hag Christina with all the merchandise sales on the Kelly green uniforms.— Mr. Smith
