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[bigeastbumrush]

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That’s a hot mess.

[kenp86]

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looks like it would be an XFL logo

[illwill10]

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It does look like an XFL logo lol and feels like its for Chargers. I always thought when they went with the navy blue and white helmet, that they would go with a navy and white jersey. Now, I think they might go with a modernized retro jersey.

[mestevo]

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Yeah, first thought seeing the hat on my phone was Chargers, not Rams. I knew they wanted to go back to retro colors but didn't think they were significantly changing the logo too.

[slickdtc]

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I thought it was Chargers at first glance too.

I like the ram horns coming out of the A, but it’s too abrupt. There’s no blending, the A just stops and the horn starts.

[Majingir]

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They literally just had to do this...

[Bartolo Colon]

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They literally just had to do this...

Hopefully that is what they’ll look like. I’d gladly put up with that “interesting” new logo just to have those beautiful unis.

[jfsolo]

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I'm not one who usually cares about logos and stuff, but IMO that is one of the worst looking logos in the history of professional sports. It's like a bootleg logo that you would see on a cap at a swap meet for $4.98.

There must be too many sycophants in the organization, hundreds of people should have stepped forward and admitted that it was garbage.

[Jr.]

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Maybe the Rams and Chargers are merging teams?

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[JHamilton9]

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It might have been a prototype logo- possibly a rejected one.

Usually, many primary and secondary logos are submitted. They are narrowed down until the final ones are approved.

There also have been times when a company has produced product with the wrong logo. It might be easy as somebody swiping one out or even taking a picture of a hat or jersey with the wrong logo.

[LambertandHam]

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If that logo isn't a prototype...

[ggsimmonds]

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Yeah, first thought seeing the hat on my phone was Chargers, not Rams. I knew they wanted to go back to retro colors but didn't think they were significantly changing the logo too.

I thought it was a logo for a basketball team.
The horns give off a basketball look

[Master Live 013]

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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — With just days to go before N.F.L. players vote on a 10-year labor agreement, one of the most influential members of its union’s executive committee has accused the staff of the N.F.L. Players Association of negotiating the proposed deal in bad faith.

Russell Okung, who has been vocal opponent of the proposed 10-year labor deal now before roughly 2,000 N.F.L. players, on Monday filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, the independent federal agency tasked with guarding employee rights.

The three-page filing accuses the N.F.L.P.A. staff, including its executive director, DeMaurice Smith, of forcing a vote on the deal over the objections of its executive committee, in violation of the union’s constitution. Okung also accused the union’s leadership of trying to muzzle him from speaking out about the lack of transparency with the executive committee about the negotiations with N.F.L. owners, which began last year.

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Last month, the executive committee voted 6 to 5 not to recommend the deal. The measure then moved to a vote of the 32 team representatives on the board, before a general body vote. The board voted 17 to 14 with one abstention, below the two-thirds majority needed to recommend the deal. The union said that the simple majority was enough to send the proposal to the full membership, which has until 11:59 p.m. Saturday to vote in a newly extended deadline.

Okung said that the proposed collective bargaining agreement should not have been sent to the full membership to vote because the deal was rejected by a majority of the executive committee. The dispute hinges on the view of the proposal. If the proposal constitutes an amendment to the existing labor deal, as Okung believes, it must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the union’s 32 player representatives. In his view, the proposed C.B.A. lacks enough substantive change from the current labor agreement to be considered a new deal.

If the deal is considered a new agreement, as union staff contends, then only a simple majority of the board must approve it for full membership to vote. Okung said if that is the case, the deal should not have proceeded because the executive committee rejected it.

Okung, who was recently traded from the Los Angeles Chargers to the Carolina Panthers, also contends in the filing that Smith and members of the N.F.L.P.A. staff violated the union’s constitution by “freezing out and attempting to prevent Mr. Okung and the other members of the executive committee from fulfilling their constitutional roles as the negotiating committee of a new or extended collective bargaining agreement.”

Okung, who joined the executive committee as a vice president in 2018, states in his filing that the union leadership has tried to intimidate him from speaking out about what he believes are irregularities in negotiations. He claims to have been “threatened with criminal prosecution and union sanction by N.F.L.P.A. leadership and was subjected to an unprecedented investigation, specifically for behaviors that could not be construed under any circumstances as harmful.”

The filing comes a day before the 32 player representatives, who are meeting here at their annual convention, are expected to elect a new president, the highest ranking player in union leadership. The current president, Eric Winston, has held the position for six years, but is prohibited from running for re-election because he was not on an N.F.L. roster last season. Okung has announced his candidacy. Sam Acho, Michael Thomas and J.C. Tretter are also vying for the position. It is unclear if today’s filing with the N.L.R.B. means Okung will drop out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/s...e=articleShare

[bigeastbumrush]

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If I’m a player I don’t want Okung winning with the way he has negotiated his contracts in the past.

I know he’s all for the players but I’m skeptical if he’s take their best interest to heart.

[mestevo]

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It's that time of year again, proposed rule changes!

via PFT: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...eague-meeting/

1. By Philadelphia; to amend Rule 12, Section 2, Article 7, to modify the blindside block rule to prevent unnecessary fouls.

2. By Philadelphia; to amend Rule 15, Section 2, to make permanent the expansion of automatic replay reviews to include scoring plays and turnovers negated by a foul, and any successful or unsuccessful Try attempt.

3. By Philadelphia; to amend Rule 6, Section 1, Article 1, to provide an alternative to the onside kick that would allow a team who is trailing in the game an opportunity to maintain possession of the ball after scoring (4th and 15 from the kicking team’s 25-yard line).

4. By Philadelphia; to amend Rule 16, Section 1, to restore preseason and regular season overtime to 15 minutes and implement rules to minimize the impact of the overtime coin toss.

5. By Miami; to amend Rule 4, Section 3, Article 2, to provide the option to the defense for the game clock to start on the referee’s signal if the defense declines an offensive penalty that occurs late in either half.

6. By Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers; to amend Rule 19, Section 2, to add a “booth umpire” as an eighth game official to the officiating crew.

7. By Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers; to amend Rule 19, Section 2, to add a Senior Technology Advisor to the Referee to assist the officiating crew.