I didn't want to take Sporting Real's tread in a different direction by asking this in the Team Name thread. Is the Brickyard Battalion pushing for green and black still even if the team name isn't racing? The site is predominantly red, white, and blue as is your city flag. I'm an outsider so I don't think my opinion counts for much but both MLS and NASL have so many red and blue teams I like green and black because it'd be unique. NASL Atlanta red and black Fort Lauderdale red and yellow Ottawa looks like they'll use red Virgina looks like they'll use red Carolina blue and orange Edmonton blue and black Minnesota blue and yellow Puerto Rico blue and orange Two teams do have green Tampa Bay green and yellow Cosmos will use green MLS Chicago red and blue Chivas red and blue Dallas red and blue New England red and blue New York red and blue DC red and black Portland red and white aways Salt Lake red purple and yellow Toronto red and grey KC two shades of blue LA blue and yellow Montreal blue and white Philadelphia blue and gold San Jose blue and black Seattle blue and green Vancouver blue and white One team uses green Portland green and yellow homes
No team uses purple either. Classic purple teams... Anderlecht, Fiorentina, Valladolid, Osnabrück, I'm sure there are a few others, but its a short list. I like the colors of the flag, it looks pretty classy. Something like a PSG uniform would be very nice and fit in very well. Green - Celtic (no hoops, makes fans look fat), St Etienne - two tone green hoops or stripes, looks really good. Werder Bremens green and white look classy as well.
The Brickyard Battalion still likes the black and white with green accents because it is not used in both the mls and the NASL. But it will probably be some variation of red white and blue
Thanks for the information, I was kind of thinking that's the way it was going to go. You do have one of the best city flags in the world so I can understand wanting to pay homage to it. That said I thought the green and black mockups looked classy and unique in both color and design. Can't say that I'm not a little disappointed but again it's not my team.
I can't speak for all of the BYB, but i know that the founders like the green and black. Just making sure I don't speak for the BYB as a whole
I'm on the fence I really like both sides but the PSG look would be very classy and cool. Although the mock ups I've seen from the BYB especially the art work of the monument circle crest looked awesome with green black and white.
As a kid in the early 70's I played on a team that wore Green and black vertical stripes with black shorts. Similar to Newcastle United. I thought the kit looked great then and still think it would.
I voted for black and white, as in Newcastle and Juve. It references a checkered flag, and its fairly unique in North America. But I could live with green and black. It looks great on the scarves and it's also unique.
Green and black would be hideous. It's not an accident no one else uses it. I find it ironic that the BYB want a team name has to do with Indy, but they reject using the colors from Indy's flag just because other teams already use red and blue. If you want to be green to be different then be green, like the Celtics, Jets or Spartans, just no black, it's not a color and just makes everything look amateurish and cheap. I guess I just think looking good >>> looking different.
green is thought as more of an accent to the black and white anyway. Personally I am ok with some variety of the flags colors, if used correctly.
I will admit, after seeing the colors of Indy's flag, I'm torn. (Feel kind of bad I didn't even know what it looked like until this year, but I grew up closer to Louisville anyway) The green, white and black already has some sweet mock ups, logo, and even a little history to it through the BYB. But if they were to use the city flag colors, even incorporate the flag into the logo, they could totally have a fly PSG look that I would be more then happy with, and would tie the team into the city even more. Not to mention, the navy blue would also help tie the team in with the state as a whole. Now I'm thinking about the possibilities of tying the state and city flags into a sweet looking logo...New Thread! Mock ups, please! But if they really want to go unique, go white, black and purple like Madrid. No team in the US does that
as an outsider... something like Croatia has done in the past would be pretty cool looking for Indy: full on Checkers would be interesting too... but maybe a bit bit too harsh on the eyes:
Full props to the BYB for landing this team in Indy. If they want green/black... stripes, checkers, hoops, sash, polka-dots, whatever... I'm all in. (But I really like your checkers idea thomas!)
actually BYB originally tried Red White and Blue colors but opted for Green, Black and White for racing colors. You'll be hard pressed to find any Bricker that would reject the cities colors, but we have been Green, Black and White for 2 years now.