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Nothing wrong with putting names on the jersey…….. we need to change with the times. Doesn’t hurt the game to be able to identify players.Bobcat4Ever wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:41 pmI love having names during March Madness. Much easier to identify players you may have heard about, or remember standouts from game-to-game. Thank goodness the announcers don’t say 14 in to 27 with three assists, kicks out to 3 for a long two, and one. Names, please. With NIL maybe teams will have to pay players to put their names on their jerseys.
El Profesor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:35 pmThis thread gives me the perfect opportunity to vent one of my admittedly obsessive-compulsive, don't-sweat-the-small-stuff type of complaints.
Jerseys should reflect players' *last* names, as should box scores, on-screen graphics, announcers' references, etc. For example, Ken Griffey, Jr.'s jersey should just say "Griffey". This Duke player who's on TV right now, Moore, Jr., should have the name "Moore" on his jersey. Robert Griffin III's football jersey should simply say "Griffin". And so on.
Only when two (or more) players have the same last name should the jerseys require anything more than the last name. If a team has two Smiths ... say, Bruce and Rod ... the players' two jerseys would then display "B.Smith" and "R.Smith".
On the note of my likely-lost-cause campaign, I was so disappointed the other night when two announcers of a Round-of-32 men's game were totally overboard in verbally describing the players as follows: "Jones the Third needs to play better; otherwise, Shanahan Junior should be inserted at shooting guard instead". The announcers were over the *top* in making sure to include the suffixes as part of players' last names.
Think about this: If you ask Jones III what his last name is, he'd say 'Jones', not 'Jones III'. If you ask Shanahan Jr. what his last name is, he'd say 'Shanahan', not 'Shanahan Jr.'. Aargh!
I realize that my complaint is trivial. But, nobody can say that it's wrong. I'll be delighted if even a couple of readers decide, "You know? He's right. I've never thought about this before."
Thanks for letting me vent in this public forum! Go 'Cats!
I always ask the players how they want me to say their names. If they want JR, or III in there, then I make sure I say it.El Profesor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:35 pmThis thread gives me the perfect opportunity to vent one of my admittedly obsessive-compulsive, don't-sweat-the-small-stuff type of complaints.
Jerseys should reflect players' *last* names, as should box scores, on-screen graphics, announcers' references, etc. For example, Ken Griffey, Jr.'s jersey should just say "Griffey". This Duke player who's on TV right now, Moore, Jr., should have the name "Moore" on his jersey. Robert Griffin III's football jersey should simply say "Griffin". And so on.
Only when two (or more) players have the same last name should the jerseys require anything more than the last name. If a team has two Smiths ... say, Bruce and Rod ... the players' two jerseys would then display "B.Smith" and "R.Smith".
On the note of my likely-lost-cause campaign, I was so disappointed the other night when two announcers of a Round-of-32 men's game were totally overboard in verbally describing the players as follows: "Jones the Third needs to play better; otherwise, Shanahan Junior should be inserted at shooting guard instead". The announcers were over the *top* in making sure to include the suffixes as part of players' last names.
Think about this: If you ask Jones III what his last name is, he'd say 'Jones', not 'Jones III'. If you ask Shanahan Jr. what his last name is, he'd say 'Shanahan', not 'Shanahan Jr.'. Aargh!
I realize that my complaint is trivial. But, nobody can say that it's wrong. I'll be delighted if even a couple of readers decide, "You know? He's right. I've never thought about this before."
Thanks for letting me vent in this public forum! Go 'Cats!
Thank you!! That has always been a major pet peeve of mine. A suffix is not part of his surname, so there is no reason whatsoever to add it to anyone's name on a jersey. You pointed out Ken Griffey Jr. as one example, but I don't believe he added "Jr." to his name, until his dad joined the Mariners for a season or two late in his career. In that case, it made sense, as it was the only way to differentiate between the two of them. I do sorta blame him though, because it seems like that's when the trend first started. It really drives me crazy when some teams who have players with the same last name won't add the first initial to the uniforms, and yet they will add the suffixes. That makes absolutely no sense. I'm a bit OCD too (not that there's anything wrong with that...haha), so I realize this probably bothers me more than most people, but it's good to know I'm not the only one who is so aggravated by it.El Profesor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:35 pmThis thread gives me the perfect opportunity to vent one of my admittedly obsessive-compulsive, don't-sweat-the-small-stuff type of complaints.
Jerseys should reflect players' *last* names, as should box scores, on-screen graphics, announcers' references, etc. For example, Ken Griffey, Jr.'s jersey should just say "Griffey". This Duke player who's on TV right now, Moore, Jr., should have the name "Moore" on his jersey. Robert Griffin III's football jersey should simply say "Griffin". And so on.
Only when two (or more) players have the same last name should the jerseys require anything more than the last name. If a team has two Smiths ... say, Bruce and Rod ... the players' two jerseys would then display "B.Smith" and "R.Smith".
On the note of my likely-lost-cause campaign, I was so disappointed the other night when two announcers of a Round-of-32 men's game were totally overboard in verbally describing the players as follows: "Jones the Third needs to play better; otherwise, Shanahan Junior should be inserted at shooting guard instead". The announcers were over the *top* in making sure to include the suffixes as part of players' last names.
Think about this: If you ask Jones III what his last name is, he'd say 'Jones', not 'Jones III'. If you ask Shanahan Jr. what his last name is, he'd say 'Shanahan', not 'Shanahan Jr.'. Aargh!
I realize that my complaint is trivial. But, nobody can say that it's wrong. I'll be delighted if even a couple of readers decide, "You know? He's right. I've never thought about this before."
Thanks for letting me vent in this public forum! Go 'Cats!
Really? From what I recall they did have names on the jerseys when Fish was here, and they certainly didn't win any Big Sky titles while he was coach.Catbasketball20 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:38 amHow it was under Brian Fish was until we won the big sky title, we didn't get our names on the back of our jersey's. Could be the same Under Coach Sprinkle so we'll see this year!
Nope. We had a Bobcat there. His philosophy was "we have to earn the right to have our names there by winning first." You are correct though, certainly didn't do any winningMSU01 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:54 amReally? From what I recall they did have names on the jerseys when Fish was here, and they certainly didn't win any Big Sky titles while he was coach.Catbasketball20 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:38 amHow it was under Brian Fish was until we won the big sky title, we didn't get our names on the back of our jersey's. Could be the same Under Coach Sprinkle so we'll see this year!
