OT: Found this over at the ISU site...

[FrontFive4Life]

I know it's not technically football related, but I'm guessing most people only check this thread. I found this thread lurking on the ISU site. It made me laugh and is pretty ridiculous to be sure. Do with it what you will. :thumb:
http://www.bigskyfans.com/bengals/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4371

 

[kalm]

Holy Crap! That was awesome. :lol:

 

[LDopaPDX]

Ha... weirdo Bengal fans... seeing swastikas where there aren't any !!!

This reminds me of Dana White's total overreaction to Hoelzer Reich apparell in the UFC... Totenkopf's pre-date the Nazi regime and the Iron Cross pre-dates Germany even being an independent country. Besides that, using German imagery is cool because German imagery is, well, cool !!! They always had the most stylish and aggressive fashion. I would never condone Nazism or that crap, but there is a big difference between opposition to Nazism and being racist against Germans. Imagine someone insulting a deisgn that used the Union Jack because of England's various imperialist ventures?

On the same note, I'm trying to print a red and black Eastern shirt based on the FC St. Pauli totenkopf. It's a very simple design that is an exact duplicate of the St. Pauli t-shirts that are so popular in Hamburg except with red replacing the white and "Eastern" writted instead of "St. Pauli." I've look at some other skull designs, but nothing seems to work as well as the one St. Pauli currently uses. And for those of you that aren't into German symbols, the battleflag of St. Pauli is often a fixture of left-wing radicalism... it has no resemblance to Nationalism (again, German designs are cool... regardless of the political influence). Also, using the St. Pauli design as a dead-on replica with Eastern on the scroll would make for a unique play on the St. Pauli theme. I think the powers-that-be would find the Eastern shirt funny, and I know they don't own a trademark on the St. Pauli totenkopf--- the trademark patent ran out a year or two ago.

 

[LDopaPDX]

Here is the Battleflag of St. Pauli :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FC_St_Pauli_logo.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Imagine it looking the exact same except that the white skull and script would be replaced with a red skull and red script that simply reads "Eastern" in old germanic lettering.

I was thinking about adding red script to the back of the shirt reading "Welcome to Hell, The Inferno,,, Cheney, Washington." Or just a much more tame "2010 National Champions."

To advertise the sale of the t-shirts, I'd get a couple of battlflags made in Eastern lettering in red and wave them inside the stadium on games days.

Curiously, to the PC crowd, would ANYONE see anything wrong with that imagery? It certainly denotes violence and aggression... which I what I want to evoke. But I don't want connotations of racism, Nazism, communism, etc...

 

[FrontFive4Life]

I think that's a great idea Dopa! My only advice would be to go with 2010 National Champs over welcome to hell, as to me it sounds more like a backhanded compliment to the town of Cheney -- and we all know we have to suffer enough of those from other fanbases. I remember flying a skull and crossbones flag for my youth soccer and little league baseball games, so of course I'm in favor of doing it up Eastern style. Go Eags!

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Know what would be cool, is a play on Dante's Inferno. Have each circle be for another team. :twisted:

 

[kalm]

The ISU dude should use the Jaegar logo. Switch the deer to a tiger.