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Originally Posted by EpicPonyTime
This post makes me wonder why the CFL has never gone full-NFL and come out with retro third jerseys. I'd love it if there was a week of the season where all the teams just wore retros. I'm a Rider fan, but I'd buy Als merch if it had this logo on it. I think it's great. |
A number of years ago the CFL went through a few retro decades in concurrent seasons, and they did actually do exactly that and have weeks where all teams wore throwbacks.
All teams in those years had third jerseys inspired by retro looks from the 60s and 70s (as far as I remember) and possibly more. I think that's where the royal blue made a resurgence with the Bombers. If I remember correctly, the Argos and Ti-cats retro throwbacks also gained traction and influenced their recent redesign. The experiment ended after they did the "signature" jerseys, which were very hit and miss.
And the Riders have also employed a 3rd retro look for at least a decade now (including at Grey Cups).