I’m noticing that more and more sporting events have players dressed in all kinds of odd combinations/colors.  For example I thought the three most prominent Miami Heat uniforms were:

Then came the variations.  Some were playful, like the “Miami Vice” look…

Or the military look…

There are plenty of others and, in the last few games the players, in what is likely a nod toward Veteran’s Day/the Military, have worn this:

Of course, the alternate dress is not limited to basketball.  Football has its “throwback” jerseys and sometimes you get to see hideous things like this, featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers…

…whose more traditional garb looks like this:

Why all the different clothing?  I suppose its pretty obvious: Money.  Fans who have already bought the “normal” jerseys and their variations may be tempted to purchase the variations.  Conversely, a fan who until now hasn’t bought any of the standard jerseys may be tempted to get one of the many variants.

Which brings us to the topic I wanted to get at: Sometimes, these clothing choices can go terribly, terribly wrong.

Last night, the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets played on Thursday Night Football and they wore specially designed Nike costumes for the event.  Costumes that had the players dressing in all green and all red…

The problem?  For color blind people, it was impossible to tell the difference between the jerseys!  Read on…

Stupid Nike Uniforms Wreaking Havoc on Colorblind NFL Fans

What’s really cool is that in the link/story above they provide a clip of the game and desaturate the colors so that people who are not colorblind can see what colorblind people saw -or rather couldn’t- in this game.

Lesson learned, one hopes!