Military Inspired Logo for the Winnipeg Jets

[The Bread Guy]

Some of the sports commentariat aren't happy....

.... My first thoughts upon seeing the new logos were “is Air Canada a sponsor of the Jets?” I think the logos play too much on the Canadian maple leaf and kind of resemble a logo you would see at the Winnipeg airport rather than on a hockey crest. Instead of being daring, the new Jets played it safe and went with an easy design and the over used maple leaf. And it is very strange that the Department of National Defence helped with the logo. I didn’t know our tax dollars went to paying for a top secret, national NHL logo making department. Or maybe the new logo was relegated by the CRTC rules, and thus the Canadiana influence.

Whatever logo the Jets decided to go with, the merchandise would have flew off the shelves in a few days, just like they sold out their entire season ticket base in a few days. This logo seems to be too safe and out-of-date when compared to other team logos. And even their presentation of the logo lacks any showmanship.

I didn’t love the old logo, but I think its simple design fit that era and was a solid crest to support. This logo looks like some kid created it in Paint as a grade nine art project ....

Source:  senshot.com, 25 Jul 11

So far on the poll - 2:1 likin' it.

 

[Gunner98]

In many ways it is old and new school, the background on the plane logo resembles the old RCAF Flyers, see attached.

 

[DirtyDog]

Sweet design... I have a new favourite team!  Can't wait to buy some of the official apparel.

Who cares about the managment, players or coaching staff?

???

 

[Hammer Sandwich]

Some of the sports commentariat aren't happy....Source: 

Well...... pleeeeeease excuuuuuuse the Jets for not coming out with some over-stylized, cartooney jet plane doing an "EXTREEM" slam dunk while riding a snowboard.......

...Twhat a dewche...

I, for one, am really glad they opted for the more "classic" styling of the jersey and logo.

 

[lethalLemon]

Some of the sports commentariat aren't happy....Source:  senshot.com, 25 Jul 11

So far on the poll - 2:1 likin' it.

They're just jealous.

Awesome logo!

 

[The Bread Guy]

And you had to know this was coming....

.... there can be no mistaking the inspiration for the new Jets logo.

If the CF-18 fighter draped in a red maple leaf wasn't obvious enough, the team's new owner made no secret of the fact that the logo was designed in consultation with the Department of National Defence. In fact, Mark Chipman's comments in the unveiling of the new logo had more to do with the air force than the hockey team. He noted in the press conference that he only felt comfortable with the "Jets" name when he determined that he could re-brand the team around the RCAF.

In other words, my beloved Winnipeg Jets are being twisted into another cheap marketing ploy for the new Canadian militarism ....

Source:  rabble.ca, 26 Jul 11

 

[ModlrMike]

What a Maroon!

 

[jnunes13]

That article is nothing but "Anti-Military" propganda... He spends the whole time talking about how Evil the Canadian Forces are, I'm not impressed.

  We barely bother to maintain the pretence that we are peacekeepers in places like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. There is, as I said many years ago, no peace to keep when you ride up in a jeep and you blow the bleep out of a wedding party -- which has happened more than once in Afghanistan alone. That country is more devastated, more dangerous and more impoverished than it has ever been -- a gift of our decade-long occupation.

This quote shows he doesn't know what he is talking about because he says Canada will be purchasing numerous expensive CF-18's. I think he means to complain about the F-35 procurement...

And jets -- now featured on the crest of the NHL's newest member -- are a cornerstone of Harper's military project. The purchase of obscenely expensive CF-18s was partly justified by Canada's demonstration of their utility in attacking Libya. After sitting quietly while people were slaughtered in dramatic revolutionary upheaval across the Arab world for months, Canada suddenly felt the urge to send fighter planes to Libya, where Suncor (Canada's second-largest corporation) feared its assets might be nationalized by the Gadhafi regime. Yes, CF-18 fighter jets are very effective at killing people from a safe distance, and in the hands of the Harper government we will use them to ensure the prosperity of our wealthiest multinational corporations.

and lastly, he can complain all he wants, but when he starts to degrade the sacrifice of the CF Members who have lost their lives, that really just pisses me off...

And hockey, at the centre of our national consciousness, is the most fertile ground for sowing the seeds of this hyper-patriotic idiocy. What could be better than to have people associate the military with hockey -- the game so many of us live and breath. As such, Don Cherry's insipid weekly performances of ‘manly grief' over deaths of Canadian soldiers never once stop to ask why so many Canadians -- and so many more Afghans -- are dying in our occupation. CBC's hockey broadcasts relentlessly bombard us with images of the soldiers overseas cheering for their favourite team. Why do we never get scenes of Canadian aid workers or doctors watching hockey with sketchy antennas in a far-flung desert village where they are distributing medicine?
Because that doesn't serve the new national interest. Meanwhile, most Canadian hockey teams sponsor special military nights, ranging in intensity from spectacles of soldiers rappelling down from the rafters (war is really neat, kids!) to sombre moments of silence for the fallen, insisting that we take their deaths as sacrifices for our freedom. No space is allowed to ask ‘how is torturing prisoners in Kandahar protecting me?' or ‘if I'm so free, why do I get arrested for leading peaceful demonstrations in Canadian cities

It's ignorant people that say things like this that just make me shake my head in shame and wonder, why?  :facepalm:
:2c:


As a Civilian (and will be a sworn in member of the CF on August 11th) I would like to thank all serving members as well as those who's lives were lost, for allowing the freedom for that jackass to write his article and the freedom for me to bitch about it. 

 

[Michael OLeary]

Well, I guess there's no risk of the rabble rising up against the government any time soon if they're expending all their energy whining about important issues like sports team logos.    :

 

[Journeyman]

In other words, my beloved Winnipeg Jets are being twisted into another cheap marketing ploy for the new Canadian militarism ....

Finally, a good reason to cheer for the Jets.  ;D

 

[The Bread Guy]

WTF?

.... The line between supporting the troops and supporting the miltary mission is becoming too fine for me. Nationalism and hockey have always been impossible to separate in Canada, but that has not necessarily been a good thing for the game (or the country, for that matter.) Xenophobia held hockey back for a long time and international competitions seldom bring out the best in the Canadian fans.

The new Jets logo is a weapons system superimposed on a flag inside a military insignia. Cool, eh? Who couldn’t support that?

Source:  canuckscorner.com blog, 29 Jul 11

 

[Hammer Sandwich]

.... The line between supporting the troops and supporting the military mission is becoming too fine for me....

M'kay....I always put both on the same line...but whatever.....

The new Jets logo is a weapons system superimposed on a flag inside a military insignia. Cool, eh? Who couldn't support that?

Yeah, yer prolly right.......nobody likes any sort of stupid Flag/Weapons System/Military insignia anyways.......it's not like this kinda stuff has ever created a country where your sad, sorry arse has the right to degrade, and defame the very system that has ensured your freedom....

Good on ya, though.

Maybe I'll go take a piss on my Grandpa's Capbadge just so we're on the same page...sound good?

'Tard.

Breast Retards;

HS

 

[rasputin]

They had to get the Maple Leafs permission to use something that belongs to Canada??

Ask yourself which came first:  the Canadian flag or the Toronto Maple Leaf?  The current flag dates to 1965.  While some previous flags had leaves on them, none were a focal point.  The Toronto Maple Leaf symbol dates back to 1927.

 

[aesop081]

Ask yourself which came first:  the Canadian flag or the Toronto Maple Leaf?

The Canadian flag has a better chance of wining the Stanley cup.

 

[jnunes13]

The Canadian flag has a better chance of wining the Stanley cup.

:nod:

 

[OldSolduer]

Ask yourself which came first:  the Canadian flag or the Toronto Maple Leaf?  The current flag dates to 1965.  While some previous flags had leaves on them, none were a focal point.  The Toronto Maple Leaf symbol dates back to 1927.

Ah I see, so commercialism trumps what we consider to be a national symbol.

 

[rasputin]

The Canadian flag has a better chance of wining the Stanley cup.

If you guys like the military inspired Jets, you should probably also like the Leafs, given they were named after the Maple Leaf Regiment of World War 1.

 

[rasputin]

Ah I see, so commercialism trumps what we consider to be a national symbol.

No, in the world of permissions, it's a little thing called "dibsies".

 

[aesop081]

If you guys like the military inspired Jets, you should probably also like the Leafs, given they were named after the Maple Leaf Regiment of World War 1.

No, i'm pretty sure i hate the Leafs.

 

[rasputin]

Further to the above, if you look at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, their description gives them the trade mark to the maple leaf imagery:

VIENNA INFORMATION:
Code Description
5.3.4 Vine leaves (except 5.3.19), plane leaves, maple leaves
5.3.14 One leaf
5.3.50 11-pointed Canadian maple leaf (leaves)

I don't know enough of the legalese but I would wager that's why Winnipeg asked permission.