Not a "snarky comment" at all - just putting things into perspective - there's so much fuss about the colours used (Gold vs Yellow / OMG Gold pants / thickness of horns on helmets etc) that it's almost laughable - I wouldn't care if they wore pink and purple with aqua highlights as long as on the field performance is improved.
BUT. I was actually being serious and was talking about the science of colour in sport.
According to the
National Geographic & the scientific journal
Nature Colour in sport has been a major influencer in winning. British anthropologists Russell Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham reached a conclusion by studying the outcomes of one-on-one boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman-wresting, and freestyle-wrestling matches at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. That Red was in fact more of winning colour than blue. In each event Olympic staff randomly assigned red or blue clothing or body protection to competitors. When otherwise equally matched with their opponent in fitness and skill, athletes wearing red were more likely to win the bout. Hill and Barton found similar results in a review of the colors worn at the Euro 2004 international soccer tournament.
It's also known that orange makes a person seem visually larger than they actually are, which is why you'll see many soccer goal keepers wearing it.
I was merely asking a question, as someone may know more about the subject than myself.
ALSO. I do believe that the only way you breed champions is by winning. Now that may sound bizarre, but I think that the Rams have been a losing side for so long that losing is in their nature. I would employ a sports psychologist to work with the team to exorcise the demons of the past - make them forget about the GSOT era - because lets be honest that's ancient history now in football terms. Now if a change of location, change of strip, change of coaches is what it takes, then I'm all for it.
So,
@Rabid Ram, it wasn't meant to be a "snarky comment" and I apologise if you thought it was.
