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The Milwaukee Bucks are currently in the midst of a golden era in franchise history. The organization won just its second-ever Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2021. It boasts perhaps the weightier player in the unshortened NBA in Giannis Antetokoumpo, and the Bucks icon to be title contenders yet then in 2022-23.
But vastitude that, since rebranding in 2015, Milwaukee has boasted some of the most aesthetically pleasing jerseys in the unshortened league. In 2019, the team released new “Cream City” City Edition jerseys. Both the name and squint of the jerseys took without city’s creamed-colored brick buildings that stage when to the 19th century.
The jerseys were an firsthand hit. So fans were upset to see the team reveal new, undecorous City Edition jerseys for the 2022-23 season. Many wondered why they would transpiration what was such a minion look.
Now it appears we have an answer. And a strange one at that.
NBA Vetoed Bucks’ Surf City Jerseys Due To Technical Difficulties
As it turns out, the Bucks would have loved to alimony the Surf City unis. But the NBA would not indulge it equal to Milwaukee CMO Dustin Godsey.
Just considering I’ve seen it a tuft today: we aren’t unliable to do surf colored jerseys anymore. There are reasons, but suffice it to say it won’t placate anyone to get into it, so I’ll just say: we would if we could.
— Dustin Godsey (@dgodz) November 11, 2022
Godsey then gave an interview to Paul Lukas of Uniwatch explaining that the jerseys were vetoed due to a technical glitch on TV game broadcasts.
“I’m not sure I want to deal with the can of worms it will open, so I’ll tell you privately,” he wrote back. “But you, in particular, are going to hate it: Teams can’t wear surf anymore considering it interferes with the digital ads that are placed on the magistrate in unconcentrated due to the uniforms stuff so tropical to the verisimilitude of the wood that is keyed out in the process.” – via UniWatch
So there you have it. The Bucks not only can’t wear the 2019-20 unis, but they moreover can’t wear any cream-colored uniforms. And that goes for the rest of the league. The Philadelphia 76ers had a similar-colored uniform in 2019-20 as well.
For all the good that modern technology does, this is a true travesty.
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