Is this the new sideline hat for this season?

[Cat'sGrowl]

that looks turribull

Different strokes I guess. I like it. It's a break from the norm. I'm sure it won't look as loud once you bend the bill anyways.

[Proudiddy]

Not all of us can rock, or even want to to rock, the gangsta flat bill look. I think the NFL has done a good job providing options everyone can choose from. And this one I'm looking at is from a fishing hat..

New Era makes multiple different hats. Flat bill, curved, fitted, elastic, snapbacks, etc. And there are a lot of super gangsta-challenged people that rock flatbills regularly (baseball players have to by default).

Other difference is, if you have a flatbill, you can bend the bill if you want and break it in. The options are just so limited with the way they currently do hats and it pisses me off. Same thing with the NBA... I just don't get it. I would love more than anything to have a fitted New Era 59/50 Panthers or Bobcats lid to proudly represent my team daily... But, I'm not even given that option and it really irks me.

EDIT: And not knocking your hat choice, but I just don't like it. I would like several different colorways/designs to choose from. It looks really retro, plain, and somewhat tacky to me. And it's not just this one, everyone they've put out since exclusive rights with reebok/nfl equipment has been very unappealing to me.

[Kettle]

you know how some people put that chrome trim stuff on every edge of their cars. doors, trunk lids, fender wells, etc.

thats what this hat reminds me of. its too much.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Is there really a difference between a 59fifty and plenty of the other flat bill options the NFL has?

[Proudiddy]

you know how some people put that chrome trim stuff on every edge of their cars. doors, trunk lids, fender wells, etc.

thats what this hat reminds me of. its too much.

Yeah, I could tolerate the basic design, but that white stitching all around the hat is just too much.

/donatella versace face

[Cat'sGrowl]

you know how some people put that chrome trim stuff on every edge of their cars. doors, trunk lids, fender wells, etc.

thats what this hat reminds me of. its too much.

[Proudiddy]

Is there really a difference between a 59fifty and plenty of the other flat bill options the NFL has?

To me yes. The NFL doesn't offer many options to begin with. Secondly, I had several different Panthers jerseys and some other NFL jerseys as a teenager. You know when I stopped buying them?

When the NFL slapped that tacky ass "equipment" logo right on the front of the collar. Same with the hats. Why can't I just have the Panthers logo on the front, all black hat, with the NFL Shield on the back (like the baseball fitteds have the MLB logo on the back). And on top of that, when the NFL started the whole "equipment" thing, the quality of the jerseys went down, and the price went up...

I'm not paying cold hard cash in excess for limited, monopolized options at a higher price and lower quality. IDK, I just have a problem with their merchandise.

[j2sgam]

It looks really cool, and I can't wait to buy it if it is.

However, one of my offseason rituals every year is waiting to see what the new sideline hat looks like (I'm a big hat guy) and I'll buy if if I like it, so I gotta make sure this is the one.

This one is marked as the 2011 Reebok Players Hat, but I can't tell if it's the official one for this year.

http://www.nflshop.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11507892&cp=716664.2237526&pageType=family&parentPage=family

Normally the hats say 'Sideline' for the ones the players put on when their helmet arent. Im a big hat guy too, dont remember the last year I didnt get the 3 issued hats. I usually get 1 Raiders out of principle, but I have to have the 3 Panthers. We dont usually see them until late August, either.. That is a good lookin hat though...

And yous know you can bend that flat bill, right? Me, personally, will never, ever be caught wearing a flat bill hat... Now theyre bringing back the "snapback" hats, just when I got used to them flexfits...

[Scrumtrilescent]

Breaking in the bill of your hat is a true art form. Flat bills piss me off.

[cptx]

Whatever hat you wear, please take the stickers off of it

[Scrumtrilescent]

And the tags.

[mmmbeans]

To me yes. The NFL doesn't offer many options to begin with. Secondly, I had several different Panthers jerseys and some other NFL jerseys as a teenager. You know when I stopped buying them?

When the NFL slapped that tacky ass "equipment" logo right on the front of the collar. Same with the hats. Why can't I just have the Panthers logo on the front, all black hat, with the NFL Shield on the back (like the baseball fitteds have the MLB logo on the back). And on top of that, when the NFL started the whole "equipment" thing, the quality of the jerseys went down, and the price went up...

I'm not paying cold hard cash in excess for limited, monopolized options at a higher price and lower quality. IDK, I just have a problem with their merchandise.

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[Cat'sGrowl]

To me yes. The NFL doesn't offer many options to begin with. Secondly, I had several different Panthers jerseys and some other NFL jerseys as a teenager. You know when I stopped buying them?

When the NFL slapped that tacky ass "equipment" logo right on the front of the collar. Same with the hats. Why can't I just have the Panthers logo on the front, all black hat, with the NFL Shield on the back (like the baseball fitteds have the MLB logo on the back). And on top of that, when the NFL started the whole "equipment" thing, the quality of the jerseys went down, and the price went up...

I'm not paying cold hard cash in excess for limited, monopolized options at a higher price and lower quality. IDK, I just have a problem with their merchandise.

The prices on the jerseys are out of control, yes, but I don't have a problem with the NFL Equipment logo on the front. It's on the jerseys in real life so I don't have a problem with it on the replicas.

And as the poster above me pointed out.....not all their hats are elaborate...

I think you just want new era for the brand name..

[Peppers90 NC]

reebok sucks