Pushing 11pm here in the office, we just got in a little argument about team identities. X and V play for (/co-captain) Voodoo, the second open team in Seattle, and we are working on trucker hats for them. The basis for the disagreement was wether or not to add the text "Seattle Ultimate" on the hats, or just print the silly (/totally awesome) crazy banana eating monkey picture on them.
From there we led each other down the path of defining the value of team unity based on gear, on the field as well as off the field. I am a big supporter of adding the "Seattle Ultimate" to the hats because I think it strengthens each individual player's allegiance to their team in the bigger picture, and though the inside joke or personal knowledge of the simple monkey logo is cool, I think spreading the concept of the Voodoo team as a very important part of a greater entity that is Seattle Ultimate, is cooler (/better/smarter/way cooler).
I really want their team to do well this year, and I think they will. I want them to look sweet, too, and I know they will (I made their jerseys). I think adding the text to the hat will encourage the team and whoever decides to pick up one of the extra hats, to sport it proudly even when around non ultimate players. I happen to be the oldest brother, so I'm always right (/duh), but we'll see what gets decided. I'll try to post the final image when X is done dinking around with it.
=Zahlen
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