What's crazy about it is that the three largest political parties in England have all expressed the desire to have it CHANGED BACK. They can't agree on something meaningful like shortening wait times for hospital patients, but they can all get behind a little colour change on an overpriced football kit. Wild.
There’s an election coming up, they say/do stuff so the less educated/working class agree and vote. It’s sound ridiculous but I studied politics for 4 years at uni and strange tactics like this are really common
They're being careful not to really piss off the peoples lives they've destroyed even more. Took away what it means to be English and now they won't even let them have their football lol
Problem with that is they said it doesn’t matter they’d be on the front page of a right wing rag (of which we have distressing overabundance) with the claims that they hate their country. They just can’t win on it
as an englishman its fairly depressing to see more outrage over this than the complete and utter desolation of the country's public services and governance. but hey...
@@JASPADIGHOSTthe only people who do that on twitter are elon musk fanboys, which is why it’s not at all surprising that they are all so triggered about a color change and think it’s “woke” lol
The history of the word Yankee is super interesting. I went down this rabbit hole recently. The New Amsterdam colony was where New York is now. When it switched hands to the English, lots of people stayed. Interestingly, most dutch people who were there pronounced their names Yan or Kees (Dutch equivalent of John or Chris). The slang for people from New York by the British was a portmanteau of the two names, Yankees. I guess it stuck. Since the Revolutionary War, it was used to reference Northerners because the south still had strong ties to England because they were majority Anglican and picked up the slang.
I'd like to point out that this explanation is by no means viewed as correct. It's also suggested that it's an Anglicized form of the Dutch name "Janneke" which would be the diminutive version of Jan. (Like, John/Johnny.) It's also not definitively known who was dissing who with the insult, whether it was Southern Dutch slandering the Northern Dutch, the Dutch slandering the English, or the English slandering the Dutch. All the posited definitions do seem to revolve around the Jan/Yan connections, so, it's kind of hilarious that everyone calling themselves a "yank" is calling themselves a John.
Go down the rabbit hole of second level cockney rhyming slang you go from tank - septic tank- septic and even people referring to themselves as listerene as they are anti septic (I know that's normally all one word)
So, I was in Japan last year, trying to cop a Japan national team kit for a friend of mine in the US. Apparently the kit sizes ran small, so the fact that the team had a pretty good run, and the small kits meant that I could find M and L sizes, but anything above that was impossible.
Honestly the sizes of football shirts are wild, I bought one for my local team and the one that best fits my body was a 5xl because I'm 6ft 5 in the 250lbs range. I think kits just have a much broader size scope since normally I can wear 2xl 3xl just fine for normal wear
@@DMFroomeras a Scotsman we have had "salmon" kits multiple times and I remember this when we had our first in 2004ish. I think it looks great as a second kit as I prefer them to be interesting since the home strip is usually traditional but a bit dull
Yeah fair point, if they did this to the spangled striped banner there would be complete outrage I feel like the average American is way more patriotic
@@willgreig4077 Yeah, like I live in America. Do I have an American flag outside my house? No, because I live in America. The house is part of America by default. I don't need to put a hat on a hat to display that an American lives in this house.
Our country is absolutely in the bin and people are losing their minds over some colours, couldn’t make it up. I don’t get why they’ve changed it but it also doesn’t bother me, people should be more annoyed about the pricing of the kit.
@@Lintonz Considering Nike's increadibly poor track record and how hive the hive of England's political classes view the St George flag as an evil, Nike fumbled this, I don't buy kits myself but If they did this to Scotlands kit (Where I'm from) I'd be furious as well, some kits just don't land and that's fine (Looking at you Minecraft Liverpool kit) but if it's not broke don't fix it, you have to go out of your way to change the flag, it's by intention.
I think something else as well with it is the relationship between national symbols and politics in England and the UK as a whole which has stoked it more. The fact that the 3 largest parties have asked for it to be changed back is also showing the changing perception of national symbols at the moment as well.
Zealand keeps saying "kernel of truth," and I'm now imagining a superhero named "The Colonel of Truth" going around forcing people to expose their surface-level thoughts.
I'm anything but the most nationalistic person in the world, but if for whatever reason my country's flag changed colours, whether for political statements or whatever, I wouldn't like it either.
The flag just "being changed" is obviously the smallest concern for most of the people getting mad at it, it is what the specific change makes them think of. Pretty obvious that it is baiting those who hate queer people (or the social media manager, as Zealand suggested, the actual changes might have been simply artistic)
@@ajprop99 Well. I am from Greece, a country that supposedly has a 99% Christian population. That number is nowhere close to being true though, with most people, myself included, being atheists, agnostics, or totally non practicing orthodox. However, the flag bears a huge cross. And despite me not caring about religion, that's a symbol that's being used for thousands of years now. It pretty much defines Greece, alongside the blue and white colours. And I really don't like it when it's changed for political reasons, whether that is replacing the cross with a swastika, a sickle and hammer, or turning the lines into a rainbow. I don't really care on what anyone wants to support, however I do take a problem in changing a country's flags to fit your needs. Maybe I'm much of a vexillologist and I take much pride in flags, who knows 😁 And obviously, shall I add, there are thousands of more serious problems to be talked about first, not even a question there.
The colours actually do mean something, tho it’s not for political reasons Apparently Nike wanted to honour England’s 1966 WC win by referencing the kits from that year and they implemented those colours onto the cross
14:30 That's Reading FC's. I think the logic behind that flag is that their nickname is the "Royals", and the O with the red dot in the middle is referencing the Royal Air Force's ensign. Though I don't think there's a connection between Reading FC and the RAF, I believe the name "Royals" came from the fact that the club is based in the "Royal county of Berkshire".
Modelo is owned by Grupo Modelo. Grupo Modelo releases their distribution rights for sales outside of Mexico. Constellation Brands owns the distribution rights in the US. InBev controls Modelo distribution outside the US. The Bud Light boycott shifted the market share in the US from InBev to Constellation Brands and Grupo Modelo. It wasn't the same company getting the money because InBev doesn't own Constellation Brands or Grupo Modelo.
the crest is on the flag but it is not the flag itself, you can also see it on the Milan and Barca badge so obviously it can represent multiple things. Nike should have just said it was a plus sign to support positivity
Looked at the kit, shrugged my shoulders and thought “that’s weird” and moved on. Little did I know the outrage 😂 the fact the Tories and Labour have agreed on something though is revolutionary. I could imagine it would be like Democrats and Republicans agreeing on something!
I do like the away kit bit i don't like the change personally to the cross, as you say Zea it looks a little off, and if was inspired by '66 training kits...then wouldn't it be better on a world cup eligible year? Id just prefer if the cross remained red and then its a 10/10 than a 9/10, maybe ill still pick one up sometime
If you think it's wrong your entitled to your opinion but that means it wouldn't matter what reasoning they gave you. Do you think though if it hadn't been highlighted in the way it was you would even have noticed when buying it?
@@simplesimonhadapie I think Zealand was very on the money in saying it was likely Twitter Bait in how it was shown, they knew it would cause a stir when it didnt mean anything in the manner twitter took it as Also I did see the cross during the England Brazil game and yes...the red is very obvious and then it just looks like half the cross is missing. its like a very close up detail that looks bad at distance.
Something similar happend in Germany, where people were upset about the pink/purple kit because it is not masculine enough and does not represent the colours of the nation! 😂
I think Germany actually started this whole problem because the DFB released their pink kit with a statement of how it is supposed to represent Germany's tolerance towards everything. So people assumed it is just about getting political points and making up for what happened in Qatar (the "One Love" scandal for example).
As a yank(lol), I love these Z. It’s amazing and scary what can anger so many people so easily these days. People are just living to be angry now a days.
Because much of England views the St George flag negatively, thinking EDL types are the only ones who can use it, you've become offended in your own land. You're all speaking Urdu anyway, so time for a new flag on Englandistan.
Also the flags at the end are to represent what part of england theyre from. Unlike the states where u have state flags we dont really have that. So people will show off there support as well as showing support for the favourite team but shows how it unites someone can have a united and a city shirt but for england that dont matter. (most people support the club theyre from besides ones that want to support a team at highest level)
i’m a southerner from the us that is a massive football fan and it’s straight up fighting words if someone calls me a “yank” or a “yankee.” that is probably the number 1 by a long shot most offensive thing you can say to a southerner. and we’re extremely accommodating and friendly people
@@brittlediamondYankee often means someone from the Northern USA. Whilst it is occasionally used by non-Americans to describe any American, there's a very distinct north-south divide.
@RwandaBob at the risk of crude humour, your comment makes me think of a moment from Top Gear (UK) where they had stuff like "NASCAR sucks" painted on their cars to see who'd get shot first.
It's nice to see these companies care about social issues. I heard they are playfully paying their employees good wages and letting kids actually play instead of working in their factories for $2 a month. Looking forward to the playful coloration of the Saudi Arabia flag. I am sure they won't be outraged as these tea sippers.
In fairness, I don’t care about the flag on the kit very much. But it’s not a fair comparison to the flags on display at England matches in tournaments. Most England followers have parts of their identity on the flag, usually a club they support or the county they come from. You may see the Royal Air Force badge on them as well, (which was the flag you didn’t know) incorporating your club into the St George flag isn’t a “new take” like the Nike thing, as I said it’s a way of showing allegiances to more than one thing These are trophies for foreign hooligans to this day because it’s literally a game of ‘capture the flag’
Some dude told me they had a Dutch flag on them after they somehow figured out I was from that ol' town, it was just a pansexual flag with weed in the middle. My friend told me I looked like Joseph Goebbels after he found out the camera guy was Jewish.
You should do a video talking about the open cup and how a burrito shop owns an amateur soccer team that just knocked out Portland Timbers Academy team out
some things shouldn't be changed PERIOD is it a big deal NO, they could have put a Pop emoji image instead and it would still not be a big deal for the game . Dont change something and then call it a Joke (playful) PS: "playfull" is also the word the Bud light VP of marketing used before destroying the Brand
I sometimes call us Americans “Yanks” in a self-deprecating way when I refer to my interests not commonly associated with Americans (soccer, Aussie rules football, Eurovision, etc) EDIT: Also, “based ON,” not “off,” dammit!
Funny how Argentina literally had the purple kit in the World cup that has a political meaning based on gender equality and changed the color of the Sun of May from gold to silver so it blends better and people were like "Oh cool, anyway the kit is pretty"
The other hilarious reaction that you didn’t mention was like: Person 1: I don’t like the change they made to the flag. Person 2: wHaT aRe yOu tRiGgErEd SnOwfLaKe?!?!?
there's a big difference between being invasive and destructive compared to being traditional and preserving values that mean a lot to them. Stop poking the bear, there's a reason most people are sick of people like you.
As a brit my response to it was initially a little defensive mainly on the side of 'its not political is it... no... no? surely... i'm going to hope no.' but i also thing that the twitter post was pure bait and people just ran with it. On the whole i would rather it was just a red cross there, even if it had the bit of 'flavour' with the different shades of red, but i kind of think it just looks bad, and when you are taking a flag, that people are incredibly defensive of and changing it, especially to what i personally dont like, i thing there is always going to be backlash. However all that to say its insanity that in a world where there are so many problems this is the one that the politicians are responding to within 24 hours of it happening and is being directly fought publicly including by news companies. edit: remembered after typing, for the changing it to add things like the bury FC and such i think it fits in a different category, partially because i've then seen these same flags at club games in the league, but also i think its more a 'things i love flag' so people are like well he loves his country and he wants to shoutout his club at wembley, fair play to him.
I couldnt give a shit what colour it is tbh. Whats annoying is we have one of the best looking away kits weve had in years and no one is talking about it.
In Germany we have a pretty similar „discussion“ with the new away jersey. Far too many people here think that a pink-purple jersey would be a political statement because it has nothing to do with the flag (btw. our last away jersey was green). But this is football... still a lot of men with egos that are way too big.
There have been designs and variations of the British and English flags (and plenty others) by foreign companies for as long as I can remember. This is just the inevitable conclusion of that. Like you say the post was pure bait as well
Zealand im english and although people are overreacting the other flags were done by individuals who didn't change the colours of the flag most of the time, now Nike is making our beloved national team wear a fake flag, just dont fuck with the flag when ur in charge of a national team kit cus now the team is representing a flag which doesn't represent England
"Playful update to thr Stars and Stripes," my Brother in Christ, have you not seen any student section at a decently large high school? Espically where I'm from, South Louisiana, every single high school student section worth anything had a unique twist on the US Flag to make it represent their high school. EVERY ONE. Almost reminds me of the England NT matches with the unique club flags hung up in the 2 and 300's.
Great video. Literally there are alternate-colour UK flags all over the place. On thick-sliced Hovis white bread packaging, for example. Given that no one is picketing the bread aisle in every supermarket, I view the outrage over this nonsense as artificial and paper-thin. And yeah, the 'bait' has absolutely been bitten by people who have rage against rainbow/pride flag/etc. colours being used in places and assume every random colour combo is something to do with that... The bigger problem I have with this element is major UK politicians (Sunak, Starmer, etc.) coming out against it in an obvious dog whistle to those of a right-wing bent. Leave the stoking of mad people's fury to internal trolls, for goodness' sake.
People don't have a rage against random colour combinations they have a rage against an intersectionalist flag being exalted over their own countries flag.
@@ronmastrio2798 You appear, much like Z alluded to in the video, to have conjured up a new intersectionalist colour scheme in your mind. Or you're colour blind - in which case, my condolences.
All of those flags have the red cross, the "flag" on the collar has multiple different coloured lines like a bunch of political flags. I get why people are furious, but they are going over board, but they also may have seen things they like be besmirched by people who cling to those political liney flags abd are stepping stronger than have in the past. Plus, what on earth is wrong with the red cross, why do the colours need changing? I understand why you are having a laugh, but i fully understand the backlash. Easy to interpret the colour pallet swap as an attempt at something
There's an unsurprisingly large overlap between people who are massively complaining about this and people who are willing to pay $8 a month to Twitter for a Blue checkmark
I mean, you know, you gotta respect people's idols, otherwise we wouldn't hear the end of it. Controversy aside, i first thought it was a chevrolet sponsorship like man utd have, it looks really out of place, could've gone with the nike logo even and it would've looked better imho, not to mention, like kits from other countries had in the past, a small stylized version of the flag, which is probably what they were going for but still kinda, i mean if i just look at that picture it looks like some random clubs kit
As an Englishman, and of course by default an England fan, the great irony is that I genuinely don't think I'd have ever noticed the change if not for the transphobes all kicking off about it. They've done nothing but draw attention to a cause that wasn't even being promoted.
