The MLB Nike Situation Is Worse Than We Thought

the new MLB Nike jerseys have been the biggest talk of spring training as things get going and oh my God is this bad so many of the players seem to not like them and maybe even hate them the fans hate them think they look cheap some players have publicly said the same thing with Trey Turner echoing the title I had for the last video I made on this topic literally saying that everyone hates them of course referring to the new jerseys shout out to writer Steven J Nesbit of the athletic who dropped a big article on all this with the help of a couple other writers Patrick Mooney and C Tran Rose crans that has tons of info just how chaotic this jersey situation really is despite spring training just barely getting underway everything is burning the sky is falling let's just say this hasn't been the smoothest transition to the new jerseys from the previous ones and things have gotten to a point where the MLB players Association is now getting involved in voicing their concern with how this is going the entire new wardrobe isn't beloved by any means specifically the pants in the absolute wildest way possible really quick make sure to hit that subscribe button if you enjoy the videos and haven't already and hit the bell for post notifications to keep up to date with everything thank you the Players Association which is led by Tony Clark has been hearing many complaints throughout the league I mentioned in the last video about this how there were several players who actually praised the jerseys but we should probably stop realize and think about at least for a minute that those players are sponsored by Nike so I think the more honest answer is they're not liked according to Clark there are teams that have pants in jerseys and there are some teams that don't have pants there are other teams that are supposed to be receiving certain things before the start of the year with Clark also adding that there are other teams that in the event they have an issue with the pants and a player needs a new pair don't have anything in reserve of course Rob Manford defended the new uniform last week saying that Nike has a good track record and also saying that they're going to be really popular once people wear them for a little bit but that's not true that hasn't been happening it hasn't been the case players and coaches are still wearing the old pants in this article by nezbit he reports that an unnamed National League star has so far refused to wear the new pants an unnamed American League League Star had a Goldilocks experience in his fitting meaning it was too tight in one spot too loose in another spot and just right in a third spot an unnamed coach tried on the new Nike uniform on the first day of workouts then went home immediately afterward and found an old pair that he's worn since another unnamed player who wears stir-ups complained that he could choose his pants cut high or low but nothing in between an unnamed team received just one set of the new Nike pants on Wednesday a set that they coincidentally needed to wear for official photo day the customization for the players is just extrem ex limited now there's not as much to work with to make it fit perfectly for the individual player up until now players were fitted early in spring training and could request all sorts of customization and they'd received the final tailored product a few weeks before opening day now according to multiple players who've recently been fitted requests to take the fabric in an inch on the thigh or the bicep are rejected instead players are sorted by four body types based on body scanning of 300 plus players Nike and Fanatics conducted last spring and given three options a Slimmer regular and baggier fit with five different pant openings Nike will adjust sleeve and pant length but not taller specific areas Padre's pitcher Joe Musgrove who pitched yesterday wore last year's pants while doing so and although he wasn't completely exstatic over the new pants he also made it clear that it's not the biggest deal at the end of the day and that they've got to just deal with it there's also a concern among players though that if Nike can't supply enough pants to match team's current needs the players won't be able to wear them in break them in and get comfortable on them during the weeks leading into the regular season with another unnamed player just flat out calling it a show as much as the top of the uniform so the Jersey has been criticized for how it looks in the feel according to the players pants are apparently the biggest concern Tony Clark has been hearing from the players and yeah I don't blame them it makes sense when you realize why Nike is absolutely botching this up like they are really fumbling the bag here intentional or not the pants are seethrough and we already have a prime example of what see-through baseball pants look like there's a picture that quickly made its rounds throughout Twitter of a Padre's player bending over and well you can see tight it hurts you know where it hurts in my di okay I'm not going to show the picture and it's not even fully for avoiding possible demonetization purposes or anything like that it's just uncomfortable like ah look it's pretty ridiculous the way this has gone I mean maybe MLB wants this to attract more female fans thinking that see-through pants are something that they would support are women that perverted though I mean yes they are not quite like men can be perverted but they can this is getting weird the point is what Nike and Fanatics have done and are currently doing to these MLB uniforms is just beyond stupid the fans hate them the players hate them they're not as customizable to fit as uniquely well for each player the pants are seethrough like this is insane this is madness and MLB spokesperson did say in a statement that adjustments are being made to the jerseys size waist inseam thigh fit in the the bottom of the pants based on player requests to reps from Fanatics Nike and MLB who had been visiting spring training camps and conducting uniform fitting and feedback sessions with players we have more than a month to figure this crap out and hopefully it all ends up being fine in the end although I will admit it's kind of fun to talk about this and laugh about it the baseball script writers are hilarious man they always cook up the best most chaotic stuff and I can only imagine where 2024 is headed when players suddenly having see-through pants is what we're starting with we haven't even hit March yet and we already have players balls being revealed is the opening act strap in we're in for a wild baseball season as always but this has the makings to be an Oscar winning best picture by far let me know what you think thank you for watching and I'll see you soon