Panthers have some of the best colors and uni’s in the league. And I love the new logo.

The Jaguars aren’t much better (blue tongue? really). Houston did it right when they came into the league. Logo and uniforms that will stand the test of time rather than blatantly represent the era they came in.

As long as they don’t mess with the helmets it’s all good though.

-QG

I was hoping for a more dramatic makeover. This one is blah. The lettering looks like the old Total cereal script. Guess we have to wait and see if they change the helmet’s background color, tho I guess they stick with a silver finish.

For reasons I don’t totally get behind, they insist on having the panther’s head be in the shape of a combined NC/SC. If you want to suggest that then do a C in a classy font. Just state it outright.

Btw the colors are supposed to be a non-proprietary blue like the Tar Heels combined with SC’s black state flag, like how the Mets brought together old colors. They can’t really change that.

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No, on second thought, make it a bird dog–a bird dog clutching a dead raven…

Oh, and there’s no need for you youngin’s to remix the wondeful NFL Films music of Sam Spence. So stop it already.

The logos from gridiron are even worse. They are cheap and totally dull looking. It’s obvious that they went for an old-school feel and failed miserably. That’s what throwback appearances are for.

This is 2012, not 1912.

- Browns fan

Secondly, if you look for a larger version of the logo, you’ll notice that it’s different from the old one in a few ways. They’re subtle, but they change the overall look and feel of the logo.

Thirdly, it reminds me a lot of when the Seahawks redesigned their logo a while back. They didn’t completely overhaul the design, but they made it look like something that was created in this century. Whether or not you think that’s a positive isn’t the point. The point is, they updated it.

And that’s what the Panthers have done here. The wordmark (the name itself) no longer looks like it was created in 1997, and the logo has a definitive 2008-2012 feel looking at logo design trends. And again, I’m not making a value judgment. I’m actually indifferent, although I think the wordmark is a bit uninspired.

It should come as no suprise that this is the best Panthers organization could come up with. Those guys over there on Mint St. havent proven that they can build a consistently successful sports franchise and now they have proven that they arent brilliant graphic design artist either.

Way to know the pulse of your fanbase Richardson. …you wanna sell some jerseys? WIN SOME F*&@ING GAMES!

New Logo = FAIL

This isn’t terrible, but it’s a mixed bag of an update. The “flattened ears” look on the top conveys some aggression, but as any cat lover knows, it really conveys fear. And the somewhat chubbier cheek and weirdly fat lower lip (presumably a jaw, but the over-stylized roundness makes it look like something from the Fat Albert cartoon) are curious choices. The overall effect is less aggressive and fierce than the old one.

The old team-name text was terrible, and the new one is bad too. Less dated, but only because it evokes nothing.

The one thing I like about this: it reminds me strongly of Brak.

The Panthers, how orginal.

The Seahawks logo represents the area the team hails from better than pretty much any other. It illustrates the seabirds that are commonplace in the Pacific Northwest and does so in a style like that of the area’s indigenous people. The NAs of that region built totem poles and the design is very reminiscent of the birds carved on them.

Now, the Browns on the other hand, need to come into the 20th century. 21st might be a stretch for them. They could really use a name change, too.