It looks like I’m going to need some new material when I make fun of the Raptors from now on. Gone are the purple uniforms, and in are these sharp-looking duds. Kinda dapper, I gotta say. And it’s a welcome change, because when you combine purple uniforms and a cartoon dinosaur, you’re just begging to be ridiculed.
These pictures are from, inexplicably, Mo Peterson’s myspace page. The team hasn’t even had the customary press conference to announce them yet. Oops. I have a feeling Morris Peterson’s going to get an earful from a PR person tomorrow. Oh, and I picked up the link at SLAMOnline, a site I visit frequently. So big thanks to them.
I wholeheartedly support the move, and really, they didn’t have a choice. They have a new general manager, they’ll have a new style of play, but none of it was going to work if they kept trotting out there in purple. It affects a man. A lawyer can prepare an airtight cause, but if he shows up in the courtroom wearing a bright purple suit with a cartoon dinosaur stitched on the lapel, it’s all going to fall apart. Purple is fine for Grimace or a gay Teletubby; I have nothing against purple as a color. But on a sports uniform, purple is not to be respected. This is something that had to be done.
Alright, what the hell’s going on here? A day after Miami suspends four players for the Florida State game, 
Well, this is new. A little sexual misconduct between high school teachers/coaches and students certainly wouldn’t be anything groundbreaking. But an assistant JV football coach having sex with a 15-year-old, and then pimping her out… well, bravo, coach. 
