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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Just by looking at the number '4' in print, it makes me wonder if whoever made the design is stupid or did it on purpose, and no other choice exists lol

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think what the number 44 specifically would look like was probably way outside the radar of whoever designed that font. Yeah, it looks similar, but even noticing that I still really wouldn't have assumed that someone wearing intends it as a nazi symbol. Is there really a need to announce a ban and solidify that it will be one? Just change the damn font going forward. Are they going to ban 88 too?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

There's only 23 players in a squad and, traditionally, only the numbers 1-11 used on the pitch. There are no good reasons for 44, let alone 88, to exist.

"Ban" is a clickbait word. Adidas has decided not to make any more of them because it doesn't want to be associated with Nazis. Oh noes.