Pink 'Ladies' GAA Jerseys-Why?

panda100

So I've been to a good few GAA matches this year supporting my native Limerick. There seems to be this new phenomenon of women wearing pink country jerseys. There was a whole load of them at the Leinster Final today, and at the Kildare/Limerick game last night I saw lot's of young kids (all girls) wearing them.
Here's a link to what I'm talking about: http://www.oneills.com/gift-ideas/pink-jerseys.html

Why on earth would you wear a pink jersey to a GAA match?Surely the whole point of wearingn a county jersey is to wear your county colours?


So, would you or do you wear a pink county jersey?And if so, why?

rainbow kirby

Oh hell no. Rocked the blue with pride at Croke Park today.

Saw quite a few of the pink jerseys around, a bit cringeworthy tbh.

Ella

I'm gonna stick to my normal jersey. They look crap. I'm of the same opinion as you, stick to your county colours.

awec

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gcgirl

It's a gimmick, if a portion went to the Marie Keaton foundation I could see the point, We can really put the blame on Mick Wallace since he started the trend with Wexford boys

panda100

awec wrote: »

The pink KK one is nicer than the real KK one :P

The green and white Limerick colours have to be the most unflattering colours ever on my pale Irish skin. But I go to a match to support my county, not to look good for the boys. I presume this is why some people are wearing pink jerseys, so they can look good? No other reason I can think of.

panda100

panda100 wrote: »

But I go to a match to support my county, not to look good for the boys.

Do you really believe that anyone wearing these jerseys are doing it "to look good for the boys"?

Ickle Magoo

Don't they still have the badge and design on them tho? Aren't those that chose to wear a pink variation of their county top still clearly supporting their county team?

I'm not sure I'd view it as any different to choosing to wear the away strip for a particular soccer season/contest. As long as it has a team/county badge on it I'd view it as belonging to a supporter of a specific team/county...

xzanti

Just a bit of fun really isn't it.. no harm.

panda100

Deleted User wrote: »

Do you really believe that anyone wearing these jerseys are doing it "to look good for the boys"?

Well I just can't think why else you would wear a pink jersey to a GAA match, and not your county colours or just your normal clothes? Surely you are choosing to wear the pink jersey beacuse you think that colour is more flattering? It would be cool to hear from the women who do wear these tops.



It's not the same as wearing an away top, because these are labelled as ladies supporters tops. It's pinkification and gender sterotyping at it's worse.

Eve_Dublin

I don't like pink and will continue to wear my blue jersey but I wouldn't knock anyone for wanting to wear them. The Dublin jersey is one of the nicer ones but there's really some hideous colour combinations out there...although I do know going to watch a match is not going out on a Saturday night. As long as people are supporting the game I don't care what they wear. Perhaps it'll spark more interest in the sport and appeal to more women? That can only be a good thing. Love seeing people support GAA.

panda100

panda100 wrote: »

Well I just can't think why else you would wear a pink jersey to a GAA match, and not your county colours or just your normal clothes? Surely you are choosing to wear the pink jersey beacuse you think that colour is more flattering? It would be cool to hear from the women who do wear these tops.

Maybe they just like the colour?
Why is it that women are always assumed to be wearing particular things solely for men? Women have their own minds and I can't see the issue with them choosing a pink jersey over a pink top without a crest, but yet you imply that wearing your own clothes is ok

Posy

I never wear a jersey going to a GAA match, but if I did it would be in the county colours, not pink!
I am not a fan of pink at all. The Irish soccer supporters are called the 'green army', not the pink army. I do not think girls are wearing them 'for the boys' but I fail to see the point of a pink jersey- unless it is for charity, like breast cancer awareness.

awec

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Maire2009

I've seen the Limerick ones in stores and thought they were only a training top brought out in aid of a charity or something. I didn't realize that they were done for all counties.

They brought them out for the Rep.Ireland soccer team as well for Breast Awareness and raise money for that charity and I've actually seen two teenage boys wearing them from what I recall. They might not be to everyone's taste but hey Nike have just decided that Arsenal's new away kit should be purple and black - hardly the colours associated with the club, probably all just a money making gimmick but if the GAA ones are for charity, more health to it.

Madam_X

panda100 wrote: »

gender sterotyping at it's worse.

Ah now... It would IMO be towards the bottom of the list when it comes to gender stereotyping concerns.

Could you add a "Don't mind" type option to the poll?

FouxDaFaFa

I like looking at GAA jerseys and being able to tell instantly what county the person is from/supporting. It's really hard to tell with these. I'm not violently opposed to them or anything, just prefer county colours.

sparkydee

awec wrote: »

panda100 wrote: »

Well I just can't think why else you would wear a pink jersey to a GAA match, and not your county colours or just your normal clothes? Surely you are choosing to wear the pink jersey beacuse you think that colour is more flattering? It would be cool to hear from the women who do wear these tops.



It's not the same as wearing an away top, because these are labelled as ladies supporters tops. It's pinkification and gender sterotyping at it's worse.

Are girls not allowed to like pink now in case people stereotype them?

When I read the opening post I had a feeling you were poking at the gender equality issue without actually coming out and saying it, but you've made it clearer in that post. I think you're taking it to a whole new level here.

What next? Criticism of parents who paint their daughters room pink?

If someone wants to wear a pink jersey, so what. If women disagreed with it they wouldn't buy them and they'd soon stop selling them. Clearly plenty of women have no issue at all with them - and I doubt they are doing it "for the lads".

Honestly it's you are doing the gender stereotyping...can you see the GAA bringing out a blue jersey for cork with the county crest? Or any county? Most supporters male and female wear county colors without worrying about gender stereotyping. Honestly! Can the OP not ask a question without getting hopped on?!

confusticated

Whole point of jerseys is to differentiate one team from another...I don't understand why someone would wear a jersey in a colour that isn't their team's, especially when someone from the opposing team could be in a jersey of the same colour.

awec

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Ickle Magoo

confusticated wrote: »

Whole point of jerseys is to differentiate one team from another...I don't understand why someone would wear a jersey in a colour that isn't their team's, especially when someone from the opposing team could be in a jersey of the same colour.

Isn't that only really relevant for the players on the pitch tho? If it still has the design and badge/logo is it not still clear close up who is being supported?

There's clearly a market, do the teams get a cut of the profits?

sparkydee

awec wrote: »

So what are you saying here?

All the women who bought them were wrong to do so and are nothing more than sheep incapable of thinking for themselves?

Who cares if they bring out a blue one with a Cork badge? They brought out pink and clearly lots of ladies

Fair enough, don't like them cause they look crap. But to not like them because you don't think it's fair on women that the gaa bring out a top in pink is nonsense in my opinion.

Mountain out of molehill springs to mind. The OP can ask a question, are you saying people shouldn't respond unless they agree with the OPs opinion?

No but you jumped on the gender stereotyping straightaway. How dare you presume that I am calling women sheep. I am just saying that the OP is entitled to ask the question because they are not bringing out "'men's" jerseys. Talk about presumption.

awec

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sparkydee

Emm yes you did?

awec

awec wrote: »

I didn't jump on anything.

sparkydee wrote: »

Emm yes you did?

Mod

Let's leave it there shall we?

Bubblefett

While I'd never trade in my county colours for pink, there must have been a demand that warented the shirts being made.
My niece would choose a pink shirt over any other colour (granted, she is 4) and I've a friend my age who always chooses the pink option, right down to her wine. There's also the boyfriends who'll buy it for the "girly" girlfriend I'm sure, even if it's just a way to get them interested the sport and watching matches with them. You never know where the demand comes from but odviously it's there.

Last time I went to a liverpool game they were selling unofficial pink shirts outside. Didn't see anyone wearing one though.

bubblefett

bubblefett wrote: »

While I'd never trade in my county colours for pink, there must have been a demand that warented the shirts being made.

This is it for me. I don't support GAA, but I support Leinster/Ireland rugby. Irish football and Man Utd. I wouldn't wear a pink version of any of those jerseys but I certainly don't look down on those who do as doing it solely to impress the opposite sex. There is a market for them obviously. And maybe some of the women who wear the wouldn't have worn their county colours, so doesn't that just mean extra money for the GAA which is surely a good thing?

Novella

I'm a huge GAA fan and while I only own 2 jerseys that are both the colours of my county (one being the regular jersey, one a limited edition which was worn during a charity match), I have absolutely no problem with anyone wearing a pink jersey. Some people just might like 'em better and that's cool as far as I'm concerned.

confusticated

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Isn't that only really relevant for the players on the pitch tho? If it still has the design and badge/logo is it not still clear close up who is being supported?

There's clearly a market, do the teams get a cut of the profits?

I doubt the teams get any of the profits from any jersey sales, probably just goes to the GAA.

And maybe for some people the colour is irrelevant, but I know if I went to say a Cork-Waterford game (I'm from Cork), there's no way I'd wear a blue jacket even if it didn't have any county logo on it.

It probably would be clear close up, like you say, but the whole feeling of being in a sea of red jerseys and part of a group of supporters all together wouldn't be as strong for me if I were in a pink jersey, especially if there was a Waterford girl across from me in a very similar one! The crests aren't that big like, and a lot of the design in jerseys is to do with the colours imo.

suitcasepink

Im a huge gaa fan myself, minor, u21, senior intercounty and club Id go to the lot. I didnt really like the pink jerseys when I first saw them, I thought they looked quite gimmicky, but theyve really grown on me to a point Im definitely considering getting one!
Like I dont think Id ever be able to wear it to big championship matches(The die hard in me couldnt give up the White and Blue for Thurles or Croker) but to smaller games or even just for wearing it around Id love it.
For the big matches I kinda want people to know Im Waterford at first glance, hence the crazy flags and facepaint etc but the less importance of the game the less I'd mind and the more likely Id be to wear the pink.
The way I look at it is, I love Waterford and I really like the colour pink, not coz its ultra flattering(Coz its not really) or coz boys love girls who wear pink, but simply because I like it.

Thats probably a really messy rambly looking post, I hope people can make sense of it..

FizzleSticks

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Lia_lia

I don't even own a Kerry jersey. I actually only found out that Kerry game was on yesterday when someone asked to turn it on in work even-though it was taking place 10 minutes down the road


Anyway, don't really like pink. Don't really care either way. It's just a money making thing.

iffy_2007

I have one & guess what? I bought it because I like it!!! I got mine of the ladies county board, our ladies county team get a percentage of the profits. I feel by wearing the pink jersey I am supporting the ladies team, i know they use them as training tops.

Samich

iffy_2007 wrote: »

I have one & guess what? I bought it because I like it!!! I got mine of the ladies county board, our ladies county team get a percentage of the profits. I feel by wearing the pink jersey I am supporting the ladies team, i know they use them as training tops.

Probably about 5%. O Neills are the ones making money I'm afraid.

Is it not a bit sexist???????

Ickle Magoo

Samich wrote: »

Is it not a bit sexist???????

Not unless they are refusing to sell the normal tops to women or the pink tops to men...

Samich

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Not unless they are refusing to sell the normal tops to women or the pink tops to men...

It is described as a ladies jersey?

dfx-

Anything with the crest of a club is the club's colours, tbh...

In the past three years at Rovers, there's a blue goalkeeper jersey, yellow goalkeeper jersey, grey goalkeeper jersey, black goalkeeper jersey, purple goalkeeper jersey, pink Dublin derby special edition jersey, black away jersey, the current black and purple away jersey, a purple away jersey, a green away jersey, a white away jersey, a yellow away jersey...none of them the green and white Hooped 'club colours'.

And they're all seen at games by either gender and they all represent Rovers, nothing else.

Ickle Magoo

Samich wrote: »

It is described as a ladies jersey?

Are you complaining that you can't get your favourite county top in pink?

They also have MissGAA products and For Him/For Her sections on their site. :eek:

Logic would dictate it's probably for search/navigation purposes & based on demand rather than any great drive to discriminate based on gender.

Samich

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Are you complaining that you can't get your favourite county top in pink?

They also have MissGAA products and For Him/For Her sections on their site. :eek:

Logic would dictate it's probably for search/navigation purposes & based on demand rather than any great drive to discriminate based on gender.

Nope

Just it's the equal of having a womens jersey with a sandwich on the front or something

Samich banned from The Ladies Lounge

confuseddotcom

Too soccer-y in my humble opinion. The Kilkenny one is quite nice though, - black and pink go well together.

Greenduck

Personally I wouldnt wear one as I'm proud to be a Dubs supporter and wear my colours with pride! However I did see lots of little girls wearing them at Croker yesterday and I thought it was very cute! I know my nieces would defo pick a pink jersey over a blue of green one and I dont see the problem with it.

I havent actually seen a grown woman in one but sure each to their own!

Ave Sodalis

Greenduck wrote: »

I havent actually seen a grown woman in one but sure each to their own!

Must say there was quite a few at the Donegal/Down match!

Personally, I've nothing against them only a dislike for the colour pink and the few moments extra it takes to find out whether or not they're for or against :P

Catari Jaguar

Just when I thought those monstrosities couldn't get any worse... bigger eyesore than before *shudder*

krudler

If they released blue jerseys "for the boys" people would think it was stupid as it wasn't the right colour, why does pink get a pass as a bit of fun? I would have thought county colours would be pretty important in a sport as parochial as GAA.

ash23

I really don't like those jerseys but then again I hate the colour pink.

On one hand, I think the point of county colours is so that in a crowd, you can see who is supporting which team. I can imagine the thrill for players when they walk out and see a sea of their supporters in their colours. So the badge and supporter logo on a pink shirt wouldn't be visible, it would just be a pink dot in a sea of *insert county colour here*.

On the other hand I have a county fleece which is navy, although I wouldn't wear that to a match, I'd wear my county colours.

panda100

Sorry guys and gals, but I just can't see this as a bit of 'fun'.

Women's sports and women sport spectators aren't really taken seriously, and I really think a seperate pink 'supporters' top for women buy's into this notion. Its like women are more interested in what colour top they're wearing, than the team and the sport they've come to watch. If you really are a true supporter, you will wear you're county colours, and not some overpriced genderist fashion accessory.

One of the reason's I love GAA so much is women players and spectators are treated with respect, unlike rugby and soccer. These pink tops just make women look vain.

Samich

panda100 wrote: »

Sorry guys and gals, but I just can't see this as a bit of 'fun'.

Women's sports and women sport spectators aren't really taken seriously, and I really think a seperate pink 'supporters' top for women buy's into this notion. Its like women are more interested in what colour top they're wearing, than the team and the sport they've come to watch. If you really are a true supporter, you will wear you're county colours, and not some overpriced genderist fashion accessory.

One of the reason's I love GAA so much is women players and spectators are treated with respect, unlike rugby and soccer. These pink tops just make women look vain.

What do you mean?

Ickle Magoo

In years of going to football and rugby games I haven't experienced any disrespect so not sure what you mean there?

cynder

I would wear a pink jersey the Clare colours are mank.


I however dont go to matches.

tiny_penguin

panda100 wrote: »

Sorry guys and gals, but I just can't see this as a bit of 'fun'.

Women's sports and women sport spectators aren't really taken seriously, and I really think a seperate pink 'supporters' top for women buy's into this notion. Its like women are more interested in what colour top they're wearing, than the team and the sport they've come to watch. If you really are a true supporter, you will wear you're county colours, and not some overpriced genderist fashion accessory.

One of the reason's I love GAA so much is women players and spectators are treated with respect, unlike rugby and soccer. These pink tops just make women look vain.

Nobody is making the women who buy these wear them. Nobody is stopping you wearing your county colours. There is clearly a market for them and it's not really your place to tell women that they make all women look vain. Some people like pink. I wouldn't wear one but doesn't bother me if someone else does.