The Anaheim Calling Team Finland Shirt
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Feb 18, 2010 2:51 PM PST
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Anaheim calling to the hockey world...
Inspired by a pro-Finland post by Sleek and a subsequent discussion with SB Nation user sleza regarding Finnish profanity, I decided we needed our own Team Finland shirt. Sleza turned me on to the chant "Ihanaa Leijonat, Ihanaa!" which he roughly translates as "Wonderful Lions, Wonderful!" You can hear the chant in action in the video above. We took that chorus and put it underneath Suomi on a long sleeved shirt. Then, on the back:
Koivu 2 Selanne
We've also got it in the standard T-shirt, but the long sleeves give it that jersey look. If you want to support any of our other boys in the Olympics, or want a shirt to welcome them as conquering heroes upon their return, throw us your ideas in the comments.
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yeah
short sleeve please
"Abtholoootleee"
by Floyd Gondoli on Feb 18, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
I figure if they win gold, greeting Teemu with this shirt on is cheaper than buying that Suomi jersey. But this being his last Olympics, maybe I’m dismissing that Suomi purchase prematurely
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Feb 18, 2010 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
I know, but $300!
That’s a lot of scratch. Especially because I want like 6 Olympic jerseys. On the other hand, they look REALLY badass. Ugh!
"Abtholoootleee"
by Floyd Gondoli on Feb 18, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Very small cut of the net profits; you can email me for the exact figure— I don’t want to post it here as it might rub other managers the wrong way. Haha. I’m assuming you refuse to buy anything that might benefit me in some way?
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Feb 18, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
haha. It’s such a small cut; it would jingle when I gave it to him. It’s not really meant to be a money-maker for us; it’s supposed to be an easy way for you guys to get something you want on a shirt. Ideally, there’s mass appeal, since the shirt designers put in most of the work and make most of the profit, and they’re not just here to amuse us. But, honestly, if you like it, I like it and you’re the only one that buys one, it’s serving its purpose as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve done the first few designs because we’re still a young blog with a small community and we don’t have the inside jokes and bull sessions that a lot of the established blogs have, but hopefully we can get to the point where you guys can treat the shop as a personal cafe press (with legal restrictions, but cheaper).
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Feb 18, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Actually I’d feel better if you personally did get a slice, rather it all going to the corporate machine that I believe SB Nation headquarters probably is.
We all are love and love is hard
There isn’t any transparency in the contracts, but I looked up the shirt company’s standard offer for blog stores, and unless SBN negotiated a better deal, we’re getting a couple percentage points more than half of what the shirt company sends SBN. Maybe a little less than half, depending on how/when SBN calculates net revenue, but the shirt company still sees the most profit. I’m not sure how corporate they are.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Feb 19, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
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