daveisaclaret wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:48 am
Some chump somewhere getting paid far too much has typed a half-arsed prompt into an LLM chatbot and got the description in the OP and Rileybobs is defending it for free. There's no justice in this world.
I'm not defending anything, in fact I don't really see what there is to defend. Do you think that whoever commissioned Puma to design the officials kits for the upcoming season, be that the PGMOL, or the Premier League, just asked Puma to knock up a few colour variations in a style of their choice? Or do you think they went to them with a brief?
I'm 100% certain that it's the latter, and I'm pretty confident the brief would have included something along the lines of a producing a design that 'reflects the professionalism, confidence and authority of modern match officials'. Now, you may think that's a stupid brief, and the guys at Puma may have agreed. But I can guarantee that Puma took that brief and researched colour and pattern psychology to design a product that they feel met their client's requirements. I think it's fairly obvious that certain colours and patterns effect human emotion and behaviour and I'm really surprised that nobody on here has commented to agree with this.
Whether the design of these kits actually results in any material impact on the performance of the officials is a different question entirely, but it's pretty clear that elite sport is a game of marginal gains.
As for Chat GPT, I'm confident that the MD of Puma UK and Ireland can write a two sentence press release without resorting to the use of Chat GPT. I also think that a hugely successful sportswear designer and manufacturer knows a little more than a few cynics on a football forum.