We’re all about The Campus’ Green Issue, but given the current amount of sustainability in professional and major college sports we didn’t feel a though it would be appropriate to sing the praises of environmentalism. Since golf courses are given more water than third world countries and tailgating football produces more trash than New Jersey, we felt we needed to go a different route. So we are going to follow suit with the rest of the sports world and ignore the issue entirely. Instead, we present the top 10 sports franchises of all time – that wear green.
10. San Jose Sharks – They have a history of choking in the playoffs and can barely be considered green. 10th it is…
9. Jacksonville Jaguars – See above: Sharks, San Jose.
8. Seattle SuperSonics – This team was very green; I definitely have childhood memories of Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton doing work in Sonics colors. Their fans must not have loved the color so much however, because the team has since been moved to Oklahoma City and changed its name and colors.
7. Milwaukee Bucks – Their green throwback jerseys look pretty great, unfortunately they haven’t been relevant in years and are a long way away. Also this team isn’t particularly emblematic of green, thus the low ranking.
6. Philadelphia Eagles – They used to wear more green, but they were terrible. During the Andy Reid years, they’ve become one of the more consistently successful teams in the NFL but wear more of a teal color. Also I hate them.
5. Michigan State - The most successful college program that uses green across the board, the Spartans have won six national championships in football, three national championships in hockey, and two in basketball. However, the only reason they are ranked this high is that they have one of the purest and classiest green and white uniforms in sports.
4. Oakland Athletics – Between nine World Series titles and Dennis Eckersley’s mustache, they have to rank near the top. A franchise made famous for the reimagining of baseball statistics, they’ve managed to stay relevant and competitive with big market teams by spending less green and wearing a lot of it.
3. New York Jets – “Gang Green” as they are called, have only green and white in their uniforms. The association to the color is undeniable but they do play second fiddle in their city and have struggled to put up long stretches of success throughout their history to be a truly emblematic franchise like…
2. Green Bay Packers – It’s all in the name here – hailing from a city appropriately named for this column the Packers hold the distinction of being the most recognizable green team in football. In the late 90s and early 00s at the height of Favre’s popularity, Packer green was everywhere. Of course winning the first two Super Bowls doesn’t hurt.
1. Boston Celtics – We love to antagonize New England sports fans, but they get the W here. The Celtics are the winningest franchise in the history of their sport and have done it for over 60 years in green. 10 MVP awards have been won in Celtic green and there aren’t many fan bases more representative of their teams color than the proud Irish population of Boston. Congrats Celtics fans, your prize for being the greenest team in the land is Shaq for a season. Enjoy.
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