NFL Releases Statement on Colorblindness Issues with ‘Color Rush’ Uniforms

November 13, 2015   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

Thursday night saw the NFL debut two of its "Color Rush" uniforms when the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills wore all green and all red, respectively.
For those who watched the game, it certainly was an interesting sight, but for others, trying to tell the teams apart could have been difficult. And the NFL addressed that on Friday. 
The NFL released a statement, via ESPN's Darren Rovell, saying that it did not account for viewers who are colorblind. Rovell's tweet below shows the full statement:
While the uniforms colors were a dramatic change for those who could perceive it, those with colorblindness could barely tell the difference, and Deadspin shows what the game could have looked like:
The Associated Press' Michael A. Giarrusso shed some insight onto how many viewers might have been affected:
For a sport that is by far the most popular in America and prides itself on its high television ratings, the idea of losing fans due to an avoidable, even nee...

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