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The Bandits have announced that their team uniforms will change for the 2006 season, which marks their second uniform change in the past 3 years.  In a move sure to resonate with fans, the Bandits have adopted the Nevada Silver Mining Commemorative Heritage Uniforms as their new Home uniform, while redesigning the Away uniform in its entirety.  Home jerseys are primarily black, with silver and maroon trim, and silver pants; road (away) jerseys are white with silver and maroon trim, and silver pants.  Socks for Home uniforms are black, while socks for the Away uniforms are Maroon ("Bandit Red").  Jerseys will feature the interlocking "LV" logo made popular in the 2004 season, with a gold center fill and black outline.  Jersey numbers are center-filled with fading silver and Bandit Red outlines for home jerseys, and center-filled with fading gold and black outlines for away jerseys.  TV numbers will remain on players' jersey shoulders.

Helmets also underwent major changes, with a new silver shell and Bandit Red facemask being the biggest changes.  "Black helmets were intimidating and played a major role in the history of the team, but here in the desert summers, the players were really complaining about the increased heat trapped in the black helmets," GM Patricia Willis said.  "So we listened to them and their most popular choice for a helmet color was silver, which not only is much cooler in the summertime but also reflects an important part of the local area's heritage (Nevada being nick-named as the "Silver State")."  Blackout kits are also being used, including chinstraps.

The Bandits will still be one of the most recognizable teams in the SFL with these new jerseys."

The new uniforms were modeled for the media by retired Bandit and fan favorite Hunkie Cooper, and the Bandits have honored his years of dedication to the team by using his name and number on the official jersey templates, available on the team's website.

The targeted release date for fan memorabilia is by the end of the year, so fans can start wearing their new team gear to 2006 games.  "Our hottest-selling items are still the Silver Mining Heritage jerseys and shirts," Willis says.  "We will be releasing slightly revised Alternate uniforms shortly, so fans can keep buying their favorite team clothing.  In fact, the alternate jerseys and shirts are so popular that we are considering adding in a true "throwback" uniform, to the original Sacramento Bandits design.  We still have approval on file from the original designer, so there shouldn't be a licensing problem.  This would be a real tip of our hats to our original fans, and allow them to break out their original Bandits fan gear with pride."

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