FYP's American correspondent Rob takes a look at the new crest most have been associating with that game the yanks themselves pretend is football (you know, the one where they run around wearing body armour and rarely ever do ball and foot meet) and manages to inject a little reason into the 'badgegate' debate...

Ah, the simple task of trying to see the other side's point of view -- a task I disliked at school, a task I loathed at university and a task I a absolutely hate doing as an adult.

I have an opinion and I want others to know it. I listen to the views of others usually with the intention of disagreeing.

So when our web editor asked me to write a piece about the new badge B, I told him I didn't think I could do it. I'm going to be honest, I was not its biggest fan -- on first viewing it just didn't represent Crystal Palace how I would want my club to be represented.

However, the more thought that went into it, the more I studied and attempted to understand it, the more I appreciated it. It took some time but I now understand why badge B is the outsider's choice.

Lets start with the most negative aspect of the design - its style. Of course, the overriding argument against it is undoubtedly that it looks 'f****** American' and I do understand that point of view, but the issue with American badges is that they represent newly formed clubs with very little history to reference. American clubs are franchises, free to be moved from city to city, without really having regional or social ties. They are often nondescript purely for that reason. Palace’s badge B doesn't go down the American route because it actually contains all of the crucial elements that make it Crystal Palace FC. It is far from nondescript.

Take a look at all of the other options. None of the Eagles actually look like Eagles. None of the Palace's actually look like the Crystal Palace. Both of these entities are beautiful objects and yet are incredibly difficult to represent in a modern yet respectful form.

Badge B goes some way to doing that. It shows an Eagle proud, aggressive. It includes the Palace's lattices with lines of reflection. It embodies our core values - red and blue, proud of our history yet forward looking with drive and determination.

If there were a change I could make it would be that it would need the inclusion of FC in its title. It's a minor, pedantic detail but it sets us apart from clubs that don't include it. We are a football club and shouldn't be ashamed of that fact.

Of course there are choices that others will laud over this design but, if the vote were to side with it, I believe it would soon become a popular symbol of our club. It is different but then our entire club is different. We should embrace that difference.

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