Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

As you may know, Nike took over the licensing for NFL uniforms and apparel in April. Today, in an event in New York City, they will unveil the changes they’ve made.

Most of the changes are expected to be practical, under the hood improvements, though some teams are expected to unveil new looks. The hot rumor right now is that the Seattle Seahawks will undergo a bit of a makeover.

I doubt we’ll see many, if any, changes to the classic Chiefs uniforms, though you never know.

FanSided will have reporters on hand so watch this space for any news coming out of the event.

Nike has already released some of the new fan apparel on KCChiefs.com.

Next season, Nike will officially take over as the official uniform provider for the NFL. Today, Nike has previewed their “shield mock” for all 32 teams.

You can check out all the goods here.

Dwayne Bowe displays some new Nike products at the Nike Football media Summit.

This weekend I flew out to Dallas Texas for a Nike Media Summit where Nike unveiled some of their newest innovations from Nike Football.

The whole thing went down at Cowboys Stadium or Jerry World as it is so often called. Seeing the new Cowboys stadium was certainly impressive as was the show Nike put on to unveil their new products.

I didn’t really know what to expect as we were bused from the hotel to Cowboys Stadium. All I knew was that Nike would be rolling out some new products and that a few NFL players would be there to help out, including WR Dwayne Bowe of our beloved Kansas City Chiefs.

Upon arriving at the stadium, we drove into an underground tunnel that made me feel as if we were going in to some secret underground government compound. It was pretty dark down there but we eventually pulled into a dimly lit corridor. I hopped off the bus with the other media and followed the group through a big steel door. Suddenly we were in the same entry way that the Cowboys players use when entering the field. If you haven’t caught any Dallas games recently, the players enter through a bar area that is lined with fans on either side.

We were stopped by a Nike official who explained a bit about their Sparq program. Nike holds Sparq events at different times throughout the year that are free to youngsters as longs as they can get there. These events are for young athletes to test their physical skills in a number of different drills. Think the NFL combine for high school kids. Upon completion of the drills, athletes are given their “Sparq Rating.” They are able to compare their results to other athletes around the country to see where they stand among their peers and how far they need to go to be elite. Athletes that can’t make a Nike Sprq event can do the drills on their own with information from the Nike website.

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