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Maybe the Concepts forum should be made private like the Requests forum to help cut down on outsiders' plagiarism.

That's a very good idea.

Agreed. Although, what's to stop them from creating a account just so they have access to concepts?

Set it up so you need to reach a certain number of posts to unlocked access to the Concepts forum.

I agree with some sort of limit. Sure, it might suck for the people who don't post often who like looking at concepts, but it will help stop the stolen work. Maybe a lock until a user hits either 500 or even up to 1,000 posts?

The Intercounty Baseball League page hasn't been updated since 2008, so that can be possibly be done at some point in the near future. Also there are a few things on the OHL page that need updating, such as Kingston and London changing their primary logos. The logos are on the site but as alternate logos. London did use their logo as an alternate for 2 years, but Kingston has used that as their primary since they unveiled it.

I don't know jack about Hockey, but is this guy getting another one from Blackhawks in a couple of weeks?

Yes.

Scotty Bowman's ring collection.

I knew he had quite a few rings, but........wow!

That baby blue Thrashers jersey was one of my favourites in the NHL. I was a huge fan of their identity.

I'll second that. I liked their identity and those jerseys (I even own a pre-edge baby blue alt).

I also really like gradient on jerseys. I know that there are quite a few people who don't like it.

This is one of my favourite retro OHL jerseys.

I don't know what it is about it that I like. Maybe it's the blue and grey mix. Maybe it's the shade of blue that they use. Maybe it's that really 90's looking drawing of a storm. I just don't know.

I'm sure this has been asked or stated before, but are you able to or allowed to have a gif. as your display picture? I remember like a year or 2 ago that there were quite a few on the site, but I haven't seen any lately.

As a Rangers fan, this ring makes me cringe, but I'll post it anyways.....

2013 London Knights OHL championship ring.

I've always heard that Buffalo was talked about for expansion back in the 80's and our AAA ballpark is supposed to be expandable, but just no. We might be able to fill a stadium maybe, but I don't think the corporate money is there in any fashion. I'd wager that we're one of the worst markets for big corporate headquarters. We're almost always the #3 US market for Stanley Cup Finals behind the two teams that are actually in it, and I think we do well in NFL Playoff ratings after the Bills pack it in. I don't think we even register on the baseball ratings and I rarely hear anyone talk baseball around here; if so, only the big, big stories.

The Atlantic Cities wrote a great story on the MLB and Buffalo last July.

As both Coca-Cola Park, along with the Colorado Springs stadium opened in 1988, they are now tied for being the fifth oldest park(s) in AAA baseball.

That's kinda scary; I didn't realize parks had sprung up like that for minor league teams. While looking at stadium ages, I discovered that Buffalo's is also the biggest stadium in AAA with a lead over the next ballpark of almost 20%. That was a really cool article for a Buffalonian like me who only knew whispers of that whole deal. It's a good place to watch a game. My only complaint is that the outfield looks out onto a tangled mess of highway, on- and off-ramps, and ugly property... if the stadium were rotated 180 degrees, it would look out right into the heart of the city.

Looking towards the outfield:

And compare that to the view behind home plate:

As much as I like Buffalo and Coca-Cola Field, I think that there are 2 issues that I can possibly see with the MLB coming there. There are some luxury boxes, but I don't think that there are as many as there are in most MLB stadiums, which doesn't cause a problem for me, but might for whoever is making the decision to move a team there. Also, I'm not sure what the attendance is like most games, but the 2 that I've been to have been about 1/3 of the stadiums capacity (which could not be a problem because 1-It's minor league ball in a large stadium 2-The games were played at 1:00 on a weekday).

Note: I didn't mention capacity because they can clearly expand by putting more seats in right field.

I'm just curious, if the Yotes do end up moving to Seattle, could the Seattle area still support the Thunderbirds and the Silvertips?

I don't know if this is considered an unpopular opinion or not, but I like most teams 90's logos better then their current logos.