B-Rich Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Sodboy13 said: Always a good sign when the announcement of the team botches the name of the home venue. Worse than that, the name "Louisiana Voodoo" for a team in Lake Charles is bad. VERY bad. Worse than 'Baton Rouge Zydeco' bad, but not quite 'Utah Jazz' bad. Simply put, there is not, nor has there ever been, any "Voodoo" in Lake Charles. In this state, that stuff is culturally relevant strictly around New Orleans and the plantation culture up and down the Mississippi River. Lake Charles is roughly 3 hours from that area; it is closer in distance to Houston-- and even more similar to that city culturally. Seriously, it would be like calling a team in Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania 76ers, or a team in Philly the Pennsylvania Steelers. FAIL. 4 2 1 Quote It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Right now, the richest owner in the AFL is the owner of the Oregon Blackbears, who happens to be Kayvon Thibodeaux of the New York Giants. So if the AFL folds, the only way he recoups that money back is if he signs a second contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 @Skycast 2 1 Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Moving to a more legitimate league, the Arizona Rattlers (IFL) have announced their move to Glendale and the Desert Diamond Arena for 2024. Apparently it had been a struggle to get good dates from downtown (with the Suns and Mercury), and the Rattlers already set some attendance records in playoff games they had in Glendale, so they figured it was a good move to make this their full-time home and attract some more Cardinals fans their way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 We will get rug burn on the processed petrochemicals of the non-believers 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/3/2023 at 10:51 AM, Ferdinand Cesarano said: It's preferable to measure distance with units of distance, so I will say that I do indeed know that Rockford is about 80 or 90 miles away from Chicago... Still, the point remains that naming a team after the big city in the region is unobjectionable, even if the team is located in an area that is, strictly speaking, outside the big city's recognised metropolitan area. The point is to be more attractive to advertisers, and also to have the listing look better on a TV schedule. Branding a Rockford, Illinois-based sports franchise with Chicago as its place name is the equivalent of branding a Springfield, Massachusetts-based team with Boston as its place name. Which is to say, equally asinine. Glomming on to the place name of a higher profile, more populous city located 70 to 80 miles away from your actual home market isn't likely to convince anyone living in the larger municipality to take a rooting interest in your team. What's more, locals in the actual host community could regard the decision to brand as a franchise from the larger city as being dismissively disrespectful. It makes absolutely no sense to risk alienating the potential fans in your own backyard by attempting to "be more attractive to advertisers" who, quite frankly, would have to be brain dead not to realize that your team isn't operating in the locale you're claiming it does. The Chicago Rush (of Rockford) is the minor-pro sports equivalent of cosplay. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Burmy said: Moving to a more legitimate league, the Arizona Rattlers (IFL) have announced their move to Glendale and the Desert Diamond Arena for 2024. Apparently it had been a struggle to get good dates from downtown (with the Suns and Mercury), and the Rattlers already set some attendance records in playoff games they had in Glendale, so they figured it was a good move to make this their full-time home and attract some more Cardinals fans their way. The owner says that they are planning on working with the Cardinals to make this move successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycast Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 20 hours ago, Sodboy13 said: @Skycast Yes? Something must really be eating at you to call me out like that. Are you trying to make this Reddit and stir up something that doesn't need to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 14 hours ago, the admiral said: We will get rug burn on the processed petrochemicals of the non-believers Are they borrowing turf from the Vet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Skycast said: Yes? Something must really be eating at you to call me out like that. Are you trying to make this Reddit and stir up something that doesn't need to be there. How many Fred Durst posters do you up on your wall? Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycast Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, McCall said: How many Fred Durst posters do you up on your wall? Why man, why? Seriously, what need is there to attack me here at all? Childish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sodboy13 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 May they remain untouched by the Curse of the Coyotes. Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monkeypower Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 6:28 PM, Brian in Boston said: Branding a Rockford, Illinois-based sports franchise with Chicago as its place name is the equivalent of branding a Springfield, Massachusetts-based team with Boston as its place name. Which is to say, equally asinine. Glomming on to the place name of a higher profile, more populous city located 70 to 80 miles away from your actual home market isn't likely to convince anyone living in the larger municipality to take a rooting interest in your team. What's more, locals in the actual host community could regard the decision to brand as a franchise from the larger city as being dismissively disrespectful. It makes absolutely no sense to risk alienating the potential fans in your own backyard by attempting to "be more attractive to advertisers" who, quite frankly, would have to be brain dead not to realize that your team isn't operating in the locale you're claiming it does. The Chicago Rush (of Rockford) is the minor-pro sports equivalent of cosplay. At least the Angels had 40 years in Anaheim, under two different names already, and are a big 4 team. For something like minor-league, I'd imagine you'd want to be as local as you can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 21 minutes ago, monkeypower said: At least the Angels had 40 years in Anaheim, under two different names already, and are a big 4 team. For something like minor-league, I'd imagine you'd want to be as local as you can get. Also, Anaheim is considered a part of the Greater Los Angeles area while Rockford is it's own metro area not a part of the Chicago Metro Area. Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois - Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 2 hours ago, GDAWG said: Note that the Neo-Soul never announced a home venue in their press release...the Fargo is probably out of the question, so where do you suppose they'll end up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, Burmy said: Note that the Neo-Soul never announced a home venue in their press release...the Fargo is probably out of the question, so where do you suppose they'll end up? Probably here: Liacouras Center - Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 9:56 AM, McCall said: How many Fred Durst posters do you up on your wall? That post got me Rolling Rolling Rolling. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 40 minutes ago, Gary said: That post got me Rolling Rolling Rolling. I did it all for the nookie. 1 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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