-kj Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 This one slid in under the radar, it seems:http://news.myrgv.com/news/story.php?SID=9902There's a new CHL team, the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees.First of all, is that a long enough name?And, why does a bee have a the wings of a dragonfly?And, why doesn't the logo actually have the name of the team?Overall... eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 OK, I'm going somewhat off topic here and this is my second CHL post of the day, but it seems to me that this league is going to kill itself again, just like it did in the 80's. Overexpansion is the bane of minor pro sports leagues. The original CHL was a top-drawer hockey league in the 60's and into the early 70's but then it went from a bus-league of 6-12 teams to a multitentacled beast that wound up strangling itself in travel expenses, a wafer thin talent base and fly-by-night franchises plopped down wherever there happened to be an arena with an ice sheet. When Horn Chen and the Mirons brought the league back in 92 it was a simple, 6 team outfit with all teams under one ownership umbrella. Eight or ten or even twelve teams would have been okay, but I dread that this overexpansion is going to ruin the party again.'OK, now that I've had my rant, the logo is unimaginative. The 'roid-raging flying insect bit is played and tiresome, although the colors show some potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefrsn Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I haven't seen this team mentioned before but it is another chl expansion team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted January 16, 2003 Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 That was was mentioned a few months ago on the "other" board. It's also just... eh. The Eagle head's nice, but the three stripes? Ugh.I agree with you have minor league hockey. The CHL in this case merged a couple years ago with the WPHL; that's how it got to 16 teams, it dropped some of the "lesser" teams from the two leagues to create the current CHL.Of course, next year, the ECHL and WCHL are merging. The hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajmccall Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Your both right, even the ushl here in the midwest :censored:ed it self by getting fancy, and that had been a stable mainstay for decades. i think these venture business men with dreams of owning a (semi) professional franchise clutters these men's logic, then subsequently ruins the leagues by spreading talent and resources thin (same arguement). egh, if everyone wer as smart as us, huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 sorta off topic:someone had posted a website completly devoted to minor league sports. it was an awesome website and a good logo resource. does anyone remember this or know where i can find this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Are you thinking of www.oursportscentral.com?***EDITED***I type the URL in wrong...try it againL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 i think thats it, but that site doesnt seem to be working right now.thanks dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcap30 Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees?nice huh. :laugh: sounds like a mexican buffalo wing spice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 I saw that eagles logo once before, and this is exactly what I said, and the more I look at it its so true....that logo reeks WHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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