Indian Premier League

[rmered]

You think that's weird, Rough Riders were a brand of ribbed (for her pleasure) prophylactic.

And then I found not one but two teams in the CFL were named that.

So I just had to go there.

Turns out it was named after something else.

[SDX]

You're right.

So, what's with the Kings and Super Kings? This their version of the RoughRiders / Rough Riders?

Cracks me up because if you're from the UK, you might have encountered:

As smoked by old women and 14 year old kids.

Would be better if they were the Berkley Blues

[Hat Boy]

So, what's with the Kings and Super Kings?

Have you ever been to Chennai?

"It's the kind of place that makes a bum feel like a king,

And it makes a king feel like some nutty, cuckoo, super-king."

[officeglenn]

As far as the Kings/Super Kings thing goes, it seems that the Kings XI Punjab might be named so after the lions on the crest, while the Super Kings may have a few ulterior motives behind it.

From the Wikipedia article on the Super Kings:

The name "Super Kings" honours the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture, the team logo, a Lion, was the insignia of the Pallava dynasty which ruled Southern India including the areas that constitute present day Chennai. In terms of branding, the name "Super Kings" possibly refers to 'Coromandel Super King cement', a brand of cement promoted by the India Cements Group whose Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, N.Srinivasan, is both the defacto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within the India Cements Group, as well as the treasurer of the BCCI.