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Originally Posted by Fork Handles
There was a mild suggestion about 20 years ago to change the nickname of my Aussie Rules team. The majority said there was no need, so it stayed the same. Personally I would have voted for change.
We're still the Bombers.  |
When The Rugby League became Super League 14 years ago there was talk of clubs being merged, relocated and rebranded.
The uproar caused the merger and relocation talk to be shelved but the teams got saddled with silly names.
My club Leeds had a big competition in the press, on TV and on the radio to get the local kids to come up with names. The idea was that the team would be called whatever the most popular name was.
However a month before the decision was made Gary Hetherington the new Chief Executive was seen driving around with the personal number plate RIII NOS on his BMW. Stick a black dot between the 1st 2 Is and you have RI-IINOS.
Guess what won the competition? My mate who works on the local paper says of asll the 1,000s of entrys not 1 was Rhinos.