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There’s some downgrades here my least favorite being the Brahmas which sounds like over the top while essentially just being an ad for the rocks under armour brand which uses the same name https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/p/new ... u3EALw_wcB
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DC Defenders
Houston Roughnecks
St. Louis BattleHawks
Arlington Renegades
Orlando Guardians
Seattle Sea Dragons
Vegas Vipers
San Antonio Brahmas

(I edited this list as I missed SA)

Orlando Guardians makes little sense. How will they stretch that to justify the connection?

Las Vegas Vipers is cool in that it is alliterative. Fun to say. From Wikipedia "All rattlesnakes are vipers," so there is a connection to a local dangerous critter.

San Antonio Brahmas makes sense, and yes there is a connection to The Rock's product line. Doesn't he have a tattoo as well? Lone Star Brahmas is an NAHL hockey team based in DFW. Brahmas has many meanings, other than the more obvious Brahma bull.

Seattle Sea Dragons. A "Sea Dragon" is technically a leafy fish. I am sure they are going for more of a mythical dragon that comes from the sea?
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MarkNelson wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:10 am DC Defenders
Houston Roughnecks
St. Louis BattleHawks
Arlington Renegades
Orlando Guardians
Seattle Sea Dragons
Vegas Vipers

Orlando Guardians makes little sense. How will they stretch that to justify the connection?

Las Vegas Vipers is cool in that it is alliterative. Fun to say. From Wikipedia "All rattlesnakes are vipers," so there is a connection to a local dangerous critter.

San Antonio Brahmas makes sense, and yes there is a connection to The Rock's product line. Doesn't he have a tattoo as well? Lone Star Brahmas is an NAHL hockey team based in DFW. Brahmas has many meanings, other than the more obvious Brahma bull.

Seattle Sea Dragons. A "Sea Dragon" is technically a leafy fish. I am sure they are going for more of a mythical dragon that comes from the sea?
Ya I think Sea dragons is just to try and force them to fit into the theme of the city. That was the one I meant as a downgrade, agreed on both the guardians who idk what they do with brand wise to trey and make it make sense and vipers being solid although I think they had a layup for vegas and missed with fans saying/wanting the Outlaws back and it being an overall great team brand from 2001.
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Yeah, Rock's affiliation with the Brahmas term goes way back to his WWE days when he was called, at times, "The Brahma Bull," and he had the big tattoo as well. The nickname seems a bit awkward for a football team, but I think a bull fits a Texas team.

I would've been happy with Las Vegas Outlaws but the more I thought about it, the more I felt Outlaws and Renegades are basically synonyms so it would've felt a bit redundant. Vegas Vipers, as mentioned above, fits both with alliteration and snakes in the deserts of Nevada.

I also agree that Orlando Guardians doesn't fit as well. We'll have to see what further branding there is for that.

The switch to Sea Dragons is perhaps most interesting. The old Dragons logo could be adjusted to make it a Sea Dragon - think Loch Ness monster - even if, as Mark mentioned, it's not technically accurate.
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So San Antonio's logo is basically going to be The Rock's Brahma Bull Tattoo isn't it?
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GDAWG wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:06 pm So San Antonio's logo is basically going to be The Rock's Brahma Bull Tattoo isn't it?
That’s my guess, SA is probably gonna look a lot like the project rock under armor brand
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Sea Dragons?... Really??? OMG, that's pretty bush league IMO. I was hoping they'd always stay away from Sea Serpents and the like. Oh well, I guess my Dragons merch still works - sorta!
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Firecop wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:28 pm Sea Dragons?... Really??? OMG, that's pretty bush league IMO. I was hoping they'd always stay away from Sea Serpents and the like. Oh well, I guess my Dragons merch still works - sorta!
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MarkNelson wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:31 pm
Firecop wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:28 pm Sea Dragons?... Really??? OMG, that's pretty bush league IMO. I was hoping they'd always stay away from Sea Serpents and the like. Oh well, I guess my Dragons merch still works - sorta!
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Didn't the XFL 2.0 have issues with the University of Alabama Birmingham over the Dragons logo?
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