The Swamp

wikipedia wrote:The day after the NFL awarded the expansion team to Jacksonville, a triumphant Wayne Weaver held up the Jaguars' proposed silver helmet and teal jersey at the NFL owners' meeting in Chicago. The team's colors were to be teal, gold, and silver with black accents. However, this jersey and helmet design, with a gold leaping jaguar, created controversy. Ford Motor Company, then-parent of the automaker Jaguar, believed that the Jaguars' logo bore too much resemblance to the automaker's logo. Though no lawsuit was brought to trial, lawyers from the team and the automaker negotiated an ultimately amicable agreement whereby Jaguar would be named the official car of the Jaguars, and the Jaguars would redesign their uniforms.

Johnnie wrote:I'm sure that logo was familiar to exactly one person who posts here.

Darren Rovell wrote: St. Rose College has a $9 million deficit & just cut $340,000 in athletic scholarships. Vegas Golden Knights will, at worse, strike deal.

brian wrote:Chicago Wolves to be VGK's likely AHL affiliate.

Kind of surprising if so since the Wolves have always been independent, but short of starting a new AHL franchise from scratch somewhere this makes a lot of sense. Despite the distance, pretty easy to get players between Chicago and Las Vegas with something like 10-15 nonstops a day between the two cities.

degenerasian wrote:This is only cool if the Spanish Announcers table is by the ice and players get slammed through it on a regular basis

sancarlos wrote:Everything I've read says this is a great choice from a hockey perspective. Less so from a PR/media standpoint, as Gallant is said not to be a smooth media-friendly type guy.

brian wrote:NHL announces they're going to combine the NHL Awards Show and Expansion Draft reveal into one event. Pretty smart. Wednesday, 6/21 at T-Mobile Arena.

Tickets go on sale in advance to VGK season ticket holders, but I'll be in San Diego that weekend unfortunately otherwise I'd probably consider it. Supposedly upper bowl tickets will be $20-$40.

brian wrote:NHL announces they're going to combine the NHL Awards Show and Expansion Draft reveal into one event. Pretty smart. Wednesday, 6/21 at T-Mobile Arena.

Tickets go on sale in advance to VGK season ticket holders, but I'll be in San Diego that weekend unfortunately otherwise I'd probably consider it. Supposedly upper bowl tickets will be $20-$40.

brian wrote:VGK signs its second player and it's an interesting one. Interesting in the sense that there's a 99 percent chance he's on the roster next season.

brian wrote:Broadcast partner to be ROOT Sports.

My take is that it's an interesting play to eventually try to usurp the Avalanche as the "Team of the Rockies".

I think the ownership is thinking big about trying to make the team a worldwide brand to correspond with Las Vegas' status as a world capital of tourism, so this is more evidence that they're trying to build out an audience as large as possible from the get-go.

wlu_lax6 wrote:

brian wrote:Broadcast partner to be ROOT Sports.

My take is that it's an interesting play to eventually try to usurp the Avalanche as the "Team of the Rockies".

I think the ownership is thinking big about trying to make the team a worldwide brand to correspond with Las Vegas' status as a world capital of tourism, so this is more evidence that they're trying to build out an audience as large as possible from the get-go.

I am actually surprised by this. Teams have been trying to take bigger control of their rights recently. Going with a non-team affliated/owned channel is a bit strange. Examples: YES, MSG, MASN, Monumental Sports (Strong Arm deal with Comcast Sports Network for Wiz/Caps), NESN.

Bet ROOT is excited as this gets them no the cable providers they did not have deals with. Does this mean ROOT fights for some more local TV rights in the wide area they are covering.