That sounds so stupid. You almost had me won over until you came out with Gridiron Rugby..
Same.
Now that this is a new thread, I'll once again say
Need to F off "league" and "rugby" all together.
Rugby is gone. They have won that. Rugby IS rugby union.
And league, wtf. League means organisation.
As dumb as it was, top ball was probably the most technically correct/apt word for us.
Haha
Ehh, im not that fond of the Gridiron Rugby thing either. Im just want people to see the problem with the current branding and realise how easy it would be to fix...
The reason i make that shitty suggesting is:
A) there is no great option; if there was, it would already be in use. A change like this would take a push
B) Its not enough to convince people of a problem; even if 80% of people want change, its no good unless they are united in what they want it changed to. If the 80% have 80 different options, the conservative 20% win by default.
C) Gridiron Rugby allows us to exploit the awareness of the American Football brand as well as the Rugby brand (and i could give you a full dissertation of how RL actualy originated in the US before moving to England later)
Having said that, there are plenty of potential names.
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NRL Football is shit be its the path of least resistance
- Something to reference RLs history as a working class offshoot of RU (
Rebel Rugby, Legion Rugby, etc)
- Something that references the unique aspects of RL as a sport (
Shieldwall Rugby; to reference the defencive lines formation before every play,
Vanguard Rugby; to reference the style of players running into the No-mans land between the two teams)
I know they all sound kind of shit, but use them enough and, like anything, they become normal.
And this isnt even important in RL strongholds, it is only once we get into emerging markets that this becomes necesary. Rename the RLIF and comps in emerging markets and, in 10 years, the name might be common enough to catch on in Aust/England...
