An AI Expansion Nightmare

[dannlarusso]

Says the guy who has a ‘Sydney’ Roosters avatar, a team that has a name that implies the whole city despite being just being another 8 teams also in that city
Wests could be similarly generic but everyone who follows the sport knows who they represent. Southern Orcas were a way to represent the South Island and southern North Island but with the Wellington Orcas backing the SI bid I cant see them being an issue anyways

To be fair i'd love it if the Roosters were the East Sydney Roosters, rather than Easts, Sydney or Eastern Suburbs.
I think the vagueness of a generic compass direction is a bees dick better than a "The Dolphins" type of name. It's a half-arsed attempt to appeal to a broader market of new fans when in reality it's not doing much at all to give it a solid geographical base and unless you're already interested in Rugby League/NRL.

Is settling with "NRL fans will know" is an odd spin, as surely in creating a new franchise you're looking at expanding the fanbase to include people who aren't already fans?