Bid names

[Pippen94]

All I know is it better not be just another name used by an NFL team. We already have too many teams that have American identities that have absolutely no relevance to Australia (I'm looking at you most of the Qld teams).

Since 19we have had 10 NFL brands taken

Jets
Raiders
Steelers
Broncos
Giants
Chargers
Cowboys
Rams
Titans (the worst of them all)
Dolphins

In the same time, we have had 5 semi-original names

Knights
Reds
Crushers
Mariners
Storm

Shares name with NFL team = unoriginal. Any other league = semi original.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Shares name with NFL team = unoriginal. Any other league = semi original.

I have no issue with sharing a name IF it has relevance to the area in question. Thats why I said most Qld teams. Dolphins may already exist as the Miami Dolphins but dolphins are found where that league team is so that makes sense.

 

[Pippen94]

I have no issue with sharing a name IF it has relevance to the area in question. Thats why I said most Qld teams. Dolphins may already exist as the Miami Dolphins but dolphins are found where that league team is so that makes sense.

Yep, from memory Miami were 1960 so Redcliffe probably beat them. Cowboys is not original but perfect fit for North Queensland. Titans is a dud name even in NFL. Jets in both Newtown & Ipswich are well established & reflect industry in both locations.

Think about this: every major football league in Australia has a tigers & magpies. I find that boring.

 

[blue bags]

PNG Chiefs

PNG Tribe

PNG Commander's

PNG Patriots

PNG Sea Hawk's

PNG Gladiators

PNG Vikings

PNG Allies

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Yep, from memory Miami were 1960 so Redcliffe probably beat them. Cowboys is not original but perfect fit for North Queensland. Titans is a dud name even in NFL. Jets in both Newtown & Ipswich are well established & reflect industry in both locations.

Think about this: every major football league in Australia has a tigers & magpies. I find that boring.

I find you boring.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Moran = python (pronounced Mo run)
Magani = Wallaby (pronounced Ma ga nee)
Blackbokis= Flying Fox (pronounced Black bokis)
Urita= Octopus (pronounced Oo ree ta)

What language is this in?

Is it a good idea to pick one indigenous PNG language over others for a team that is suppose to unite a whole country?

 

[Matt_CBY]

I have no issue with sharing a name IF it has relevance to the area in question. Thats why I said most Qld teams. Dolphins may already exist as the Miami Dolphins but dolphins are found where that league team is so that makes sense.

I don’t understand how a “Titan” is American?

I’m aware a NFL team shares that name, doesn’t make it an American name/concept though.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

I don’t understand how a “Titan” is American?

I’m aware a NFL team shares that name, doesn’t make it an American name/concept though.

Yeah, it's not American. It's ancient Greek. It's more the fact that (as you said) there is an NFL team with that identity.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Yeah, it's not American. It's ancient Greek. It's more the fact that (as you said) there is an NFL team with that identity.

Okay, and?

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Okay, and?

The original point about why we copy the identities of American franchises when we should be honouring our own culture and giving them Australian identities.

 

[Matt_CBY]

The original point about why we copy the identities of American franchises when we should be honouring our own culture and giving them Australian identities.

Just because one had it first, doesn’t mean the second copied it directly. There was a public vote after not being able to use the name a Dolphins.

Just because the NFL had a team with that name before we did means nothing.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Whether it was copied or not is irrelevant. The point remains the club identity should have a correlation to the area it represents.

 

[blue bags]

NFL Titans started in 1999
Before that they were the Oilers

Houston Oilers became the Tennessee Titans

 

[mikail-eagle]

What language is this in?

Is it a good idea to pick one indigenous PNG language over others for a team that is suppose to unite a whole country?

It's in PNG Pidgin. The one language that everyone speaks.

 

[Matt_CBY]

It's in PNG Pidgin. The one language that everyone speaks.

Ah okay, thank you for the clarification.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Whether it was copied or not is irrelevant. The point remains the club identity should have a correlation to the area it represents.

And you think Titans don’t?

I think the name Titans cover all previous names with the exception of the Seagulls very well.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

And you think Titans don’t?

I think the name Titans cover all previous names with the exception of the Seagulls very well.

No, I don't think Ancient Greek Gods has absolutely anything to do with an area of Australia. If the team was in Athens then it would be apt, but it's not so it isn't.

 

[Matt_CBY]

That has nothing to do with my point but okay.

Are you also against the name Tigers? Ain’t no Asian big cats in Leichhardt, Balmain or Lilyfield.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

I think they would have been better to go with Magpies than Tigers but I get it all boils down to marketing, hence why they feel the need to adopt identities that have zero relevance to Australia.