The Hockey News Ranks the NHL Logos

[Bmwolf21]

IIRC there were people protesting the Miami Hurricanes after Katrina...

[shrader]

IIRC there were people protesting the Miami Hurricanes after Katrina...

 

So we're slowly headed towards a world where all teams are named after a color? Wait, that might be racist, so we can't have that.

[Screamin'Weasel]

So we're slowly headed towards a world where all teams are named after a color? Wait, that might be racist, so we can't have that.

They could always use tree names. For example:

 

"Welcome to todays match up between the Buffalo Elms and the Miami Palms! Both teams trail the Boston Douglas Firs and the Cleveland Maples by just a single point, with the Michigan Spruce and Phoenix Cacti just 1 point behind that!"

[ROC Sabres]

So we're slowly headed towards a world where all teams are named after a color? Wait, that might be racist, so we can't have that.

Just as long no team is black or white i think we can swing it.

[shrader]

Just as long no team is black or white i think we can swing it.

 

Yellow

Red

Brown

[ROC Sabres]

Yellow

Red

Brown

I'd say Red would probably be the biggest problem of the three. Not too many yellow or browns in the NHL. Yes, that's racist to say, but true.

[shrader]

I'd say Red would probably be the biggest problem of the three. Not too many yellow or browns in the NHL. Yes, that's racist to say, but true.

 

We're talking every sport at every level. You'll find enough people to offend. Then there's the people watching the games that will be offended.

[IKnowPhysics]

Best part of the controversy surrounding the Sioux:

 

Engelstad embroiled himself in the fight over the Fighting Sioux logo when he built a $100 million arena on the University of North Dakota campus for the Fighting Sioux hockey program. Midway in its construction, Engelstad threatened to withdraw his funding if the sports teams were renamed. The logo was then placed in thousands of instances in the arena, making the prospect of removal a costly measure. Later, Engelstad placed the stadium under private (rather than University) management and stipulated that the Fighting Sioux motif be kept indefinitely. An Engelstad family trust continues to own the arena and rents it to the University.

[Screamin'Weasel]

Perhaps he was concerned with the NCAA's ruling and was assured repeatedly by the school that the NCAA couldn't (or wouldn't) enforce the name-change issue. He may have put the safeguards in place to protect his investment when he felt the NCAA might not back down on its policies simply because UND was a "big money" NCAA school.