TAS Tassie team nickname

[Sttew]

Tasmania Thylacines

Rolls right off the tongue.

Or the TLC’c for short?

 

[Engimal v3]

Pioneers. Convicts

Nah, nothing colonial. A big stink would be kicked up about that time Tasmania committed a genocide.

 

[GWT6]

Justification for this point. There are some limitations to the theory

Mammals:

• Lions [cats adapted for hunting]
• Cats [cats adapted for domestication]
• Tigers [cats adapted for hunting]
• Bulldogs [dogs adapted for domestication]
• Kangaroos [marsupial adapted for cutting grass with teeth and travelling distances]

.............

Wayne Carey likes this.

 

[Rustica]

Tasmania Thunder
Tasmania Islanders
Tasmania Devils
Tasmania Buccaneers/Pirates
Tasmania Straits

 

[Tasmanian saint]

I think Devils will work provided the logo/marketing emphasises that it's the animal, and also because I feel like it's significantly more common to hear/see Melbourne referred to as the Dees than the Demons - but maybe I'm wrong on that.

I don’t see a drama any Australian knows what a Tasmanian devil Is so I don’t see it causing any confusion or

 

[Tbonefreo]

The Apples?

Or the young Einstein's.

 

[Andy_Mac]

Kangaroos.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Tassie Pinots.. well that’s what I associate most with our southern friends.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I don’t see a drama any Australian knows what a Tasmanian devil Is so I don’t see it causing any confusion or

I see that being an issue. Warner Bros probably owns the IP. If AFL uses that nickname, they will probably get a lawsuit from Bugs Bunny. Its why the basketball team called themselves JackJumpers

 

[Tackle Bag]

I see that being an issue. Warner Bros probably owns the IP. If AFL uses that nickname, they will probably get a lawsuit from Bugs Bunny. Its why the basketball team called themselves JackJumpers

AFL lodged a trademark on “Tasmania Devils” and a logo, back in 2019

 

[Tbonefreo]

AFL lodged a trademark on “Tasmania Devils” and a logo, back in 2019
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Thars way better than the surf life saving suns

 

[Pessimistic]

Why not start without one and let one develop organically among fans?

 

[Engimal v3]

Why not start without one and let one develop organically among fans?

I think just being Tasmania FC would be sort of cool

 

[GWT6]

Why not start without one and let one develop organically among fans?

I agree - but the AFL doesn't.

They will overengineer it like they have with Greater Western Sydney and West Coast, trying to appeal to as many people as possible but meaning something to none. It will be named by a marketing team based on feedback from focus groups, and age terribly. Like the Port Power name and colours - the teal color was around the same time the Charlette Hornets were selling a heap of merchandise in the NBA. The AFL follows fads, they don't like things just evolving.

Proably be named The Greater Southern Island Wind, or something equally as stupid.

 

[peternorth]

And they don’t like new teams sharing colour combinations of existing ones.

 

[Pessimistic]

I agree - but the AFL doesn't.

They will overengineer it like they have with Greater Western Sydney and West Coast, trying to appeal to as many people as possible but meaning something to none. It will be named by a marketing team based on feedback from focus groups, and age terribly. Like the Port Power name and colours - the teal color was around the same time the Charlette Hornets were selling a heap of merchandise in the NBA. The AFL follows fads, they don't like things just evolving.

Proably be named The Greater Southern Island Wind, or something equally as stupid.

My suggestion could be an even bigger marketing tool, handled correctly

But of course they won’t

 

[GWT6]

My suggestion could be an even bigger marketing tool, handled correctly

Agree it would be great. The fact that they have not yet named the WAFL equivalent of the Brownlow and Norm Smith medals gives me a glimmer of hope. I was sure they would jump the gun like the ridiculously named Kevin Sheedy Medal for the GWS B&F.

 

[Plugger35]

The Tassie Boonies

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Agree it would be great. The fact that they have not yet named the WAFL equivalent of the Brownlow and Norm Smith medals gives me a glimmer of hope.

They’re the Sandover and the Simpson?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Why not start without one and let one develop organically among fans?

Gold Coast tried that initially and there was a backlash. “Gold Coast FC sounds like a soccer team” etc etc.

 

[GWT6]

They’re the Sandover and the Simpson?

Good point, meant a league that still exists - AFLW.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

And they don’t like new teams sharing colour combinations of existing ones.

Like Gold Coast?

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Tasmania Thunder
Tasmania Islanders
Tasmania Devils
Tasmania Buccaneers/Pirates
Tasmania Straits

I like the idea of Islanders/Bucs or Pirates.

Some good suggestions there

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Tasmanian Celtics ? (Could help them with the Irish Community/fanbase here)

 

[Iceman!]

Tasmania Thunder
Tasmania Islanders
Tasmania Devils
Tasmania Buccaneers/Pirates
Tasmania Straits

Big fan of Buccaneers/pirates or also Tridents.