06-17-2005, 05:58 AM
Video link:
http://xtramsn.co.nz/sport/0,,12021-4479195-300,00.html
Article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id...D=10331117
And just for interests sake, it all started from our rugby team: the all blacks. There have been a large number of rebrandings over the last decade to associate other sports teams with our successful rugby team such as:
(Basket Ball) - The tall blacks
(Cricket) - The black caps
(Softball) - The black sox
(Hockey) - The black sticks
(Junior rugby) - The small blacks (I wonder what they'd call the junior badminton team now :P )
Surprisingly, the on talkback radio the P.C. crowd is actually split. Some of them are squirming about the name, but admit they can't argue against it... :)
Funilly enough tennis NZ is also undergoing a rebranding (due to funding issues, and governance structures not working)... I wonder if they'll follow the the badminton naming scheme :P
Obviously I'm childishly amused by the whole thing, but what do you think?
http://xtramsn.co.nz/sport/0,,12021-4479195-300,00.html
Article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id...D=10331117
And just for interests sake, it all started from our rugby team: the all blacks. There have been a large number of rebrandings over the last decade to associate other sports teams with our successful rugby team such as:
(Basket Ball) - The tall blacks
(Cricket) - The black caps
(Softball) - The black sox
(Hockey) - The black sticks
(Junior rugby) - The small blacks (I wonder what they'd call the junior badminton team now :P )
Surprisingly, the on talkback radio the P.C. crowd is actually split. Some of them are squirming about the name, but admit they can't argue against it... :)
Funilly enough tennis NZ is also undergoing a rebranding (due to funding issues, and governance structures not working)... I wonder if they'll follow the the badminton naming scheme :P
Obviously I'm childishly amused by the whole thing, but what do you think?