(S49) PT #2 - Relocation

[AustinP0027]

It's time to relocate, and it's important to make sure thematically it makes sense.

I'm going to look at my own team, the Colorado Yeti. Is Colorado the right place for the Yeti? Probably not! Specifically, I don't think the Yeti exist in the Rocky Mountains. It's a well known fact that Yeti are native to the Himalayas, and even taking into account Pangea and the shared landmass, there's no way they would migrate over to what is now known as "Colorado".

And so, it's pretty simple. Colorado has to move. Specifically, they have to move to the Himalayas so the Yeti are closer to their natural habitat. The stadium will need to be rebuilt, stationed at the top of a mountain top that has been flattened to allow a level playing surface.

This could actually be a competitive advantage for the Yeti. Players already complain about having to play in Colorado, the higher altitude is more difficult for people who aren't used to the atmosphere yet. Now imagine that same impact, but even higher! Players will be fighting for oxygen masks while the native Yeti players will be running up and down the field with ease. And let's not forget the temperature differences. Some of the mountain range can see temperatures regularly in the range of 40 degrees below zero. The opposing team will dread coming to the Yeti stadium, and that type of psychological warfare will help the now appropriately labeled Himalayan Yeti to build a dynasty that rivals Jeff Fisher by winning every home game they play.

The only challenge, of course, will be away games. It's pretty hard getting up and down from the mountain top, so there might be some forfeits in the team's future from getting snowed in, or getting caught by an avalanche or something. But that home advantage!

[bfry]

I wrote about something similar to this in a previous prompt for championship week I believe.  I will keep a similar thread to that but put some fun new spins on it.  I wanted to move a team to my home state of Indiana.  It would be fun to see a team there in this league.  There are two towns in Indiana with a metro population of over a quarter of a million.  Indianapolis is the capital and the largest city in the state.  It would be a good spot for a team, but I also think the second largest city would be a fun location for a team.  Fort Wayne is that city.  It has three rivers that converge in the middle of the city and that was why it has been such a large city for a long time.  The Fort Wayne Rivers would be a fun brand that could be built upon to see Indiana represented in the ISFL.

[kdr]

Relocation and rebranding.  Well, this was also kind of a question in the rookie task where I rebranded Minnesota.  But I now have a a better need of a relocation because of their branding and that is the Colorado Yeti.  And the reason they must relocate or rebrand now is simple: THERE ARE NO YETI IN COLORADO!!!  Whew sorry for yelling, but it was bothering me.  So, you have two options:
Option #1: You really love the Yeti macot so you follow Chicago and move to Asia and now you are the Katmandu Yeti.  Benefits, you can attract all the actual Hymilayan Yeti to your games and since you play at such altitude you can run all visitors into the ground they will collapse after the 3rd quarter and you become championship contenders overnight.
Option#2 (my favorite): realize that in the Northeastern US/Canada what you called Yeti are known as Sasquatch and immediately relocate to Canada as the Saskatoon Sasquatch.  It so perfectly alliterative, you don’t have to get rid of all the stuffed Yeti merchandize, a good chant of TOON TOON and you have a rivalry with Yellowknife for the Canada Cup.

Yes, Saskatoon, so when is the relocation announcement coming?

[kdr]

It's time to relocate, and it's important to make sure thematically it makes sense.

I'm going to look at my own team, the Colorado Yeti. Is Colorado the right place for the Yeti? Probably not! Specifically, I don't think the Yeti exist in the Rocky Mountains. It's a well known fact that Yeti are native to the Himalayas, and even taking into account Pangea and the shared landmass, there's no way they would migrate over to what is now known as "Colorado".

And so, it's pretty simple. Colorado has to move. Specifically, they have to move to the Himalayas so the Yeti are closer to their natural habitat. The stadium will need to be rebuilt, stationed at the top of a mountain top that has been flattened to allow a level playing surface.

This could actually be a competitive advantage for the Yeti. Players already complain about having to play in Colorado, the higher altitude is more difficult for people who aren't used to the atmosphere yet. Now imagine that same impact, but even higher! Players will be fighting for oxygen masks while the native Yeti players will be running up and down the field with ease. And let's not forget the temperature differences. Some of the mountain range can see temperatures regularly in the range of 40 degrees below zero. The opposing team will dread coming to the Yeti stadium, and that type of psychological warfare will help the now appropriately labeled Himalayan Yeti to build a dynasty that rivals Jeff Fisher by winning every home game they play.

The only challenge, of course, will be away games. It's pretty hard getting up and down from the mountain top, so there might be some forfeits in the team's future from getting snowed in, or getting caught by an avalanche or something. But that home advantage!

I guess great minds thinking in tandem.  I think this will be a popular relocation, but Saskatoon.  Ditch the Yeti for Sasquatch!

[Daileyj6]

If I were to rebrand a team, I would select the Sarasota Sailfish. Not because of anything other than location. Will I like the color scheme, the mascot, and the aesthetically pleasing "SS", I feel like the team could branch out internationally to grow the sport, rather than having so many teams here in the states. So why pick Sarasota and not another team in the states? One word, market size. The city of Sarasota has only 57,000 people residing there. It's a small market compared to Baltimore or Arizona for example. Ticket sales would likely see an increase with a relocation to a more populated area. So where would I move the Sailfish? Sweden! Who doesn't like Swedish Fish? Well how about the new football team, the Swedish Sailfish?! You could even make the gummies look like sailfish (but please don't change the recipe). This would be a huge move from the Sailfish - possibly increasing revenue so they can turn some of these salaries to bonuses to save on cap space.

[caleb.grim]

The Osaka Kaiju started a trend that I think needs to continue in order to truly be an International league - moving outside the US. A good short term goal would be to have an ISFL on each populated continent. Right now, we have a team in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America but relocating a team to Australia and somewhere in South America would complete the international picture. When selecting a team to relocate, I would choose teams that have not had a tremendous amount of past success and that are geographically close to other teams. So let’s take a look at the American teams at the moment:

Baltimore Hawks
Colorado Yeti
Arizona Outlaws
Orange County Otters
San Jose SaberCats
New Orleans Secondline
Austin Copperheads
Sarasota Sailfish
Honolulu Hahalua
New York Silverbacks

Of these teams, I think Baltimore, Arizona, Orange County, New Orleans, and Honolulu have enough historic success to stay put.

This leaves New York, Sarasota, Austin, San Jose, and Colorado as choices.

Looking at proximity of other teams, I think San Jose is a prime candidate for relocation and I would pick New York as the other choice.

Now where should these teams go? For South America I would think somewhere in Brazil (maybe Rio?) and then for Australia we could go somewhere like Perth or even have a more regional name like Tasmania.

[ValorX77]

The ISFL has had some unique branding over the seasons but I’ve decided that one of them is getting a bit of a makeover. The Sarasota sailfish does not appealing and the logo is almost a carbon copy of the Florida Marlins. So let’s move them to somewhere more appealing, let’s say, Nashville for example. Let’s call them the Music City Catfish. This team would have jersey colors of a baby blue, golden yellow and black. The logo would be a catfish with a guitar shattering through the mouth. The reason behind the catfish branding is the prominence of catfish that swim through the rivers of Tennessee and frequently thrown on the ice at Nashville predators games irl. I chose the Music City location because of its unique style of country music and has the country cathedral in the Grand Ole Opry, which would be the secondary logo worn on the jerseys of the team.

[midknight]

Personally, I think that the Baltimore hawks should be relocated. However, this isn't based on personal opinion, as according to the statistics in this media post by davidmoose, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Arizona have the weakest geographical dominance. New Orleans is currently a winning team, as they just came off of an Ultimus win, and have established a strong presence for those who want the excitement of winning football and not to watch Derek Carr struggle. That leaves Baltimore and Arizona, two locations which both provide NFL teams in the area. However, the ravens are actually good in comparison to the cardinals, so they have more of an influence in the area. Also another big reason that I would move the hawks is while Philadelphia might not pay much attention, geographically their city is split across New York and Baltimore fandom, and to quote davidmoose, "Certainly, the level-headed and friendly Philadelphians have no quarrels over this fact." As for where we would move, I'd enjoy seeing a greater Asian presence as there are large untapped markets in India and China, countries with huge populations that could become invested if given time and investment.

[Wiggli]

There is a blatant bias toward anthropomorphic beings in the league at the moment. Where are the natural disasters? The existential state of dread inducing calamities? Heck I’d even take a celestial body, I think that would introduce a much needed sense of scale to the league.

So I’m just spitballing here but how about the Mumbai Monsoon. More international representation is always a plus, and deluges of water from the sky can be pretty terrifying. Or the Dubai Mirage, maybe that sounds a bit too much like a casino, and maybe I’m just a fan of cities ending in bai, but I like the options for imagery on that one. The WNBA does a better job getting representation for non anthromorphs, but I think they missed an opportunity to blend two ideas into one. The Nairobi Fever Dream (-bi not -bai I’m making progress) is very evocative to me.

Really though I think the league does a great job with branding, color rush is always fun to watch to see how the artists of the league riff on an existing idea, and there are a lot of great concepts to build from. Its fun to think of new ideas (and I got to see a little bit of that with the Kaiju rebrand though I joined very late in the process) but there is also something to be said for solidity and building that brand loyalty over time.

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