Is Ryan buying the Coyotes to distract us from how bad the Jazz will be next year?

[HermanG]

Agreed, though I don't consider Ski Jumping an actual sport. Too many arbitrary rules they seem to make up on the fly (no pun intended).

Regardless, it'll be interesting to see how they work with the new arena and what happens with the DC. If they don't tear it down, I suspect they'll use the new digs for Hockey and the DC for Figure Skating and Short Track. I also imagine that's part of the reason for the speed at which this seems to be moving. Bettman can see the advantages of using SLC and the coming Olympics as free advertising for the game, the NHL, and a local franchise.

Whether you consider it valid or not, ski jumping hills are used in two different Olympic events (ski jumping and nordic combined) and it requires pretty expensive facilities that are hard to monetize and that environmentalists often harp about.

 

[David Stern]

What do you mean by necessary rebranding? Are you implying that Salt Lake City Coyotes isnt a credible name?

Correct, we have to go with something much more ridiculous.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Correct, we have to go with something much more ridiculous.

Let’s get some ideas going

Go look at NHL team names, literally impossible to have a bad or dumb idea.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Wonder if he's going to make them wear highlighter yellow and black.

 

[David Stern]

Wonder if he's going to make them wear highlighter yellow and black.

obviously he will

 

[TheStormofWar]

Whether you consider it valid or not, ski jumping hills are used in two different Olympic events (ski jumping and nordic combined) and it requires pretty expensive facilities that are hard to monetize and that environmentalists often harp about.

No doubt. I just find it funny that gear that was approved the day before may not be usable the next after. Kind of defeats the purpose when such arbitrary calls are made. If they can't even agree on what gear should be allowed, then I don't think it should qualify as a sport, let alone one in the Olympics.

 

[LogGrad98]

Wonder if he's going to make them wear highlighter yellow and black.

And they all have to wear their headgear backwards.

 

[gomretat]

I am hoping Smith takes his passion for ugly uniforms and uses it on the hockey team and lets the Jazz go back to looking like an NBA team. Hopefully his success with building a winning franchise will be as great in the NHL as it has been in the NBA

 

[Bawse Dawg]

An NHL team in Utah and Cooper Flagg on the Jazz 18 months from right now would be pretty cool.

 

[LogGrad98]

He's buying the coyotes because he's a perpetually 14-year-old billionaire with time on his hands.

 

[Shad]

Name change to the Utah Spazz!

 

[LogGrad98]

Name change to the Utah Spazz!

Why not the @Jazz Spazz ?