Dan O'Mac wrote:

Megildur wrote:

ThisIsFine wrote:

 
Your tax dollars at work, fellow American citizens.

As soon as I graduate school, I’m going back to Canada and never getting involved in U.S. politics again. This is insane.

Facts, I wish I'd gone to college in Canada! I like your username BTW.

Regardless of how we feel about anything with the political side of things, I believe the board rules state we should keep the politics out of things. 

Yeah, let's stay on topic here guys.

Please, people...let's get back to the topic at hand.

I REALLY like this new "final four single vote" system...only one of my names made it this time, but I have a lot of confidence in it right now (And the others are awesome too)

QCS wrote:

I agree with Burmy, the new "Final Four" system is great. At times it felt like the name votes were a bit of a crapshoot, but know we can know at least the top few names. Disappointed none of my names made the cut this time (I was feeling good about the Denver Dinos!) but I think overall we've had a bunch of really strong suggestions.

Don't worry QCS. A lot of yours were just on the wrong side of the cut off. I rated the Dinos highly too! 

I also forgot to submit my names for Group B. The polls are going out tonight with the official names of Group A so stay tuned. I will also explain this later but I just wanted to let you all know that in the event of a FINAL FOUR tie I am going to select the name that had the highest rating in the first round. A couple of the races are very close. 

Here are mine. 

New Orleans Cornets : the famous Jazz instrument from the capital of Jazz music. This team is going to be a lot of fun. There is so much great imagery for this city and I think a Jazz / Brass theme would be great. 

Vancouver Axemen: a nod to Lumberjacks without using the name Lumberjacks. 

Los Angeles Riptide: I wanted to go with a wave / beach theme for LA. Riptide is one of the most dangerous things that people encounter at the beach. I also just like the sound of it. 

Atlanta Devils: Short, simple and a reference to the Charlie Daniel's song The Devil Went Down to Georgia. Plus this could be another way to get the fire theme into the design.

Charlotte Prospectors: Home to the first gold rush in the US. 

Washington Vanguard: I'm throwing out my name that I used for the America Premier League earlier this year. Vanguard is the central force of a military operation. DC is the center of our political system. I also like it for VanGUARD as in defense in basketball. 
 

Definitely agree on the finalists, it's a good addition on the process, especially with so many submissions.

Hopefully I'm not too late with these. Disregard them if I am!

Atlanta Aliens - because Outkast 
Vancouver Royals - generic royalty because BC
LA Titans - A lot of Roman/Spartan themes come out of here in other leagues I feel. 
Charlotte Cyclones - Just another word for hurricane
Washington Red Wolves - Does this count as off limits since it was just presented as an alternative name for the Football Team? If not, I just like it. 
New Orleans Crescents - because Crescent City