Apart from Guyana Amazon Warriors, whose name reflects its landscape, how do the names of the other franchises reflect the character of those nations? Could we not be more creative in selecting names? Maybe a contest among school children in the respective territories might have derived names associated with the respective territories. Jamaica Kinsmen, St. Lucia kings? Why not something that reflects Jamaica's history or culture like the Maroons or Taino. A name like the St. Lucia's Pitons or kaligano would have made more sense. Do we not have native animals, such as the cocrico bird of Tobago or scarlet Ibis of Trinidad? There are many other cultural symbols that could have been used. We do have falcon birds around the islands, but are they natives or seasonal dwellers? The Barbados Trident's, and St. Kitts Patriots? That patriots thing is not unique, and certainly, Stafanie Taylor and Chinnelle Henry are no empresses, they represent the fire of Nanny, the Maroon.
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@Besar wrote:
Apart from Guyana Amazon Warriors, whose name reflects its landscape, how do the names of the other franchises reflect the character of those nations? Could we not be more creative in selecting names? Maybe a contest among school children in the respective territories might have derived names associated with the respective territories. Jamaica Kinsmen, St. Lucia kings? Why not something that reflects Jamaica's history or culture like the Maroons or Taino. A name like the St. Lucia's Pitons or kaligano would have made more sense. Do we not have native animals, such as the cocrico bird of Tobago or scarlet Ibis of Trinidad? There are many other cultural symbols that could have been used. We do have falcon birds around the islands, but are they natives or seasonal dwellers? The Barbados Trident's, and St. Kitts Patriots? That patriots thing is not unique, and certainly, Stafanie Taylor and Chinnelle Henry are no empresses, they represent the fire of Nanny, the Maroon.
How about we use limited resources of time and personnel to improve the quality of the actual cricket? Then I’d say there was energy for this. The stands were empty.
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Actually, I thought about that too.
The Jamaica John Crows (Jankros) would be (more) appropriate.
@Halliwell wrote:
How about we use limited resources of time and personnel to improve the quality of the actual cricket? Then I’d say there was energy for this. The stands were empty.
Well, that is a different topic, but don't you think that first of all, people have to feel some kind of connection to the teams, and the name should be a start. Your concern is a much more complex matter.
@Besar wrote:
Well, that is a different topic, but don't you think that first of all, people have to feel some kind of connection to the teams, and the name should be a start. Your concern is a much more complex matter.
The team name is literally ‘Jamaica’
@Besar wrote:
Well, that is a different topic, but don't you think that first of all, people have to feel some kind of connection to the teams, and the name should be a start. Your concern is a much more complex matter.
It’s Franchise cricket it’s really not even supposed to have the country’s name attached to it but if they didn’t insular Caribbean fans would never be interested!!!
GAW is the only Franchise actually owned by a Guyanese hence the name matches the country!!!
Trinbago is owned by IPL’s KKR hence the Knight Rider tag
JA is owned by the Kingsmen Group hence the name
St. Lucia is owned by IPL’s Punjab Kings hence the name.
St. Kitts ironically just picked a stupid name but is owned by an Indian businessman nonetheless
Barbados is owned by IPL’s Rajastan Royals glad they went back to the Tridents and got rid of the pink lol
Antigua is owned by a Guyanese businessman man but I’m actually not sure if he still owns them actually but they possibly could’ve picked a better name as well!!!
I do agree with you but unfortunately the owners are the one’s paying hence they picked the names based on their brand!!!!
@Besar wrote:
Apart from Guyana Amazon Warriors, whose name reflects its landscape, how do the names of the other franchises reflect the character of those nations? Could we not be more creative in selecting names? Maybe a contest among school children in the respective territories might have derived names associated with the respective territories. Jamaica Kinsmen, St. Lucia kings? Why not something that reflects Jamaica's history or culture like the Maroons or Taino. A name like the St. Lucia's Pitons or kaligano would have made more sense. Do we not have native animals, such as the cocrico bird of Tobago or scarlet Ibis of Trinidad? There are many other cultural symbols that could have been used. We do have falcon birds around the islands, but are they natives or seasonal dwellers? The Barbados Trident's, and St. Kitts Patriots? That patriots thing is not unique, and certainly, Stafanie Taylor and Chinnelle Henry are no empresses, they represent the fire of Nanny, the Maroon.
These are franchises, privately own by individuals and entities, the reality is that they can name them whatever they want. They do not even have to carry national names nor colours and probably should not, but this is the Caribbean we are very nationalistic, we still think of them as our National teams hence your comment
@WIfan26 wrote:
It’s Franchise cricket it’s really not even supposed to have the country’s name attached to it but if they didn’t insular Caribbean fans would never be interested!!!
GAW is the only Franchise actually owned by a Guyanese hence the name matches the country!!!
Trinbago is owned by IPL’s KKR hence the Knight Rider tag
JA is owned by the Kingsmen Group hence the name
St. Lucia is owned by IPL’s Punjab Kings hence the name.
St. Kitts ironically just picked a stupid name but is owned by an Indian businessman nonetheless
Barbados is owned by IPL’s Rajastan Royals glad they went back to the Tridents and got rid of the pink lol
Antigua is owned by a Guyanese businessman man but I’m actually not sure if he still owns them actually but they possibly could’ve picked a better name as well!!!
I do agree with you but unfortunately the owners are the one’s paying hence they picked the names based on their brand!!!!
You prefer St Kitts Bookies?
@WIfan26 wrote:
It’s Franchise cricket it’s really not even supposed to have the country’s name attached to it but if they didn’t insular Caribbean fans would never be interested!!!
GAW is the only Franchise actually owned by a Guyanese hence the name matches the country!!!
Trinbago is owned by IPL’s KKR hence the Knight Rider tag
JA is owned by the Kingsmen Group hence the name
St. Lucia is owned by IPL’s Punjab Kings hence the name.
St. Kitts ironically just picked a stupid name but is owned by an Indian businessman nonetheless
Barbados is owned by IPL’s Rajastan Royals glad they went back to the Tridents and got rid of the pink lol
Antigua is owned by a Guyanese businessman man but I’m actually not sure if he still owns them actually but they possibly could’ve picked a better name as well!!!
I do agree with you but unfortunately the owners are the one’s paying hence they picked the names based on their brand!!!!
The owner's company was bought out...then have new owners...