Tassie guernsey/name etc

[Grantysghost]

that link doesn't work

Works fine for me.

[bornadog]

Works fine for me.

Anyway I posted up the article.

[Hotdog60]

I hear the media is already saying that the new team should going big for Sanders bloody typical after 4 years in system he will just hitting his straps.

[DOG GOD]

I hear the media is already saying that the new team should going big for Sanders bloody typical after 4 years in system he will just hitting his straps.

Any tasmanians in that 22-26 bracket will be hunted. McKercher will be another.

We (the dogs) certainly won't want to be bottoming out 2026-2028 with all the concessions that will come tassies way (reportably even better than GWS)

[Sedat]

There is an entire Warner Bros consumer products office, specifically to manage the commercialisation of their own intellectual property, based here in Melbourne. The idea that Warner Bros didn't know there was an actual animal called a Tasmanian Devil is not the slightest bit plausible. But they are no doubt happy to look like insular but generous Americans whilst pocketing an enormous amount of money (that will likely never be disclosed) to give permission to the new club to use the name.

[jazzadogs]

I hear the media is already saying that the new team should going big for Sanders bloody typical after 4 years in system he will just hitting his straps.

Yeh I saw a meme which named Sanders as the inaugural captain. Why not Mckercher?? He was the higher draft pick.

It's easier to stick the boot into the Dogs than Norf at the moment...that's bloody sad.

[DOG GOD]

There is an entire Warner Bros consumer products office, specifically to manage the commercialisation of their own intellectual property, based here in Melbourne. The idea that Warner Bros didn't know there was an actual animal called a Tasmanian Devil is not the slightest bit plausible. But they are no doubt happy to look like insular but generous Americans whilst pocketing an enormous amount of money (that will likely never be disclosed) to give permission to the new club to use the name.

On the local Tassie news last night they were asked about the devils name. They said it was only green lit a week ago after Warner heard the Tassie Devil was a legitimate animal and I quote “no money had to change hands”. It was agreed upon in good faith.

[1eyedog]

Jumpers usually have patterns...

You already have Tassie in the name why does it have to be on the jumper too?

The Devil and map need to be swapped around

[SquirrelGrip]

The Devil and map need to be swapped around

Not sure it quite works.

right click test

[Axe Man]

Devil needs to be more robo-like...

[Axe Man]

The inside story on Warner Bros, AFL negotiations over Tasmania Devils name

The AFL and entertainment giant Warner Bros went back and forth in negotiations over the use of the Tasmanian Devils name, as it turned out Google had the answer. This is how it played out.

What?s in a name? Turns out there?s plenty, especially when it comes to commercial rights and trademarks.

So it came as a surprise to the AFL?s legal department that executives at movie giant Warner Bros ? at least some of them ? had no idea the Tasmanian Devil was actually a real, live animal from Tasmania.

They had to google it.

Warner Bros has owned the trademark to the Tassie Devil since 1984, through their Looney Tunes cartoon character Taz Devil, who was born in the 1950s as a foe for Buggs Bunny.

When the AFL came knocking for a peace deal over the name for its 19th team, Warner Bros immediately saw a red flag until it grasped the concept that the Tasmanian Devil was real and the name was being sought to support a footy team from its home state.

An AFL spokesperson said: ?There were some in the company in the US who were unaware that the cartoon character that was created and first appeared in cartoons in 1954 was actually based on a real animal that was native to the island state of Tasmania way down in Australia.

?While kangaroos and koalas may be well known to Americans, the small but ferocious carnivore is less well-known.

?At least one had to google it to find the Tassie Devil character was inspired by a real life marsupial.?

At the launch of Tasmania?s long-awaited AFL club at six locations around the state on Monday night, the Devil image proudly formed the centerpiece as the club?s branding ? on its logo, on the team jumper, and to appear on banding for future merchandise.

Tasmania Football Club chair Grant O?Brien said the hunt for the Devil was a battle worth fighting.

?Early days negotiating through the AFL with Warner Brothers was a bit tricky, but when it got to the point of them understanding the Tasmanian Devil is actually a real animal, things freed up,? O?Brien said.

?They understood why we were so keen to have our own animal represent the team.

?It went down to the wire and Kath McCann [TFC executive officer], god bless her, was riding it all the way until the weekend.

?But we were confident we?d get there and confident they?d cooperate, and in truth they were fantastic.?

The AFL first made contact with the company in 2021 and again in 2022 but it was the day after former CEO Gillon McLachlan announced the licence at North Hobart Oval last year that the process to use the name grew teeth.

?The day after the announcement, Warner Bros contacted the AFL legal team and said let?s get this done and said they were open to granting a licence for the team to use the trademark,? the AFL said.

?The discussions continued and it was eventually worked out that a co-existence deed was agreed that would see the team able to use the terms Tasmania Devils, Tassie Devils or Devils and Warner Bros agreed not to oppose the use of the trademarks and the Devils logo as long as it was associated with Australian Football.?

The deal was eventually signed off on 14 March 2023 and the Devils can be used on all branding pertaining to football.

That made the AFL was ?extremely grateful? to Warner Bros for allowing the new team to use the trademark of one of its famous cartoon characters.

?The announcement of the 19th licence was something that resonated not just across Tasmania and Australian football but right across the world,? the AFL said.

?From the First Floor of the AFL where its legal department is based to the New York offices of Warner Bros and its legal team, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon thanked Warner Bros and said the company had been brilliant in its support of the team being able to use the name of the native Tasmanian animal.?

Like many kids, O?Brien watched Taz Devil as a young tacker and knew exactly what Warner Bros thought was its own creation.

?I grew up here understanding what a Tasmanian Devil was, but most of us grew up watching Warner Bros cartoons and seeing this thing spinning around,? O?Brien said.

?I get it, but the message I?d like to give is they?ve done the right thing by us, and they?ve done it in the right spirit.

?It?s a nice story on the way to getting the club to where it is.?

[angelopetraglia]

WHY BRAD JOHNSON WILL NOT JOIN THE TASMANIAN DEVILS MEMBERSHIP BANDWAGON

Over 125,000 AFL fans have signed up to be members of the Tasmanian Devils AFL side after the launch, a groundswell of support that has surprised even the most fervent locals.

The numbers have grown in part because of mainland support, with many AFL fans joining in and committing their $10 or $15 to the cause in exchange for some stickers.

Western Bulldogs great Brad Johnson will not be amongst them, however.

The sheer number of members will inject $2 million directly into the startup of the team and Johnson wonders why opposition supporters are jumping on board when the Devils will quickly become a very real threat to their own teams – as we saw with GWS and Gold Coast.

“I won’t be getting on board whatsoever. It’s not mean, they have now released their jumper, they’re official, they’re now opposition,” Johnson told AFL Nation.

“There is no way known that I am joining the Tasmanian team as a member.

“I cannot believe that people are doing it. How are you going to be when they come and start trying to pinch your team’s players in a couple of years and all of a sudden they play you in Round 1 and beat you?

“Are you going to be happy then that you were a member?

“This is serious now – and I’m not joking – this is serious because they are now an official competitor and a threat to my beloved Bulldogs and I will not buy a membership.”

The take surprised Gerard Whateley, who said: “I never had you as the Grinch, Johnno!”

Johnson explained that he is still incredibly happy for Tasmanians that their dream of receiving a team has been realised.

“I am rapt that they are coming into the competition. It’s going to be awesome. Let’s put that in perspective. Let’s hope they get this right, but the fact of the matter is that they’re now a competitor to my team and there’s no way known that I’m joining them, I’m sorry, that’s just the way that I feel in this footy world!” he added.

[angelopetraglia]

Ha. Johnson. Bleeds red, white and blue. Love it.

[ledge]

After last nights election results it looks dead in the water before it began.
Unless the AFL accept York park according to the greens . Someone has got to back down now.