SM-liiga's new name will be "Liiga"

[Finnpin]

http://www.jatkoaika.com/Uutiset/sm-liiga-vaihtaa-nimensä-liigaksi/150379

The new logo?

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[Finnpin]

Not very clever one, but imho it's better than SM-liiga.

 

[KHLJokers*]

Is this for real? They went full Pejorative Slur this time

 

[Kennel]

I like the arrogance of this.

"You pitiful minor sports can use your lame prefixes, we are The League"

 

[Finnpin]

It's false news by Jatkoaika.

http://www.iltalehti.fi/smliiga/2013080917351002_sm.shtml

SM-liiga name stays, logo gets updated though.

Edit. it's not false. Iltalehti updated their news.

 

[vsk92]

The official name is will be SMLiiga, but the brand and logo will be Liiga apparently.

 

[Jussi]

It's false news by Jatkoaika.

http://www.iltalehti.fi/smliiga/2013080917351002_sm.shtml

SM-liiga name stays, logo gets updated though.

It's not false: http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/Jääkiekon+SM-liiga+muuttaa+nimensä+Liigaksi/a1376013022442

 

[Finnpin]

It's not false: http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/Jääkiekon+SM-liiga+muuttaa+nimensä+Liigaksi/a1376013022442

So it seems. Iltalehti's news is updated also.

 

[teris]

I like the arrogance of this.

"You pitiful minor sports can use your lame prefixes, we are The League"

Well, SM-liiga didn't refer to a sport either.

 

[Jussi]

Well, SM-liiga didn't refer to a sport either.

"Suomen Mestaruus - liiga"

 

[Killerinstinct]

Well it´s easy to fill in sponsors name into it. Karjala-Liiga or Länsi-auto-liiga or Lännen puhelin-liiga.

 

[Jussi]

Well it´s easy to fill in sponsors name into it. Karjala-Liiga or Länsi-auto-liiga or Lännen puhelin-liiga.

ES(Euro Shopper) Liiga would be more appropriate.

 

[Killerinstinct]

ES(Euro Shopper) Liiga would be more appropriate.

That´s a good one too. I think it´s stupid to change league name if there´s no benefit.

 

[Finnpin]

But still that looks better than the previous one with weird font

 

[Qurpiz]

It says 1üga....

 

[vorky]

But still that looks better than the previous one with weird font

I like it, much better than logo of SHL

Still dont get it, SM-Liiga was great and unique name in hockey world (yes, not in finnish enviroment as I see it). The same Elitserien, so unique.

Hope Liiga will not get sponsor name as czech Tipsport extraliga

 

[Finnpin]

It says 1üga....

Yes, it does

 

[Vicente]

I don't know. I liked the name SM-liiga because it had a long tradition by now. And whenever I talked with someone who was not that much into international hockey there was a good laugh about what the SM in the league's name meant.

ps:

is it a coincidence that Swedish and Finnish leagues have major name changes at the same time?

1975 division 1 -> elitserien / sm-sarja -> sm-liiga
2013 elitserien -> shl / sm-liiga -> liiga

 

[Kennel]

ps:

is it a coincidence that Swedish and Finnish leagues have major name changes at the same time?

1975 division 1 -> elitserien / sm-sarja -> sm-liiga
2013 elitserien -> shl / sm-liiga -> liiga

Probably not. Finland has a great tradition of following Sweden's lead. Of course there's always other parameters, but Sweden is never insignificant.

 

[icing]

Lüga

Reaching for the German market?

Seriously. I saw Lüga when looking at the logo and thought "what the h*ll?"

 

[KHLJokers*]

Lüga

Reaching for the German market?

Seriously. I saw Lüga when looking at the logo and thought "what the h*ll?"

 

[Juzmo]

Couldn't get much blander than that.

Ugh...

 

[SoupyFIN]

Everything cool and modern these days is black&white, so we must do the same thing!

That's worse than the old one. Jesus.

 

[TZM]

Here's the meeting:

Guy-in-the-suit#1 - "Well then... what's the new name of our league?"

Guy-in-the-suit#2 - "How about League?"

Guy-in-the-suit#3 - "Sounds good to me. Let's get drunk now."

*Meeting wrapped up*

 

[KHLJokers*]

That's worse than the old one. Jesus.

The old one is actually quite nice,,, What is wrong with it?