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The 'Harwich Navigators' .....?
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That might work, since the erstwhile Norwich Navigators are now the Connecticut Defenders
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Sheesh. And I only found out week before last that there are no more Houston Oilers. They tell me it's been so for ten years.
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That sux.
How about Seafarers.
Or Salts.
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It's not just Harwich, but, apparently it is just the Cape Cod League. At least according to this New York Times article.
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It doesn't seem like it would take such a high-powered lawyer to point out that Harwich had the name first and that the Seattle team came into existence 31 years ago and they never got around to whining about trademark violation till now. Seems like there's some statute of limitations thing should kick in here. It's not like they never heard of the Cape Cod League till now. Here's a list of Cape Cod League alumni that have gone on to play in the Majors.
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It does sound ridiculous - how can a team copyright such a generic name? Does this mean no one can name their local sporting team the bears or devils or tigers or any other name that happens to be used by some major well known team? Surely it's not legal.
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There is an additional factor. MLB contributes to the various collegiate summer wooden-bat leagues. They want to be able to scout the players in the wooden-bat situation, which they can't do in the regular collegiate season since the colleges and universities play with metal bats. Even if a court decision came in against them, they could cut off or reduce those funds. They'd be cutting their own throats if they did that, however; the Cape Cod League is widely regarded as the premier summer collegiate league as witnessed by the list I linked to above.
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it's totally stupid, and one of the reasons that I don't follow major sports at all anymore. too damn greedy, those people are.
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