Even Other Sports Teams Are Making Fun Of The L.A. Chargers' New Logo
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Well, it’s official — the Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, to be the second NFL team of a city who seemed pretty okay with having no NFL teams a couple of years ago. To commemorate their move, the Chargers unveiled a logo which was immediately trashed pretty much unanimously by the whole internet. But the Tampa Bay Lightning, who couldn’t help but notice similarities to both their logo and that of the Los Angeles Dodgers, opened up their own can of worms with this tweet:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*checks mentions*<br>*squints*<br>*clears throat*<br><br>for the record, us & the <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers">@dodgers</a> are just friends <a href="https://t.co/jBoJhZlYVD">https://t.co/jBoJhZlYVD</a></p>— #MSL26 (@TBLightning) <a href="https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/819596619943440384">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
That is A-plus corporate tweeting right there, and it precipitated this kinda-weird, kinda-great interaction:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/TBLightning">@TBLightning</a> you said you'd call.</p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/819648974978023424">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers">@Dodgers</a> oh, honey.</p>— #MSL26 (@TBLightning) <a href="https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/819650261794914304">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
But it didn’t stop there with official team accounts. Some other teams, most notably the Dallas Stars and a bucketload of minor league baseball teams, decided to try their hand at Chargers-style branding.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">new logo. hope this is cool, <a href="https://twitter.com/dallascowboys">@dallascowboys</a> <a href="https://t.co/cCBPHjqWxP">pic.twitter.com/cCBPHjqWxP</a></p>— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) <a href="https://twitter.com/DallasStars/status/819628587712126979">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Are we doing this right? <a href="https://t.co/OwDBuCdyDH">pic.twitter.com/OwDBuCdyDH</a></p>— #PonyUpTempo (@SMU_Football) <a href="https://twitter.com/SMU_Football/status/819632614831226880">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're not ones to fall behind the times. <a href="https://t.co/IUuKvO2KUk">pic.twitter.com/IUuKvO2KUk</a></p>— Montgomery Biscuits (@BiscuitBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/BiscuitBaseball/status/819601499420499968">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RAIDERS">@RAIDERS</a> If you're looking for a new logo idea when you move to Vegas... <a href="https://t.co/KIiFKwTizR">pic.twitter.com/KIiFKwTizR</a></p>— IronPigs (@IronPigs) <a href="https://twitter.com/IronPigs/status/819654486675386368">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Join us for Welcome Back <a href="https://twitter.com/Chargers">@Chargers</a> Night on Friday, August 18th! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChargersToLA?src=hash">#ChargersToLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/VbLoNJXJmy">pic.twitter.com/VbLoNJXJmy</a></p>— Inland Empire 66ers (@66ersBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/66ersBaseball/status/819618429460062208">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TBLightning">@TBLightning</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers">@Dodgers</a> samesies. <a href="https://t.co/ydAkSfa8xG">pic.twitter.com/ydAkSfa8xG</a></p>— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) <a href="https://twitter.com/OMAStormChasers/status/819609505206009856">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uhh, yeah. Just keepin' up with the Jones'... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LumberBolt?src=hash">#LumberBolt</a> <a href="https://t.co/UEl1zJW1AF">pic.twitter.com/UEl1zJW1AF</a></p>— Clinton LumberKings (@LumberKings) <a href="https://twitter.com/LumberKings/status/819661071619387392">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don't worry... Baseball will be back in a FLASH <a href="https://t.co/t9IH6jMVDw">pic.twitter.com/t9IH6jMVDw</a></p>— QC River Bandits (@QCRiverBandits) <a href="https://twitter.com/QCRiverBandits/status/819663636255961088">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So you think the new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> logo looks like the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a> logo? Just be glad they didn't follow through on that rumored move to Rancho. <a href="https://t.co/O2DY1E7SMQ">pic.twitter.com/O2DY1E7SMQ</a></p>— RC Quakes Baseball (@RCQuakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/RCQuakes/status/819594057626202112">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/Dbacks">@Dbacks</a>, you like our new logo? <a href="https://t.co/5MM7lvSsbZ">pic.twitter.com/5MM7lvSsbZ</a></p>— Reno Aces (@Aces) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aces/status/819643603089666048">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everyone's going crazy over the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> logo, and we're just over here still fighting with the Broncos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ <a href="https://t.co/7X7J1FLoYb">pic.twitter.com/7X7J1FLoYb</a></p>— Durham Bulls (@DurhamBulls) <a href="https://twitter.com/DurhamBulls/status/819662339221979137">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EMUEagles?src=hash">#EMUEagles</a> debut new logo in honor of Chargers move to LA <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> <a href="https://t.co/bgmRG35mUz">pic.twitter.com/bgmRG35mUz</a></p>— EMU Athletics (@EMUAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMUAthletics/status/819657337438867457">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crazy how everyone made a few changes to their logo today...guess everyone is charged up for the 2017 season. <a href="https://t.co/VJABR9lpyH">pic.twitter.com/VJABR9lpyH</a></p>— J.C. Cardinals (@JC_Cardinals) <a href="https://twitter.com/JC_Cardinals/status/819661577632813056">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Everyone else was doing it" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> <a href="https://t.co/6K3FLLuYLO">pic.twitter.com/6K3FLLuYLO</a></p>— Biloxi Shuckers (@BiloxiShuckers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BiloxiShuckers/status/819659362520231938">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All these <a href="https://twitter.com/MiLB">@MiLB</a> teams tweeting their logo + ⚡️... been there, done that! <br><br>¯\_(ツ)_/¯ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> <a href="https://t.co/YBtUk8yktI">pic.twitter.com/YBtUk8yktI</a></p>— Lake Elsinore Storm (@Storm_Baseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/Storm_Baseball/status/819661512377667584">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Lake Elsinore storm have a point. One team that seems to have completely missed the point of this little game is the Florida Panthers, who made a meme about… having games to play?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When everyone's tweeting about a logo change but you've got back-to-back games to prep for. ☕️🐸 <a href="https://t.co/yOjX0nde0r">pic.twitter.com/yOjX0nde0r</a></p>— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlaPanthers/status/819655325716455424">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Does a Panthers player or coach run the account? Is that why they’re claiming to be so busy? Isn’t making a meme to make fun of others making memes the equivalent of reading an entire article on a sports blog only to comment, “Slow news day, huh?”
The capper to this story makes it even better. Now the Chargers are telling everyone that the logo everyone’s trashing isn’t their real logo:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/Chargers">@Chargers</a> told me this is NOT their new logo- you won't see it on helmets or uniforms... it was for marketing purposes today. <a href="https://t.co/xZaucUmYgT">pic.twitter.com/xZaucUmYgT</a></p>— Liz Habib (@LizHabib) <a href="https://twitter.com/LizHabib/status/819642167006138368">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
To which we all say, “Yeah, sure.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Love this move. Unveil a logo, then when everyone hates it say you were just kidding and pick something else <a href="https://t.co/d8hVqOFPBv">https://t.co/d8hVqOFPBv</a></p>— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/819643577236066305">January 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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