When the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union joined to form the CFL the Rough Riders existed in Ottawa since 1876 and the Roughriders Sask. since 1910 .........................allowed names to remain
When Ottawa disbanned they first came back as the Renegades ( I wish they would have been able to keep the name but it was a legal issue)
Third club named Redblacks to honour the colours of past organizations red black and white...... much like the Boston Red Sox
buzz saw logo is also used to honour Ottawa being an early lumber town
you have to admit there are dumber names in pro sports
we are making progress in Canada ...........we have a new territory .....Nunavat ......... means our land........... you think the native people would have picked a better piece of property
If the permafrost melts and oil starts to get exploited better, maybe not so bad. Yeah they were probably so far apart at the time (Regina to Ottawa) nobody gave a ****. But eventually they probably should have flipped a coin.
Maybe they could have went Clear Cut Loggers.