Talk:Utah Blaze

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BetacommandBot 14:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge suggestions Utah Blaze/Utah Thunder
My vote: No Different owners. Different leagues. Different histories. I would recommend moving Utah Thunder to Utah Blaze (AF1). —Preceding unsigned comment added by CKStark (talk • contribs) 03:19, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * But the same identity. I edited this page to include a brief summary of the Thunder's history  So my vote is Yes.  Tom Danson (talk) 21:13, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I still vote no. We have two pages for the Utah Grizzlies (IHL/AHL vs ECHL franchises) and they have the same owners. CKStark (talk) 00:09, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Utah Thunder should be merged with this article, since Thunder is assuming Blaze's identity and history. Better to have it at one article. and a section can be devoted to the 1 season that blaze played for the other league. Gman 124 talk 19:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I know that the AF1 purchased the rights to the names and logos of the old AFL teams. Are they going to keep the old record books or start as a new league?  If the answer is start new, then I will keep my vote for moving Utah Blaze to Utah Blaze (2005-2008) and then move Utah Thunder to the new Utah Blaze page.  If the AF1 will be keeping the records and continuing the league history and all then I may be willing to change my vote to merge the two articles.CKStark (talk) 19:40, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * There press releases don;t really say that they are starting a new league, they are just saying "returning after one-year hitatus". see this one from chicago rush site. to me that means that they are continuing the league. Gman 124 talk 20:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * see this link. its an teleconference audio, in which they say that af2 aquired all the team names, records, and media. So, i think for the teams that take on the name of former teams, will be the same situation as the cleavand browns thing. and they do say "relauch of Arena Footbal League" Gman 124 talk 20:21, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * In reading the history, I don't see why this should be one article. The original Blaze played three years, and as noted shut down with the league. The Utah Valley Thunder were an entirely new organization playing in a different league under an entirely different umbrella (not even af2) that managed to obtain the rights to the name.--Karataev (talk) 01:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Remove Utah Thunder history?
Why was the sections removed with the history of the Utah Thunder before they became the Utah Blaze? I wanted to know what the logic was before reverting it back to include the history of the franchise. Thanks CKStark (talk) 02:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)