Question:
How did Saskatchewan and Ottawa previously have the same Roughrider name in football?
pastor guy
2006-03-27 18:06:56 UTC
How did Saskatchewan and Ottawa previously have the same Roughrider name in football?
Three answers:
2006-03-27 18:20:20 UTC
Many years ago the Ottawa Rough Riders and the Regina Roughriders (notice the difference in spelling?) belonged to 2 different leagues. The Regina 'Riders changed their name to Saskatchewan in 1950 and a few years later the 2 separate leagues merged and both teams were allowed to keep their deeply entrenched nicknames.
strawcreek
2006-03-27 18:31:38 UTC
Each team played in different leagues originally so at the time that each team was formed they were the only team in their league with the name. When the 2 leagues joined together the teams kept their names. Saskatchewan spelled their name as one word while Ottawa was 2 words (Rough Riders).
WindowLicker
2006-03-27 18:07:44 UTC
weren't there more than one "blue bombers" too?


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