While the rest of the world is concerned over DeflateGate, lacrosse has a much more serious battle.
#BattleofAlbertaGate….
The Edmonton Rush will face the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League’s western conference finals. The two rivals are pitted against each other four times a year and the games are often dubbed the Battle of Alberta.
Apparently, this playoff series won’t have that added flare.
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League own the trademark, and they aren’t very much interested in letting their roommates at Rexall Place use the moniker.
“They never asked, so we never had the opportunity to turn it down,” said Oilers operating officer and president Patrick LaForge to the Edmonton Journal, “and I can’t think of a reason why we would, but there is a bit of a protocol there.
“We’ve never really said no to anybody (and) if we ever charged for it, it went to charity.”
The Calgary Flames own the Calgary Roughnecks and they said they did not know about this. Bruce Urban, owner of the Rush, did not comment on the Edmonton Journal article.
The Oilers said they don’t have a problem with it being used, but now they aren’t allowing the Rush because they didn’t ask.
Don’t forget, earlier this year there were reports of a Rush sale to the Oilers that fell through. Could the bad blood have extended this far?
