Gaz52 11,837 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 This is a bit light hearted so don't take it too seriouslyBut I've got ESPN on and there's a Basketball show on and the Real Madrid Basketball team are on it, 'Real Madrid Baloncesto' They're playing against teams like Panathinaikos. I don't know much about it, don't know what the leagues are like or anything to be honest, just find it quite interestingWould you go and watch a Rangers basketball team? Or a Rangers ice-hockey team? Something like that? And would it generate more income or leave us out of pocket? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiogh 178 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I'd be happy if we just started playing Football again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe 25,327 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 we had the rangers racing car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,862 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Did we not have a F1 car or something like that, I remember seeing it years ago on the webpage Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho_nacho_man 477 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 This is a bit light hearted so don't take it too seriouslyBut I've got ESPN on and there's a Basketball show on and the Real Madrid Basketball team are on it, 'Real Madrid Baloncesto' They're playing against teams like Panathinaikos. I don't know much about it, don't know what the leagues are like or anything to be honest, just find it quite interestingWould you go and watch a Rangers basketball team? Or a Rangers ice-hockey team? Something like that?And would it generate more income or leave us out of pocket?Can't say that I would TBH - got little interest in those other sports. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Don't we have a baseball team based in Texas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,862 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 I'm pretty sure that car won a race and Novo was modelling itBELTER Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe 25,327 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,446 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 No. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 No.Would you go and watch a Rangers Young Team defend their turf against a bunch of rogue Catholics?I would Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC Eagle 4,888 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 This is a bit light hearted so don't take it too seriouslyBut I've got ESPN on and there's a Basketball show on and the Real Madrid Basketball team are on it, 'Real Madrid Baloncesto' They're playing against teams like Panathinaikos. I don't know much about it, don't know what the leagues are like or anything to be honest, just find it quite interestingWould you go and watch a Rangers basketball team? Or a Rangers ice-hockey team? Something like that?And would it generate more income or leave us out of pocket?A lot of European sides are sporting clubs rather than straight forward football teams. Man United had a basketball team in the late 80s but it didn't last long. Basketball is a huge attraction in Spain and Greece but it has never held its appeal in the UK. Maybe a Rangers rugby team would be a nod to the origins of our name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz92 966 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Don't we have a baseball team based in Texas?HA HA HA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho_nacho_man 477 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 quite a few of the south american sides are also sporting clubs.I might have a different view if we had been established in this way from the outset - but any sort of newly launched franchised Rangers 'sports club' venture is a non starter in my view.Can't help but feel it would be a dilution of our club traditions.Edit: and yes I am aware that the founding fathers were involved in the athletics circuit Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,670 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime69 514 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Don't we have a baseball team based in Texas?you might be right,, think we have an ice hockey team aswell playing out of new york hahain all seriousness though i couldnt see it working or having much interest from fans to be honest, having teams playing in the british leagues for these sports,, no money or interest in them as it is Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 HA HA HA.I love the fact I wind you up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboscot 1,186 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I'm sure we had a basketball team in the late 80s!Guildford Kings was a successful British basketball franchise, most prominent in the British Basketball League (BBL) during the early 1990s. They ceased operations at the end of the 1993-94 season.The franchise's origins date back to the London YMCA Metros who entered the National Basketball League in 1973. The Metros enjoyed several successful seasons and a variety of exotic names - due to sponsorship naming deals - throughout the 1970s, but in 1979, owner Malcolm Chamberlain uprooted the team and relocated them from London to the suburbs of Kingston upon Thames and to the Tolworth Recreation Centre, and rebranding as Kingston.Kingston were one of the first entrants into the new Carlsberg League, finishing second in the inaugural 1987-88 British Basketball Leagueseason. In 1988, the franchise was bought out by Rangers F.C. chairman David Murray, and became the Glasgow Rangers. Rangers were League Champions in 1988-89, but were sold off after just one year and returned to Kingston, where the franchise enjoyed their most glorious period. From 1989 to 1992, they won every League Championship as well as many other trophies and competitions. In 1992 the franchise was moved yet again to the brand new Spectrum Arena in Guildford to become the Guildford Kings. The Kings competed for two more years in the British Basketball League and even European competitions, until 1994, when the franchise folded completely due to financial difficulties. The league sold Kings' licence to a group headed by Robert Earl, Ed Simons and Harvey Goldsmith, who went on to establish the equally successful Leopards franchise.Professional basketball returned to Guildford in 2005 with the creation of Guildford Heat, who also play out of the Surrey Sports Park, at the University of Surrey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 we had the rangers racing car.Fuck knows what happened to that Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gersman1872 0 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I live in hull and there is a lot of interest in rangers here and apart from football, rugby super league is really big here,so maybe a rangers rugby super league team would pay it's own way Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christchurch Rangers 1,229 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I would watch a Rangers womens roller derby team Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgers 735 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Fuck knows what happened to thatCraig Whyte Sold it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
West_Side 1,571 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Don't we have a baseball team based in Texas?We also have an ice hockey team based in New York.We truly are a global brand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBear 13 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I went see them once at coasters in Falkirk. Don't know if that was the regular home venue but I do remember that it was pish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz92 966 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I love the fact I wind you up.Quite the opposite.I think I like pretending you do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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