New Jersey Ironmen - New indoor soccer team

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I can only imagine what their logo will look like. Does IMNA have a trademark on the Ironman name?

Devils Owner Jeff Vanderbeek has reached an agreement with the MISL for an expansion franchise that will begin play this fall at Prudential Center, according to Colin Stephenson of the Newark STAR-LEDGER. The new team, which will be called the New Jersey Ironmen, will become the arena’s third sports tenant, joining the Devils and Seton Hall men’s basketball. The Ironmen will be one of three teams joining the MISL for the ’07-08 season, bringing the total number to nine. Vanderbeek said that he “thinks the league’s financial model (a single-entity ownership structure with a $350,000 salary cap per team) will make it possible to turn a profit.” He said that he would be “‘willing to bet’ the Ironmen will average 5,000 or more in attendance their first season,” and added that the team “could break even by averaging as few as 3,800 per game.” Including the team’s 15 home dates, plus preseason and playoff games, Vanderbeek said that the total number of event nights at Prudential Center would be “roughly 205.” He also “anticipates adding more sports teams next year and beyond, and said he envisions about 250 event nights per year in the future”
(Newark STAR-LEDGER, 6/20).

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Yes they do:
“IRONMAN®, IRONMAN TRIATHLON®, M-DOT®, IRONMANLIVE.COM®, IRONMAN.COM™, and 70.3™ are trademarks of WTC.”

However not ironmEn (after all it is an individual event)!

Fred.

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I love soccer and I’m from New Jersey.

I smell a tattoo!!!

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Was the name “We like Bon Jovi, but not ironically” too long to fit on the jerseys?

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It is pretty much in the “Ironbound” section of Newark. Very Portuguese/Brazilian area. There are very few billboards in English. Soccer should do well there.