Yesterday, in the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Toronto Argonauts battled the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The game was also nationally televised on ESPN2 - either times are changing, or we're just that bored because it's the middle of July. Either way, good for the CFL!
ESPN promoted the game earlier this week on some of their broadcasts, here's a screenshot:
To the casual observer, there's nothing unusual. To a CFL fan, they'd at least know that the Toronto Argonauts logo on top was correct. However, they would be a bit confused about the logo on the bottom intended to represent Saskatchewan. Here's the Saskatchewan Roughriders logo:
I think somebody at ESPN was asleep at the wheel. So what logo did they use? It's the Frisco RoughRiders, AA baseball affiliate for the Texas Rangers. Here's a closer look at their logo:
Even if the person in the control room was confused about which Roughriders team they were supposed to show, you'd think the word "Frisco" plastered across the top of the logo would be a red flag. Not only was it the wrong team, it was the wrong sport, in the wrong country. The color scheme wasn't even the same. I might have cut them some slack if they used the Michigan State logo.
Maybe the person responsible for proofing logos at ESPN is the same person that fact-checked the College Gameday feature on Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend.
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