The league (and we) had said all along that at least one of the initial team names trademarked would change when the names were officially unveiled. Other fan sites went on and on saying that all four names were for certain.
In a last minute trademark filing the San Francisco franchise has another trademarked possibility:
San Francisco Redwoods.
Redwoods are uniquely Northern California to many people and may offer an improvement over Rockfish to many.
Regardless we will find out at 2 PM Eastern today when the name is unveiled.
Update 1:00PM: Look for the team to be called California rather than San Francisco. In fact, the league’s page now reflects California Redwoods, so take that as all but confirmation.
[...] comes the report that the Rockfish may be gutted and replaced by the Redwoods. According to UFL Access, the UFL recently trademarked “San Francisco Redwoods,” perhaps after realizing that, [...]
How is this gonna work with the Redwoods playing in a baseball stadium? This isn’t Landshark Stadium, which is a football field doubling as a baseball field, this is a baseball field doubling as a football field.