Tasmania's new AFL staff has come up towards a roadblock in naming itself due to a serious leisure firm.
The brand new staff needs to be known as the Tasmanian Devils, paying homage to one of many state's most iconic animals, however Warner Brothers has the unique rights to the phrases on account of the well-known Looney Tunes character.
International Affairs Minister Penny Wong stated she was "shocked" to understand the American firm has the rights to the identify.
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"I feel like most Australians would assume that Tasmania satan was one thing that we may use," Wong instructed 2GB's Ben Fordham.
"They might be fairly shocked an American firm has the rights to it."
Tasmania was formally been granted a licence for its AFL staff, in addition to an AFLW aspect, at an announcement in Hobart this afternoon.
Outgoing AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan stated league's goal is to have the brand new aspect coming into each the lads's and ladies's competitions in 2028.
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