Kansas City’s new North American Premier Basketball League team has yet to play its first game, but it already has a new name.
Originally named the KC Buzz, the team has been rebranded as the Kansas City Tornados after an attorney representing Georgia Tech sent a letter to the team and the NAPBL saying it was using the school’s trademarks in an unauthorized manner.
Georgia Tech’s nickname is the Yellow Jackets and its logo was too similar to a bee used in the Buzz’s logo in the school’s opinion.
Here is what the Buzz logo looked like: