All-Star Maryland Marlins Merging With Maryland Twisters

[BuegeSmalls]

Am I the only one not loving this? I really loved that Marlins was a smaller gym that had made it big. Also, i don't really consider this a merger, as it appears they are taking the Twisters name

Agreed! And I feel like this should have been done before tryouts.

ETA: sorry for the double post!

 

[megaflipper]

what name are they going under?

They will probably use the "Maryland" from the Marlins and "Twisters" from the twisters. LOL

 

[Cheerlegal]

There are spots available on some Twister teams, so I am sure they will be able to find spots for pretty much all of the athletes that wish to make the switch... And if not Tara, could always make a new team... :)

Is this taking place immediately? Haven't Marlins and Twisters both had placements already?

 

[stuntjumptumble]

Omg this is awesome! I can't wait to see all of the Twisters teams :D

 

[Tranquility]

Nooooooooo! I wanted some competition in our state. Like SOT vs Cheer Athletics :'(
But good luck to the athletes.

 

[AndrewSky]

I'm very sad to see Tsunami go. I really liked Maryland Marlins as a whole program. Sucks.

 

[ACEDAD]

Good for them. I hope it is an incredibly successful arrangement!

 

[CoachMandiCF]

So it looks like from the first post that marlins won't have its location?? All marlins will go to Twisters gyms??

 

[cheerne2011]

I'm seeing Maryland Twisters dominating in every level 5 division at Worlds :)

 

[Deleted member 15407]

A while ago i used to think they were the same gym...:oops:
But great! Maryland=Cheer Domination

 

[cupieqt]

I have no dog in this fight so my only comment is good luck and God bless!

(and is it a merger if the name doesn't change to suit both parties? When is a merger a merger and not an acquisition?)

 

[Deleted member 1556]

So how many gyms does this make Twisters having? I'm kind of disapointed. I don't know why, but I am.

 

[xomckenzieee]

I'm a huge Twisters fan and love Marlins too. This is going to be HUGE for the state of Maryland. A serious powerhouse. Marlins had awesome athletes and a phenomenal coaching staff. Can't wait to see how it turns out (which I'm thinking will be PERFECTION).

 

[ACEDAD]

I have no dog in this fight so my only comment is good luck and God bless!

(and is it a merger if the name doesn't change to suit both parties? When is a merger a merger and not an acquisition?)

My parent company merged on January 1 with two other accounting firms and the surviving name was a shortened version of ours with no mention of the others. We were twice as big as the other two, so a lot of times it has to do with recognition. No offense intende to Marlins, but Maryland Twisters is so much more widely recognized.

 

[cupieqt]

My parent company merged on January 1 with two other accounting firms and the surviving name was a shortened version of ours with no mention of the others. We were twice as big as the other two, so a lot of times it has to do with recognition. No offense intende to Marlins, but Maryland Twisters is so much more widely recognized.

Thanks for that Acedad! I definitely see the positive point of keeping the recognizable brand name over other options. Just didn't know if it could be called a merger if the name stayed the same. My thought is if the coaching staff, business plan and all of those "businessy" things are merged then technically it is. If Twisters just takes over then it would be an acquisition.

I'm just curious about the technical sides to the transaction. It's two gyms I admire greatly. I wish them all the best!