The Shock logo shakedown

The crazy went to bizarre.

That’s what arena league football is all about anyway, but generally during the season.

On Oct. 19 it was officially announced that after 10 years, the Spokane Shock would no longer be known as the Shock.

It’s got nothing to do with the need to totally rebrand the team that has sought asylum in the Indoor Football League for the 2016 season.

Just what the crumbling Arena Football League will gain by playing hardball with the Shock by putting its name and logo in storage with those of a half dozen other defunct franchises is as clear as the many baffling calls made by...