They could have had a month long league instead after the usual season ended with no such drama. This is too wierd I feel.

I don't think so, athletes will still compete for their nations, it's just that the nations have some US-sports kind of nickname and won't be announced as the actual nation anymore.

WWE Bad Blood 2024     Main Card:   WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax vs. Bayley Singles Match for the WWE Women's Championship     Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor Singles Match     Women's World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley Singles Match for the Women's World Championship Dominik Mysterio will be suspended above the ring in a shark cage     CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre Hell in a Cell Match     Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu Tag Team Match

I think that's isn't a league. They will just announce athletes with nicknames and no with nocs

So is it a league now? Or just plain shit. It sounds like some world league where any skater can represent any franchise. If that's the case, Dubai Camels, Azerbaijan Goats, Qatari Oryx and Uzbek Leopards should be on the way 

won the bid for 2031 Pacific Games with 12 votes, according to Pita Taufatofua social media.

GSOC HearingLife Tour Challenge Women’s Quarterfinals  Team Gim v.  Team Fujisawa  Team Wranå v.  Team Einarson  Team Constantini v.  Team Lawes  Team Homan v.  Team Kim

Team Lawes defeats Team Tirinzoni 5-3 in the C-qualifier, for a second win against them at this event! With that, another shocker as Tirinzoni also misses out on the playoffs 

Ah, hadn't seen the arrow to go to page 2. I assume that means they make a 'nickname' thingy for every country that has at least a single athlete participating...   Ice spiders and wolves and eagles and lions and hussars and vikings and then there's the Singapore....Gazelles  

There’s two pages of those by the way.