ion - d ollar ▁lic ences ▁to ▁save ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁clubs ▁which ▁were ▁struggling ▁finan cially . ▁A ▁cons ort ium ▁head ed ▁by ▁former ▁actor ▁Paul ▁C ron in ▁and ▁bank rolled ▁by ▁entrepr ene ur ▁Christopher ▁Sk ase ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁lic ence . ▁Not ▁long ▁afterwards , ▁the ▁club ▁was ▁officially ▁announced ▁as ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁B ears , ▁signing ▁recently ▁retired ▁Haw th orn ▁player ▁Peter ▁Kn ights ▁as ▁coach , ▁and ▁un ve iling ▁a ▁playing ▁strip ▁consisting ▁of ▁a ▁gold ▁with ▁a ▁mar oon ▁y oke ▁and ▁a ▁tri angular ▁" BB " ▁logo ▁intended ▁to ▁represent ▁a ▁st yl ised ▁map ▁of ▁the ▁club ' s ▁home ▁state , ▁Queensland , ▁with ▁the ▁outline ▁of ▁a ▁ko ala ▁head ▁appearing ▁inside ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁B . ▁The ▁bear ▁appeared ▁ro aring ▁on ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁market ing ▁and ▁prom ot ional ▁materials ▁for ▁the ▁club , ▁including ▁the ▁club ' s ▁official ▁V FL ▁logo ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁club ▁was ▁given ▁very ▁little ▁time ▁in ▁which ▁to ▁set ▁itself ▁up , ▁with ▁few ▁players ▁and ▁no ▁suitable ▁home ▁ground . ▁Br is b ane ' s ▁main ▁out door ▁ven ue , ▁Br is b ane ▁Cr icket ▁Gr ound , ▁was ▁enc irc led ▁by ▁a ▁dog ▁racing ▁track ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁only ▁other ▁stad iums ▁that ▁were ▁reason ably ▁large ▁enough ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁the ▁B ears ▁were ▁rect angular ▁fields ▁better