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USA and their sport teams names are hilarious (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is like they asked a 8 year old who watched transformers to name them plus drawing the logos. Especially in NBA and NFL.

Also the idea of a city "buying a team" from another state blows my mind... Imagine if that was a thing in Europe, Chelsea FC, in Newcastle or Bayern München in Hamburg. Barcelona FC In Madrid... That would cause a riot lol

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[–] PugJesus 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I agree with cities buying teams being ridiculous, but I much prefer "THE ORIOLES" or "THE TIDES" to "[city name] [sport] [club]". It's okay to get a little goofy with it - life is too short to be serious all the time. Have a little character to you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did not expect to see the Tides referenced in this thread. Hi neighbor.

[–] PugJesus 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Small state, innit

[–] DaMonsterKnees 2 points 4 months ago

So Virginia?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It just sounds less prestigious. These team are a century old, most of them at least. Also I'm not against names, but against corny ones, real Madrid isn't the name of the city, but sounds great.

[–] evidences 10 points 4 months ago

I mean as far as age goes, if I counted right, 16 of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball are over 120 years old. Also it's not like teams in England don't have nicknames if they didn't I wouldn't spend so much of my time ponder what in the hell a womble is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I've seen Real [insert city] as a team name often. What is real supposed to mean in this context? It's a REAL team? It's REALly based in [city name]? Or pointing out that the other team in town isn't REAL?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think you're confusing prestigious with pretentious.