Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 8 months ago

USA and their sport teams names are hilarious

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USA and their sport teams names are hilarious

Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 8 months ago

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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That’s a nickname though, and also that’s a national team.
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  We’re talking about nicknames.
  
  New York Yankees = City Nickname
  
  Yankee Global Enterprises, LLC = official legal name
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    Nobody on the damn planet is going to call them Yankee global enterprises, cmon. Also Yankees is I think the only exception of a half decent name. Isn’t as childish as “raptors” or whatever

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