Our current news is loaded with attempts to rename sports teams.?ÿ It seems even the most harmless sounding names might be offensive to someone somewhere.?ÿ So, the challenge is to come up with new names that EVERYONE will find to be harmless.
Perhaps we could have the University of Dullsville Doorknobs or the Massive Institute of Violining Kumquats.?ÿ I hear the name Banana Slug has already been taken.?ÿ Perhaps the Kentucky Koalas or the?ÿ College of Sleepyville Sloths.?ÿ How about a game between the Texas Turnips and the Alabama Alfalfa??ÿ Perhaps toss out The Cardinal and The Raven and go with the Quail and Pheasant.?ÿ Ah, a thrill packed game between the Tablecloths and the Credenzas.
What a thrill to be recruited to play for the Negotiating Geomaticians.
SW of here about 45 minutes is the bustling hamlet of Chickasha (chick'-uh-shay) Oklahoma.?ÿ I have to laugh every time I see the football team's road bus with "Home of the Fighting Chicks" emblazoned on the side.?ÿ The mascot looks something like a rooster, but I guess the "Fighting Cocks" was out of the question...?ÿ
Try this one on, Paden.
Cherryvale Fighting Cherries
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Level:?ÿhigh school
Status:?ÿdefunct
Years:?ÿ-1969
Tidbits:?ÿThe mascot was changed from the Fighting Cherries to the Chargers in 1969 by the high school student council after an overwhelming vote of the student body.
Can't overlook Eaton, Colorado's favorite team
https://northern-colorado-youth-hockey.ezleagues.ezfacility.com/teams/2381610/Eaton-Beavers.aspx
Richland High School:
There is also Speedy the geoduck. Evergreen State's mascot.?ÿ If you have to google geoduck, you might find it NSFW.?ÿ
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 3A Baseball Team
My boys started on tball team called Red Hots
I'd be happy if all the professional teams just went with their city as their name.
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@a-harris Like when the Colts play in Baltimore, they're introduced as the "Indianapolis Football Organization".
@midsouth-surveyor Gotta love George, a philosopher for the ages.
Team sports in the US (and maybe elsewhere) is truly a phenomenon.?ÿ I guess it probably started with baseball in the last half of the 19th. century.?ÿ But take note; none of the early pro teams had any names that designated (or denigrated) any particular group.?ÿ Twins, Dodgers, Phillies, Pirates...Cardinals??ÿ Unless you consider the name of the Yankees as derogatory, everything was pretty tame I guess.?ÿ BTW, "yankee" down in these latitudes can be considered a not-so-nice-word.
It seems somewhere along the line of two world wars sport team names became more specific and aggressive.?ÿ Not so much in pro sports, but HS and college ball.?ÿ Maybe it was some primal or tribal esprit de corps intended to instill fear in an opponent; like Lions, Tigers, Bears, Bulldogs, Gators...whatever..you get the idea.
I guess there's only so many names that can go around.?ÿ I'm watching for a shift in sentiment that would still allow a team's name to instill fear in their opponent and not step on any toes.?ÿ Maybe teams could adopt names like Tax Auditors, Cutthroats or Assassins...maybe Terrorists..or how about the Pleasantville Mass Murderers??ÿ Or maybe a women's HS softball team named the Central High Ex-wives...there's some fear now.?ÿ?ÿ
Catchy, don't you think? 😉
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