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

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You keep mentioning “prestige”, what’s so prestigious about a city name? Also sometimes teams change names. Like at one point the Jazz became the Hornets. If Barcelona FC moved to Madrid it could just be renamed Madrid FC. No fuss there. Why does a sports team have to be tied to a place? Which matters more, the team or the location?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You keep getting downvoted because you’re not really explaining yourself well. Let’s say all of the players, coaches, etc. just up and moved to another city but left the team name behind. What would be the difference between that and moving the whole team. I guess why question is what constitutes “the team”? Is it the players or the place. And if the latter, what does the place provide to that of the team?