The Worst Sports Teams Names in History - EXPLAINED!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Ninh explains The worst sports teams names in history. There are some sports teams that are named after ridiculous, non-sensical, non-threatening, or just borderline racist names. When your team is called the ‘Banana Slugs’ or the ‘Fighting Artichokes’, you know you’re going to be the prime target for abuse.
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There's a MLS team called the Chicago Fire. Basically they named their team after the worst disaster ever to happen to the city. It would be as if there was a professional sports team called the New Orleans Katrina, or the Boston Massacre, or the Oklahoma Bomber, or the San Francisco Earthquake, or the Los Angeles Riot, or the New York Jets...oh.
+falsehero2001 underrated comment ^
+falsehero2001 Ummm, yep, I agree with that. Jets .. ouch! Thanks for stopping by, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
+Ninh Ly I sure did, you do some niffty stuff.
+falsehero2001 Funny story regarding that, when the Oklahoma City bought the Sonics they had a fan vote to pick the new name. Someone submitted Bombers, and it got voted into the top 5.
+Explosions & Stuff - That's really sad.
To be fair, Go Nads! is fairly hilarious
Hi Ho Wolverhampton Yeah, even though it's a terrible name: at least their students have a sense of humour ... of sorts.
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Hi Ho Wolverhampton it reminds me of how Dartmouth's mascot is a keg of beer
Hi Ho Wolverhampton my dad's intermural team were the nads for that chant. They were also the visitors because they were on every scoreboard lol
What the fuck
SOOOOO FUNNY!
Did anyone else notice that the 'Nads' logo is meant to resemble a penis with balls?
I bet the person who made that logo had too many drinks
I'm guessing one of the students thought it'd be a good idea. A penis-orientated student no less. Thanks for the post, be sure to share and subscribe :)
How is this real...
***** Sadly ... it's real!
It's not so much the logo and name (the basketball team are the balls and the hockey team the nads) but that the actual fucking mascot is a dick. An actual dick costume named Scrotie.
I think the Denver Nuggets, is the worst name in basketball...... I mean....... Nuggets... Nuggets of all things. I get its related to gold but all I can think of when I hear that name is chicken nuggets from McDonald's xD
Chicken7272 I agree
Chicken7272 I think the fries were already taken 😂😂😂
Chicken7272 boi what you got against nuggets
Chicken7272 no the nugget (obviously not food) was popular in the west but I think the worst basketball name is the Toronto Raptors bc it makes no sense
Chicken7272 Gold nugget there was Gold in Colorado mines ect I think the nuggets is a good name for them as there was a lot of gold mining around colorado
Minnesota Wild have by far the most creative logo in sports. Love the cougar head/sunset, looks cool!
Dude Shibby Yeah, their logo is pretty cool. One of the better ones out there. I just have a problem with their name. If they were called the 'Minnesota Cougars' or whatever that animal is, then that would be awesome.
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I never noticed that until now
hiding behind username wait I thought that was a bear.
It's actually a bear's head.
OMG I NEVER NOTICED THAT-
2:51 I don't know those artichokes look pretty scary
+Mrchips469 Ha! Good one!
Mrchips469 Definitely the best Pokemon
I've got one that's pretty bad: The Ottawa Redblacks of the CFL.
PhillipRottingham Oh yeah! I hated the name when they released it.
I hated it even more when they insisted that the media refer to the Redblacks name in all caps: REDBLACKS. How ridiculous!
The French version of the name makes more sense - the Rouge et Noir.
I just call them the 'RodBlacks' after the TSN announcer. It makes more sense to name the team after him!
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Ninh Ly I already have! Keep up the good work. :)
PhillipRottingham lmao I was always laugh when they come to town to play my riders
redblack is named after a bird they have in ottawa
For those who want to know, Wanka, also spelled Huanca, is the name of one of the pre-columbian civilizations of Peru.
I remember going to some of their games vs "Universitario de Deportes" (still active to this day) and thought they were kinda cool.
Never knew they went to UK and got famous xD
Ooh, they might want to consider switching to the "Huanca" spelling for competitions outside of South America. But aside from that, the team name's meaning is AWESOME.
I was a public address announcer in college in the 1990s and my school hosted the Banana Slugs a couple of times for basketball. There were peals of laughter from the crowd when I made the announcement of the team nickname. Not that I blamed them! 🤣
Most people outside (and even inside) the United States don't know this, but Indian is accepted as the politically correct term by most Indians themselves. They don't like Native American because that's also the collective name for native people on the whole continent, and Indian is now unique to Natives of the US.
Also the team name is from a *Cough* "Different Era"
Indian, Indigenes
If you haven't done one already, I think a video on the worst stadium names would be a great follow-up. Some of them are direct results of corporate ownership, and while you can't turn down money, that doesn't necessarily instill athleticism.
the wild shouldn't be on here
Yes they should.
Eli Haataja It's sounds like a name an 11 year old would come up with.
We are already dead Fam exactly. The most important market to advertise to are kids.
Eli Haataja ikr
It’s too bad the NHL didn’t make the Stars change their name when they moved to Dallas. Then Minnesota could have been the North Stars.
The last time anyone conducted a poll to actually ask the indigenous peoples of the USA what they'd prefer to be called, in 1995, a plurality of nearly 50% answered "American Indian".
The term "Native American" was invented by US government statisticians in the 1970s, to standardise the terms for "natives" of Hawaii, Samoa, or mainland America. They chose 'native' because it was short enough to fit on any chart.
yes you are right there but the rest of the world calls what americans call "indians" calls them aboriginal peoples
Rob Montaigue Unless they're trying to be more specific.
I am a "Native American". I was born here. I've lived here ever since.
Mr. Shades - That's like saying a Lion born at the New York Zoo should be in the Natives section because it was born in America and lives there.
76ers? 49ers? that strikes as much fear into me as a wet napkin.
SBs Biscuit a 49er is a gold rush prospector and 76ers refers to 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed
There's also the 66ers which is the NBA d league
There is actually an obvious reason for both of those names. How about doing research before sounding stupid
49ers is what they used to call prospectors during the gold rush.
The Bay area needs a team called "the
69ers"......
I call the Browns the brownies
Mrchips469 Funny you should say that, the Cleveland Browns announced a re-brand this week and they're ditching the current logo (you know - the non-brown helmet). Should be interesting to see what they come up with ...?
Yo les digo los "Clowns"
I call them the "Clowns"
@@NinhLyUK .....still waiting
The Browneyes......
They don't even wear Brown. They look more orange. IMO that's false advertising. lol
I graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1985. Back then, the university had no formal sports. The students jokingly suggested the name "Banana Slugs," which the chancellor later nixed. He relented when the school's (informal) athletes loved it.
Crazy story ... but I can believe that's true. Thanks bro.
Funny but true fact since you brought up "Iowa Chops." There's a team called the Cedar Rapids Kernels, they're a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Twins. Naming the team after food I guess is a tradition.
There’s also the Montgomery Biscuits, also a Minor League team.
Young Boys of Bern.
I was just thinking of that one.
Juventus means the same thing.
Panquake I’m from Switzerland 🇨🇭 and you know that actually they stole the name a bit by hearing the Old Boys Basel so they just thought why not the opposite 🤔😂
The Guardians is easily the worst team name in sports history, and Commanders isn't far behind. I don't care what the history is behind Guardians, the name just sucks.
Rio de Janeiro has had a small lower state league side called Futuro Bem Próximo (Really Close Future is the closest English translation I can think of) for a decade or two so far, I believe.
Interesting name?!
Very funny video. What about the Real Salt Lake? "Real" in Spanish means "royal", hence the crown in Real Madrid etc. This title is given by the king, but there is no king in USA!
Yes, I think Salt Lake was trying to be Real Madrid ... but it failed miserably. Thanks for the comment!
@@NinhLyUK If they had to borrow a name from a Hispanic team, they should have gone with aping Santos Laguna!
Jordi Morral that is why the mls is a joke
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 no
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 The MLS started out with typical American team names (i.e., "city + noun"), but the later teams tried to get cute and use European club names as a basis...I'm surprised there isn't some kind of "Juventus" name since they already have a [blank] United, FC [blank], and Real [blank].
Then again, European football clubs have really shitty names to begin with :P
Huanca (also written as Wanka) is a city in Peru, that’s why they called themselves that way.
Yes, it's perfectly innocent in their own language.
Not so if you're English.
it´s "Huancayo"
¿Y de ahí son las papas a la huancaína?
@@gunslingingbird74 exactamente
Yuma High School Criminals
Yep, add that to the list ... except if all the students are actually criminals, then it's just fact.
Bah...beat me to it.
Again I will state that naming a sports team the Braves, Indians or Redskins is a compliment to Native Americans. It pays tribute to their warrior heritage and projects the tough image they want their players to display while competing. No one would name a team after a racial slur because that would suggest the team is inferior to the competition and doesn't suggest confidence. If you think that "Redskins" (as a team name) is a shot against Native Americans then you must conclude that the Montreal "Canadiens" are mocking Canadians.
If you're asking if I personally believe that those terms are racist, the answer is no.
But the fact that people have a problem with this indicates that there are people who are offended by those terms.
Rugby has some "colorful" names. The "Maggots" (Missoula), is a favorite. In my own home state we have the Poca "Dots" football team.
Poca 'dots' - I quite like that! Thanks man :)
I've got one Manchester United
Shots fired
I was wondering how long it would take someone to mention either Manchester United or Liverpool.
Not very long, then!
Haha love Ur vids btw way man keep it up!!!
Cheers! I appreciate your kind comments.
But seriously though, most association football teams don't have names other than their city name plus FC, SC, United, or something like that
Willie Jeng Yeah, they tend to have standard names. You do get a few with other monickers like 'Hotspurs' 'North End' 'County' 'Orient' etc. But it's rare for an English Football team to adopt a team nickname as their actual name. MLS teams however ...
Chorrillo F.C {Panama)
Chorrillo is a commonly used slang term for diarrhea in Latin America. It gets even funnier, their supporters call themselves "El corre que te alcanza" another slang term that can be translated to English as "Hurry up before you poo your pants"
+Pedro Dorantes Ha! That's awesome - I don't know what to say to that one other than ... awesome! Great find, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
Chorrillo means in spanish little stream but and is the barrio where they are, there used to be a stream that dried out after the Panama Canal was built. But still funny. Because of the double entendre.
"Fighting...Artichokes" lmao
Yes, exactly.
Let's go Chokes!
@@PaulBlomJr can we say if they lose that they choked a d their heart wasn't there lol
In Rugby League there's a team called The Gloucestershire All Golds. Not only is it a sad attempt at comparing themselves to the All Blacks (even their logo is a recoloured fern), but their shirts do not contain the colour gold.
+Johnny “ACBlackJ0ck” Takigero Yeah, I totally agree! They totally ripped off the All Blacks logo and they play in blue. This defeats the object of being called 'all golds'. Good find, thanks for the comment, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
There used to be a minor league hockey team in the US called the Macon Whoopee. In the US, the phrase "making whoopee" means having sex.
Yes, I always thought that 'whoopee' was an Americanism for sex. I thought it was rather strange.
I don't like names that have nothing to do with the town/city. Rugby League is the main offender. There are no Wolves in Warrington, and I have yet to see a Viking longship sailing up the Mersey at Widnes.
+tigerboy1966 Here's one for you to hate :) One of the footballclubs in the Netherlands is called
"Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan Aangenaam Door Vemaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda".
(Translates roughly as: "Never Give Up Always Persist Pleasant Through Entertainment And Useful through Recreation Combined Breda". Breda is the name of the town)
It's a merge or combination ("combinatie) of two clubs: "Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan" and "Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning" You'll find them currently in the Jupiler League (= "eerste" division, actually the second league ) as NAC. That is the abbreviated form that is used in normal use.
+hijothema Ummm ... wow. Just wow.
+DieFlabbergast Wires and Chemics were the proper names for these teams. Those nicknames were used for donkeys years. That was history. If Warrington didn't want to be Wires they could have been Steamers, Locos, Brewers, Weavers, Elves, Tanners, Bombers, Cavaliers, all of which would have had some link to the town's history,
There's some college in North Carolina with their mascot as the Fighting Pickles. As for pro, almost any name sounds stupid when you think about it. For example: New England Patriots, watch out, somebody who loves their country.
Mike Dilullo Ha! What a great line! I never even gave the Patriots a second thought, but now that you put it like that .... ha!
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Savannah Bananas
Mitchell Hill should been the Macon Bacon
“I’m proud to finally call myself a Savannah Banana.”
In the ipl (Indian premier league) there is a team called the Mumbai Indians.
There is another team which used to be called the delhi daredevils (very intimidating) but then changed their name in December 2018 to Delhi Capitals.
Yes, but I didn't think the IPL names were the worst I've come across.
@@NinhLyUK In Bangladesh premier league there is a team named Comilla Victorians. Although people think the name has something to do victory instead of being callback to a disgraceful era of the country.
They say that the name of the Toronto Raptors (NBA basketball) was chosen only because at the time the franchise was first awarded the most popular movie in theatres was Jurassic Park. But this is only half the story. The franchise ran a contest to name the team, and one of the suggestions that raised a few eyebrows was "Toronto Saurus Rex". No doubt it was this, more than anything else, that inspired the name that was finally retained.
Benoit Blanchard I don't mind the Toronto Raptors name because it's a little different and I'm a Raptors fan. A lot of people think it's a silly name, but I think it's cool. I really don't like the new logos and jerseys though ... what a shockingly poor re-brand! Thanks for stopping by, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
Nice s/o to risd! this is what happens when you let art students name a sports team
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Yeah, the UNC School of the Arts teams are the fighting pickles.
im, Denver nuggets?
Kansas City Chiefs they named that bc nuggets (not food) was popular in the west
gold?
Nick_ SJ CHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEFS
denver was founded as a mining town back in the day. (gold) nuggets
You missed most of the team's in minor league baseball. There's the Iron Pigs, Bananas, Chihuahuas, Mud Hens, Wingnuts, Owlz, Nuts, Tin Caps, Beach Bums, Cornbelters, Train Robbers, Rubber Ducks, Flying Squirrels, Isotopes (named after the team from the Simpsons), Biscuits, Yard Goats, Muck Dogs... You know what? Just do an episode solely on minor league teams...
Yeah pretty much all of them are bad.
And now the new one in Traverse City Michigan, The Pit Spitters.
jacksonville jumbo shrimp
New Orleans Baby Cakes.
the Rocket City Trash Pandas are a minor league club out of Mobile, Alabama
Portland OR has two minor league baseball teams, the Hillsboro Hops and the Portland Pickles. Actually I kind of like the Hops - it's beer related.
Interesting names!
The Artichokes was a protest. I went to Scottsdale community. A few years back. K...Back in the 70’s the school was predominantly an arts school. A new director came aboard and wanted to cut the art programs to build a football team. Naturally, students were pissed their arts classes were gonna get cut for a sports team. There were a bunch of protests, but the director went with it anyways. They held votes to pick the team mascot, things like the bears, the sharks, etc., and left a few spaces to write in your own mascots. Kids just wrote down the dumbest thing they could think of and thus Artie the Artichoke was born. I love our mascot.
Interesting choice for a protest!
In my father's hometown there are high school teams the Rock Island ROCKS (their swim team goes by 'Dolphins' for obvious reasons) and the Moline MAROONS. Along with tonnes of generic animals of course.
Also not sure how you'd feel about the cricket team Mumbai Indians..
Given that Rocks is the name of several teams (Toronto Rock, Glasgow Rocks) and Maroons is common too (Queensland Rugby League), I don't have a problem with those.
As for 'Mumbai Indians' it's kinda their version of 'Rochester Americans' so again, I have no problem with that.
I live in MN and support every single one of our professional teams. So when I saw the Wild for honorable mention I was like “ehm, excuse me”
Name sucks ... logo however is awesome.
North Stars where the BEST!!!! go STARS GO
Wild is my second favourite team!
Nobody cares
me too
@go2448 hahahahahahahahahahaha
Minnesota north Stars!!!!! GO STARS GO!!
NRL State of Origin's New South Wales Blues "AKA The Roaches" And Queensland Maroons "AKA TOADS"
Blues and Maroons is quite common. Roaches and Toads ... not so much.
Sadly there our mascots and on our logos sometimes Ninh Ly
The worst sports team name of all time is the Raton, NM Swastikas. They played part of the 1912 season in the Rocky Mountain League, a class D minor league. Class D was similar to the Rookie level teams of today - young players trying to make a name for themselves, but who are far from Major League caliber. The league existed for only the one season and is so obscure that baseball-reference.com doesn't even list the names of the players. Basically, we know it existed but nothing else.
Of course, the Nazi party did not yet exist in 1912, and the swastika had no sinister connotations, so the name wasn't as unbelievably tactless as it sounds today, but in retrospect it is a pretty awful name for a sports team.
Swastikas?! Ouch, that one is historically bad. Good job no team is named that now! Good find!
How about the Delta State University Fighting Okra?(Cleveland, Mississippi) Okay, their actual mascot are the Statesmen, but the Okra is a much loved mascot of DSU.
Chris Herndon
I heard the college teams have a dirty habit of naming their teams after non-sensical things.
I think I have heard of the 'fighting okra' (and I had to look up what an okra was).
Equally ridiculous: there's a team that calls themselves the 'boll weevils'.
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You should look up the Delta State- Fear the Okra ads here on TH-cam. pretty funny!
I just watched a few of those ... what the hell?!?!?!?!
Cause nothing says "fear" quite like a mean muggin' vegetable with boxing gloves. LOL Be afraid...be very afraid!!!
Could be worse ... you could be attacked by that Penis mascot at the Rhode Island School of Design.
I'd rather be beaten up by a vegetable than a giant dong ... if that was a choice at all?!
Mighty Ducks. Now just Ducks. Banana Slugs are great. Wild due to the wild country of MN. Nads because they are bunch of artsies. Needs a part two. Iowa Ribfests maybe. Need one of the sporting wanka shirts ...
Incidentally, those Deportivo Wanka shirts are notoriously rare.
If you find one, it's actually worth money!
I love how they have the wild in there :)
DenverBroncos1818181818 I just think it's a strange name for a hockey team. I love their logo though. Thanks for stopping by, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
I always thought that the Dallas Stars NHL team should have been called the Dallas Snipers because when you're a great goal scorer in hockey they call you a sniper - and you know, the other thing that happened in Dallas.
I think people would create an uproar over that particular name.
Fun fact: I actually went to the spot where JFK was shot - they mark it on the road with a big white X.
Me too. I was attending a course for work in the Dallas area and went to Dealey Plaza and the 6th Floor museum on the weekend after I was done. Personally I thought those X marks were somewhat fudged.
Yeah I kinda thought the same. But yeah, I went to the 6th floor museum too. Pretty cool experience though.
There's an American Minor League Baseball team called the Modesto Nuts. Their mascots are literally an anthropomorphic almond, walnut, and pistachio. Well, maybe it's threatening to people with nut allergies.
Wow, the Nuts?! There are so many innuendos we could make out of that one. Thanks for the find!
Ninh Ly
Modesto is the nut growing capital of the world, a big farming community.
high schools in america have some pretty great ones. cant remember from where they hail but there are the nimrods. here im texas we have the springtown porcupines, the grandview zebras, the cuero gobblers (turkeys) and everyone else is the panthers it seems. south carolina gamecocks (refering to roosters) always made me laugh. i like the wild! strange name but the graphic designer for that logo is genius.
+Cam Gossett I agree - the Wild logo is pretty immense. And yes, some high school names make me chuckle at times. Thanks for stopping by, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
There’s a local Australian Rules Football club in Victoria that compete in the VFL, which is like the Victorian state league, and they are also known as the Zebras.
here in illinois, we have the freeburg midgets, and the centralia orphans.
Pelicans is a great name, there are tons of them near NO.
Meh, each to their own I guess.
Virginia Tech Hokies... the fuck is a hokie
I actually don't know ... I looked it up and the VT website says
"What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O.M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition."
That makes it equally dumb as it's not an actual thing. If it was a Turkey, they at least that's something?! Good find!
A hokie is a castrated turkey
Some virginia thing?
Man, while we're being racist we might as well call a college football team the Fighting Irish and have the mascot be an angry midget.
Haha, good one! It's funny because it's true!
The Cleveland Indians were named after a Native American who played on the team before they were called the Indians. So there was no racist intention when naming the team. The same went for the redskins it was in honor of native Americans in the area. I don’t see it racist to call a team after a group of people. If those names are racist then the ND fighting Irish or Boston Celtics would be too.
Am I the only person who likes the pelicans name?
WTF is wrong with New Orleans Pelicans
At first. That’s all they can come up with. Until I saw logo. I guess that’s a pretty cool name. NBA has the Nuggets and Bucks.
I'm a browns fan and they don't sound threating
Agreed!
A Five Day Storm
Take some Exlax and say that.....
Your city has the chance to rename your team, when they return. But, oh no, it’s an iconic name. Not, even iconic. It’s a piss of shit name. Same with Texans.
You think pelicans is bad for New Orleans? There's a minor league baseball team in the same city called the baby cakes. Who wants to be known in sports as a baby cake?
Wow, now that is bad!
Take a look at US minor league baseball where the New Orleans Baby Cakes and the El Paso Chihuahuas are just two examples.
MiLB is full of weird and wonderful names!
The green bay PACKERS?
Abel Cruz meat packing food planets, aka packers
Named after the packing company in Green Bay.
Philadelphia Phillies?
That's no so strange if you're from the US.
But still, imagine Texas Texans, New York New Yorkers, or Indiana Indianans
Have you seen the Eagles celebrations?
As a Cleveland man I'll give you a pass for the Indians (that was hilarious btw) but you gotta consider how important Paul Brown was. Theres a reason the pro football Hall of fame in just outside Cleveland.
You can't change it anyway. I mean whats in Ohio worth naming a sports team after?
Yeah, I'm fully aware of how important he was.
The reason the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton is because that's where football was started, it has nothing to do with Paul Brown
Here in Germany one of the the most famous American Football teams is called "Unicorns" :)
+Black Legend No way, that's so cool! I've never heard of a team called the Unicorns! Thanks for the post, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
Black Legend That sounds dope.
While most NZ rugby teams have cool names (chiefs, crusaders, hurricanes, highlanders) The team based in Auckland has the most unimaginative name " Blues".
And by their record over the last few years they may as well be singing the blues
Blues is actually more common than you think.
St Louis Blues (Ice Hockey), Cardiff Blues (Rugby Union), University of Toronto Varsity Blues (CIS).
It's not so bad, it's kinda like every other team that chooses to have a colour as their nickname. Cincinnati Reds, Harvard Crimson etc.
Nothing wrong with the Blues mate. Carlton Blues - VFL/AFL have been around since 1864.
0:46 the logo of indians face looks evil lol smiley evil xd
Kind of. The MLB are trying to get rid of the Chief Wahoo logo anyway, but I think Cleveland is hanging on for dear life.
the logo is creepy as hell, im glad it got removed
How do you think the wild is a bad name when there is penguins.
Penguins is such a terrible name, mainly because it's associated with Pittsburgh, but also because their original name was going to be the 'Pittsburgh Hornets' which is much better. Penguins suck.
Matt Baltusis *5
Penguins isn't a bad name. I'm also under the assumption that if you can win the stanely cup two years in a row, then come close a third time you can call yourself whatever you want.
So much hatred for the Penguins, Nihn Ly!!! Love you more for ti! :)
Notre dame fighting Irish is also a name stepped in derogatory historical stereotype
Anthony Lacey Yeah, I kinda thought that - but I've not really heard any Irish people complain about it. I wonder if they actually take offence to it?!
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Ninh Ly Its actually quite the opposite of say the Redskins. Every (using that loosely) Irish American and every wannabe Irish American (people who think they have an Irish name, but its really english or scottish, and their real ethnicity is American mutt like the rest of us) has to obnoxiously remind us how great the Fighting Irish are at football, despite them not being really that great in the last 20 years.
Eff it I did notice that the Fighting Irish reminds the world that they're good at sports, but haven't really had anything to show for it recently. Also, I kinda laugh at their mascot a little, because no Irishman dresses like that!
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Anthony Lacey
"Notre dame fighting Irish is also a name stepped in derogatory historical stereotype "
The official explanation is that they are named because of the Irish Brigade, a division that fought for the Union in the American Civil War. A president of Notre Dame was a chaplain for the division.
Unless one considers fighting for the side that ended slavery a derogatory historical stereotype, most Irish-Americans have embraced the term.
With the mascot a leprechaun I'd say it's slightly derogatory
Minor league baseball team in Jacksonville, FL used to be called the Suns. Unfortunately renamed to the...(wait for it)….The Jumbo Shrimp.
Yes, I heard that one!
Dear Nihn ly
The term Indian isn't a racial slur within the states, and has never been considered as one. Despite it's cloudy history. The term American Indian is still used and preferred among native Americans. In fact the own Reservations of natives and their Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are happy with the name.
I understand Europeans might not know of this as well as Americans not in contact with American Indians or Reservations so I just wanted to let everybody know.
In general you are correct.
However, there are people that take offence to that name. Some tribes have publicly protested. Whilst it's not universally considered to be racist - you cannot deny that there are various people that are offended by it.
I think a lot of natives were more insulted at the depiction of Chief Wahoo as a stereotypical 'Indian', but since Cleveland changed logos, the issue has largely calmed down.
@@NinhLyUK Yes, I agree with that depictions of Indian/Natives are distasteful.
Minor correction, among most Native Americans "Indian" isn't considered a racial slur. Some have embraced the term (ie, the American Indian Movement, National Congress of American Indians, etc). They claim it didn't come from a misidentification of their land as India, but rather is a corruption of the Spanish "en dios", meaning "of God" refering to their spirituality.
It's complicated: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_name_controversy
But yeah, the Cleveland Indians is still a really stupid name and the racist logo doesn't help.
kissfan7 I always questioned their use of the word 'Indian' in their official titles, as that kinda enforces the stereotype.
But I suppose its like the Netherlands calling themselves 'Holland' to Americans because otherwise they won't know what that is.
Cleveland Indians have done away with Chief Wahoo of sorts, but people still don't like it.
Whatever you call your team - someone will have a problem with it ...
Ninh Ly
Cleveland hasn't entirely done away with Chief Wahoo. They increasingly use a different logo on their caps (a big red 'C'), but they haven't officially retired Chief Wahoo. They still use it on some games and it's still on the website. I think this is a slow process of weening off the logo instead of getting rid of it in one swoop and pissing off the stupid fans who don't like any change.
I hope so, because I'm from Cleveland and love baseball. Because of the racism, I switched to the Red Sox (speaking of silly names) when I was a kid. If Cleveland changes the name they may be my second favorite team.
kissfan7 Wow, I didn't know that? I assumed that because they don't use it on hats (and that I've not seen it recently), they retired him due to public outcry ... obviously not!
I'm a Jays fan, and I like it when the Red Sox fans (who can't get a ticket to Fenway) fly to Toronto to watch games there. Feels more like a 'neutral ground' game. Better atmosphere in the stadium than when the Yankees are in town ... then everyone just boos!
The Montreal Canadians
agree
+Qhawelesizwe Gumede it`s canadien. French Canadian
DO NOT INSULT THE CANDIENS
+3:00Miner the "candiens" you just insulted ur own team
+3:00Miner aaron
The Dolphins is pretty bad
+Jeremy Tamlin Texans is a little worse. But yeah, Dolphins doesn't exactly strike fear in anybody.
+Ninh Ly Only if you fear painfully mediocre football.
EndlessEnigmaPart3 as a Cowboys fan, I know what painfully mediocre football feels like!
Did you know a dolphin will drive away sharks and will actually attack them? Dolphins have even been known to protect humans in danger of sharks. Pretty bad ass.
If they do go with it, in a few years we can add "Seattle Kraken" to this, for the same reason as the Minnesota Wild. It's trying too hard to be cool, like it's a bunch of middle-aged marketing execs arguing over what the 'hip young people' like. "It was in that show with the dragons! There's a drink called that! They'll love it!" and then a few years later the name will sound really lame and dated. A bit like when the Avs were going to be called the "Rocky Mountain Extreme", until fans rebelled against it.
You basically have three waves of North American sports team names. Firstly, the traditional teams, which either have completely ingrained identities (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Maple Leafs, Cincinnati Reds) or 'trader' identities, intrinsically linked to the working classes of that city (Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers, Milwaukee Brewers) or their self-identity (NY Yankees, Boston Celtics, Dallas Cowboys, Montreal Canadiens).
Then you have the "strike fear" names, after types of people (Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Raiders, Golden State Warriors) or animals (Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers) that are intimidating or predatory in some way (the former probably explains names for teams using ranking titles, like the LA Kings, Kansas City Royals, and the supernatural people like the New Orleans Saints and the New Jersey Devils). There are a few exceptions in the animal category (Miami Dolphins, Miami Marlins, Pittsburgh Penguins), and one notable one in the people (Minnesota Twins).
After that you have the recent trend towards abstract concepts or try-too-hard 'cool' names. At least names like the Panthers and Jaguars work. Nashville Predators is vague but at least we know a predator is supposed to intimidate. Now we're left with things like Utah Jazz, Minnesota Wild, Orlando Magic, and the majority of the MLS teams.
Yeah, I kind of agree. Sadly some of the names on this list don't fall to any of those categories. Especially the waaaaay abstract and out-of-there ones.
Most of Minnesota is in the wild wildness
Artichokes are dangerous AF...they try to let you know by tasting so bad. Choking hazard too. Why BROCCOLI isn't a mascot name, I will never know.
Aha, good one!
the worst name in basketball are the clippers in my opinion
Brian Liao I must admit ... when I first heard the name, I didn't know what a 'Clipper' was!
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***** A ship of some kind.
***** Yeah .. pretty much.
The Clippers were in San Diego before relocating to LA in the mid 1980s. Much like the LA Lakers ,Minneapolis Lakers, Minnesota (The land of 10,000 lakes)
LETS GO SMALL BOATS LETS GO!
Can you please do The BEST team names in history? Pls!!
HappyBurger12345678910 Ummm, I'm not sure. I know there are teams with iconic names such as Yankees, Maple Leafs, Cowboys etc, but to come up with a list of the best ones could be a video that a lot of people disagree with. Might be a good idea for a video for the future though.
Ninh Ly It refers to the Scottish ancestry of the school's founders (the stockings they wore under their kilts), but many students took to bringing lengths of blue garden hose to their events.
Ryan Henderson That kinda makes sense ... but still ... blue hose. Hmmmmm......
XxXpertXxX Thats obviously United
XxXpertXxX Arsenal FC has to be one of the best team names!
What about the Red Sox that is an awful name
and white Sox I'm guessing
+3:00Miner and the Reds
and the Twins
and the Phillies.
Jesus baseball is retarded with names
randomstuff508 The Twins is for the twin Cities in Minnesota Minneapolis and St Paul.
It’s alright.
Why not the San Diego Padres? Their literal translation from Spanish to English is "Dads". It would be pretty awkward in a Spanish speaking country saying "LET'S GO DADS!"
'Padres' is also 'father' - as in a priest or a monk.
Their alternate logo until recently was the "Swinging Friar" , which is a monk swinging a baseball bat.
That doesn't make it any better than 'Dads', just an explanation as to why.
Ninh Ly
Here in San Diego the club has been referred to as the "Madres" in their many lean years.....
2:35.
Kid: “Mom, what’s that mascot?”
Mom: “That’s a uh, uh rocket ship!”
Packers is the worst name ever
LLB999888777 I dunno man, it's one of those 'iconic names' where you don't really think about it all that much. And given that it's a nod to the packing industry in Wisconsin, it's not too silly. At least they don't have a penis for a mascot!
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think about it, what place on earth doesn't have a packing industry?? lol. how this is unique to green bay is beyond me. I won't even get into it's other conatation . yikes. cheers
LLB999888777
Okay, you got a good point there! As for the other connotation, I'm sure it would suit a place like San Francisco more than Green Bay!
LLB999888777 Its so iconic though
If the Oilers were still around we could have a Superbowl in San Francisco with the Oilers & the Packers....
Actually, in the Jim Crow era, there was a Major League Baseball team called the Saint Louis Browns, whose logo was a stereotype of an African American. with some weird alien like antennae for some reason. They moved to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles.
Hi cartmann94
I'm glad they did change their name to the Orioles, and not some stereotypical Browns name. Can you imagine the fall-out in this now politically correct world?
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Ninh Ly but somehow redskins and indians doesn't.
EmeraldCrusade Doesn't, but probably should. Thanks for stopping by, be sure to share and subscribe :)
0:49 actually native Americans come from northern India and Siberia they crossed over to the Americas during the ice age when it melted there was no going back they already had dark skin but there skin got darker due to the heat of the americas so calling them Indians isn’t offensive but calling them red skins is extremely racist especially when some of them had more clear skin like Brazilian native Americans
The students at UC Santa Cruz chose the Banana Slugs because a Banana Slug's body is 90% genitalia.
+name not found Really? Is that the real reason that they chose the name?!
Ninh Ly yes, really
name not found
Wow ... just wow.
On the other hand, the most awesome hockey team name belonged to the Macon Whoopee in Macon, Georgia, that played in the now defunct Central Hockey League from 1996-2001.
Yes, that's right.
For Lincoln Way High School, theres 4 schools. North (Phoenix), West (Worriers), East (Griffins), and Central (Knights). They use to have a Rugby team comprised of all 4 Lincoln Ways and needed a mascot that wouldn't discriminate against any Lincoln Way. They were, i shit you not, the Lincoln-Way Penguins.
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Among high schools in the U.S., the worst might be the Yuma High School Criminals, which was a cross-town rival of my high school. I'm also aware of a school elsewhere that calls itself the Bunnies.
I have a comparably bad name, I live in Annapolis and one of our schools is the Key School Obezags, because there are alot gazebos on campus.
Indians actually doesn't get native Americans ticked at u if your wearing gear they actually like it
One I think is dumb is the Indy eleven just in case you forgot how many men from one team are on the pitch in soccer.
Also any team called the Red Bulls because the product placement isn’t even remotely hidden
Indy Eleven, I'm not a fan of that name for sure.
Red Bulls sounds corny, unless you realise that it's a conglomerate that owns several football teams, several hockey teams and they have a hand in sponsoring everything. Then it's just mildly acceptable.
'Mumbai Indians', 'Delhi Capitals' and 'Pune Warriors India' in the Indian Premier League, 'Minister Dhaka' in the Bangladesh Premier League, 'Manchester Originals' and 'Oval Invincibles' in the 'The Hundered' (the dumbest name for a tournament). Worst names in all of CRICKET.
Banana Slugs are a cultural icon in NorCal, Indian isn't a racial slur, and neither is Redskin or Blackhawk for that matter.
Banana Slugs - I'll have to take your word for that.
Indian - maybe not to you, but there are people that find it offensive. If they didn't, they wouldn't be protesting outside the white house. Don't see anyone objecting to the Houston Astros (for example).
Minor League Baseball has a whole bunch of them, like the New Orleans Baby Cakes and the Modesto Nuts
Correct you are sir!
I would put Tottenham Hotspurs, I always thought it sounded like a prancy night club with a western theme
Eff it It does sound like that if you didn't know why they called their team that.
The team was originally called Hotspur Football Club, but re-named themselves Tottenham Hotspur after a dispute with another team in London called 'Hotspur'.
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Other weird college sports team names: Akron Zips, Amherst College Lord Jeffs (he of the smallpox blankets), Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils. Just from the "A" section of this Wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_team_nicknames_in_the_United_States
I find that college and minor league baseball teams generally have the worst names. I always laugh a 'boll weevils' though - that one always gets me.
Here in the Philippines:
PBA teams are named after Philippines brands but one of the worst imo is the San Mig Coffee Mixers like wtf the team name makes Marc Pingris feel like a Starbucks employee. Thank god they changed it to Purefoods Star Hotshots
Interesting set of names there!
The absolute best bad name for a sports team has to be the Tokyo Gas Creators who play American football in Japan's X League. The team is named after the natural gas company that owns it, but to anyone in the West it just sounds like they have a flatulence problem.
The wild used to have the best name of them all "The North Stars" and we also has the "The Lakers".
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The Minnesota North Stars are now known as the Dallas Stars after they moved to Dallas in 1993.
The Kentucky Wildcats. Not a bad name I just hate them with a passion
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Some soccer teams are:
Botswana meat Comission,
Deportivo Moron, and
Insurance Management Bears
If they are real ... then those are some pretty cool finds (and by cool finds, I mean REALLY bad names!). Cheers :)
Ninh Ly I found them on a British website, there are many more
I'm a Bengals fan, obviously, and I can't believe the NFL is letting the Redskins play in London! That is the one NFL we should never bring to London, as their name is a racial slur and letting them play there could bring about the end of the NFL in London deal.
+Captain Golden A lot of people are offended by this name. It's a shame that Dan Snyder wouldn't consider changing it. Thanks for stopping by, be sure to share this video and subscribe :)
The U.K. Has a huge fan base for the NFL and the Redskins name hasn't affected the NFL in America so why would it change the already huge fan base because a certain team plays there.
Captain Golden No it wont, get over it.
Captain Golden I was about 5 years old when the name Washington Redskins entered my mind for the first time. I would think "That's not right for some reason". If a 5 year old can figure that out on his own, what's Dan Synder's excuse?