Baby Jack isn’t pleased with his team…who could blame him?
In fantasy football, your name is your identity. Naming your team is like naming your first-born. Without a good team name you are flagged as an amateur. You don’t want your team to be the proverbial kid with the rolling backpack who gets made fun of in elementary school.
On the day of the draft, you finalize your team’s name, and it sticks with you for the rest of the season. Your name will most likely describe your team, whether it is humorous, intimidating or just downright offensive (my personal favorite).
Depending on your personality, and the personality of your league, you need to make a wise choice on what angle you will take on naming your team. If your boss invites you to play in his league…you may want to keep it G rated. Perhaps PG if you’re feeling a little edgy. In this case you have to do something that either describes you, or describes your team. Maybe choose a team name that is a pun on your best player. For example, if your quarterback is Mike Vick you could go with something like “Kibbles and Vick” or “Hide your Beagle, Vick’s an Eagle.” If your number one running back is Ray Rice you could be “Rice Rice Baby.” But, I digress. Being in your boss’s league is not all that much fun. No smack talk, or offensive names…not for me.
Many leagues, much like mine, are an excuse for boys to be boys. It’s a culture where the guys can get away from their wives and girlfriends and literally treat each other like dirt. Make fun of people’s teams, and often question each other’s manhood. In this league I am describing, team names are of the utmost importance. Most of us have teams names that make fun of each other, while others are just repulsive. We have “The Dirty Sanchez’s” which comes from their quarterback being New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez. If you know anything about football you would have to know that The Dirty Sanchez’s sit comfortably in last place. Then we have “Stafford Infection”, named after Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford. Those aren’t so bad right? Well, spoiler alert! They get much worse, but I won’t subject you to that; so if you want to see the list of the most offensive fantasy football team names you can go to http://www.chicitysports.com/2012/08/12/best-funny-offensive-and-clever-generic-fantasy-football-team-names-for-2012/.
Fantasy football has reached a point where it’s big enough where it can adopt new groups, ideas and cultures. There is room for complete diversity, and with new players coming into the league every year; I look forward to seeing the evolution of the ever-awesome fantasy football team name. I bet you’re all wondering what my team name is…well, stayed tuned into my blog and I’ll tell you. Perhaps in about 9 months 😉
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