From this point on, please refer to yourselves as the "Royals." Never refer to yourself as ReAL and hopefully the media will start to catch on. That name ReALLY sucks. Believe me, as a former Burn fan, we know all bout having a suck arse name.
thank you for once again creating a thread that has to do with salt lakes "crappy" name. you are so original you deserve some kind of award. how about a swift kick to the nuts? seriously. nobody gives a flying **** what you think about the name. we like it. you dont. why dont you help us all out and go back to whatever rock you crawled out from.
You mean you actually like FC Dallas 96? You should stop worrying about our team name situation and start worrying about yours. That little bull of yours is real original as well. Perhaps the Texans will loan you their unis in the offseason. Rocky Mountain Oysters anyone?
Quit your b!tching, you're FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake... its better then Metrostars or Charlotte Bobcats.
i like charlotte bobcats. it better than flight or dragons (that was some of the choices). it goes great with the carolina panthers (like atlanta hawks and falcons and thrashers). and it was named after the owner bob johnson. i really think that if people in the city the team plays in like the name then who cares. they arent in your city. GO ReAL SALT LAKE!!! GO CHARLOTTE BOBCATS!!
Reminds me of my second son. There were a couple of aunts that announced "we're going to call him by his middle name. We like it better." No, I don't think so. If you have some nickname for us we will gripe but learn to live with it. I'm sure SJ doesn't like being the smurfs. Do Not, however, tell us what to call our own. BTW, I think the local media will take to refering to the team as RSL.
The Dave's? The Checketts? All I can think of for Bobcats is the Cub Scout rank. Not yet inspiring fear.
I don't think the name is all that bad...I figure that it really could have been a lot worse (just look at a majority of the other MLS names, as well as the WUSA names)...
Hey, look at the bright side. It could be worse! Your team could be called something like the Mutiny or the Fusion.
Flight? Not sure if that was ever a suggested name. Dragons though, that was mine and if I may add, that is still a cool name. Great Salt Lake Dragons. Its been two weeks though now since the announcement and I think everyone has had time to heal. My bowels are moving again so thats good.
Real is a cool name, the Utes should be happy with it. There are worse teams in the world to be associated with, compare Morelia who Chicago is alligned with to Real Madrid, no contest. Even Chivas, Madrid players use Chivas jersey's as toilet paper
Ya know. I think I'll write a script and have a bot log into BigS each week and start a "reAl SL sucks" thread. There aren't enough on the forums here.
Given their play on the pitch the last couple of years, no fan of FC Dallas should be throwing stones.