Team Names Not Allowed

fastone371 said:
That list is unbelievably long, I didnt read all of them but many are not bad at all. It is pretty typical of the squeaky wheel syndrome though, whine loud enough and you will get your way. I feel if someone is offended by something I say its their problem, not mine, being offended is a choice.
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It is 100% about media, image, and protecting the brand (think Cleveland Indians). It is 0% about some adult in a bar being offended. A single off-color name can cost you customers and sponsors, so the rules are a bit strict. Stricter at the national level than at the local level, because that's where big sponsors come from. APA allows each individual LO to be as loose or as strict as they want. I've ratcheted it down in my area quite a bit in the rise of social media, but it started when the newspapers would no longer publish my standings (yes, we used to get the standings published weekly) because of some of the team names. Another big concern is how the team name sounds when read aloud, not whether one "gets it" when reading the name somewhere. It has become a game of seeing what you can get away with, without consideration for what "getting away with" it just once might cost the organization.

The list is long and grows every year, and not every rejected name is on the list. It can't possibly be all-inclusive, a point that confuses teams every year ("it's not on the list, so it should be ok, right?").
 
APA Operator said:
It is 100% about media, image, and protecting the brand (think Cleveland Indians). It is 0% about some adult in a bar being offended. A single off-color name can cost you customers and sponsors, so the rules are a bit strict. Stricter at the national level than at the local level, because that's where big sponsors come from. APA allows each individual LO to be as loose or as strict as they want. I've ratcheted it down in my area quite a bit in the rise of social media, but it started when the newspapers would no longer publish my standings (yes, we used to get the standings published weekly) because of some of the team names. Another big concern is how the team name sounds when read aloud, not whether one "gets it" when reading the name somewhere. It has become a game of seeing what you can get away with, without consideration for what "getting away with" it just once might cost the organization.

The list is long and grows every year, and not every rejected name is on the list. It can't possibly be all-inclusive, a point that confuses teams every year ("it's not on the list, so it should be ok, right?").
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Cool for a "big sponsor" like pooldawg to send marketing emails with the F-bomb but, should you insinuate the word for a pool team, you're out!
 
This is pure BS. I can understand the "raw" stuff, but some of it is merely silly, although killing clever, innuendo. C'mon y'all, we have jumped all the fences -- "___", oops, forgot where I was, I really meant "fcku" is heard daily on the news, and I am truly surprised we don't have 3 year olds talking about going and grabbing handfuls of pussy. I can be as civil and appropriate as the occasion requires, and even enjoy myself, but I ain't gonna put on my party manners to hang around drunks with pool cues . . .
 
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