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GregP
GregP
Jul 2020
12:04pm, 22 Jul 2020
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'Florida Everblades' is excellent.

My fantasy Premier League team has been 'Sporting Chelmer' for a while (it was 'Dopr Van Chelmer' before that). Time for a change next season then. 'Chelmer Yard Goats' has a certain ring to it.
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Jul 2020
12:11pm, 22 Jul 2020
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
My Fantasy NFL team in a family league years ago was '57.5 Degrees of Pain'. Amazed I can remember after all this time...
GregP
GregP
Jul 2020
12:52pm, 22 Jul 2020
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Nice. Amazingly I've never had a fantasy team called either Chelmer Red Sox or Chelmer Bruins, which is a glaring oversight.
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Jul 2020
1:21pm, 22 Jul 2020
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Fightin' Chelmsfordians? Chelmer River Rats?
GregP
GregP
Jul 2020
1:29pm, 22 Jul 2020
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Fightin' Chelmsfordians is too Notre Dame :)

like Chelmer River Rats though. That's got a ring to it.
mr d
mr d
Jul 2020
1:43pm, 22 Jul 2020
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Sorry to bring this back to names.

Washington was always top of the list as the term is a racial slur. It might not end there.

washingtonpost.com

I seem to remember other teams, including colleges had reached settlements with native Americans over images and names.

How long before the Exexter Chiefs get caught up?
GregP
GregP
Jul 2020
2:08pm, 22 Jul 2020
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OSP missed the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, I learn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVEu_6r26f4
Gobi
Gobi
Jul 2020
2:27pm, 22 Jul 2020
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I played for an ice hockey team called the chiefs
GregP
GregP
Jul 2020
2:30pm, 22 Jul 2020
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My local team is the Chelmsford Chieftains. Ladies are the Tomahawks. Football team (now defunct) were Cherokee.
SPR
SPR
Jul 2020
2:34pm, 22 Jul 2020
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Article posted by Mr D is good.

As it said, these things become systemic, therefore everyone does it, so people think there's nothing wrong with it.

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