OT: Michigan State changed their team name

[Jorgensen]

They are no longer the knights who say “ni.” Instead they are now the “MSU Spartans presented by Rocket Mortgage.”

Michigan State announces basketball team will now be called 'MSU Spartans Presented by Rocket Mortgage'

Sparty will be called something new in the Breslin Center.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Ts5034]

huh?

 

[navery12]

#NotTheOnion

 

[Rocktheworld]

Don’t get the hamfisted Holy Grail reference but okay

 

[CL82]

They are no longer the knights who say “ni.” Instead they are now the “MSU Spartans presented by Rocket Mortgage.”

Michigan State announces basketball team will now be called 'MSU Spartans Presented by Rocket Mortgage'

Sparty will be called something new in the Breslin Center.

sports.yahoo.com

I thought this was a joke

 

[Chin Diesel]

This is so weak.

Which means every other university will take a look at MSU's $$$ from this and do their own thing.

So, UConn Huskies presented by ___________________??

Pratt and Whitney
Travelers Insurance
Electric Blue
Sally's
Pepe's


Nah. Let's pool our money and create a Senhor Testiculo LLC and use the money to sponsor the team.

 

[JakeTheDog]

Izzo’s press release is more cringe than the convoluted name.

 

[tcf15]

Imagine playing for an NCAA team called the Michigan State Spartans presented by Rocket Mortgage while simultaneously being told by the NCAA that you don’t deserve to get paid.

 

[millertime7774]

Rocket Watts presented by Rocket Mortgage

 

[Kolumbo]

The UConn Huskies presented by Y u k o n J a c k. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

 

[navery12]

This is made even more funny by the fact that they accepted a $32M donation from Mat Ishbia a few weeks ago to build their new facilities. Rocket Mortgage is his biggest competitor

 

[Austin316]

Syracuse presented by Rotor Rooter.

“Flush all your hopes and dreams down the toilet”

 

[AtlantaHusky]

#matrixlife

 

[UConnStats]

Ok this is too far

but for them I get it beats “presented by defense attorneys”

 

[polycom]

Imagine being @CL82 and arguing that players shouldn’t get paid because it would “ruin” the game lol. “Amateurism”

 

[Adios]

Knew something like this would happen but not this far. This is as ugly as it gets. Just for administrators to pay themselves.

 

[AllAbout5]

This is so weak.

Which means every other university will take a look at MSU's $$$ from this and do their own thing.

So, UConn Huskies presented by ___________________??

Pratt and Whitney
Travelers Insurance
Electric Blue
Sally's
Pepe's


Nah. Let's pool our money and create a Senhor Testiculo LLC and use the money to sponsor the team.

No it has to be presented by Teds. There’s no other way around it

 

[Rocktheworld]

Syracuse presented by Rotor Rooter.

“Flush all your hopes and dreams down the toilet”

“Better than turpentine”

 

[HooperScooper]

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Don't laugh. With UConn's huge athletic department deficit we could be next.

 

[Chin Diesel]

No it has to be presented by Teds. There’s no other way around it

Too obvious and too low lying of fruit.

We could pull money and pay homage to Big Red. If only there was a way to utilize this board to collect money and put in a donation for Big Red.

 

[aburks41]

This is made even more funny by the fact that they accepted a $32M donation from Mat Ishbia a few weeks ago to build their new facilities. Rocket Mortgage is his biggest competitor

I wish we had a multi-billionaire alum...I wonder who our richest donor is

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

I wish we had a multi-billionaire alum...I wonder who our richest donor is

Looking at this... fairly sad list: Notable Alumni | UConn Foundation

Looks like T. Scott Chase, maybe, co-founder of Priceline.

Or Bob. Of Bob's Discount Furniture.

Bobby Moynihan is cool but... not sure SNL stars are "donor rich."

Fine, I'll do it. I'll become rich.

 

[formerlurker]

If Izzo can't.... Rocket can.

 

[Travelman6]

Absolutely ridiculous.

I remember watching the UConn/Florida game with German and Dutch friends and they asked 'Why is the stadium they are playing in named after a company unrelated to sports?" I told them that all stadiums are. They wanted to know why that was but I had no logical explanation. "Shouldn't the stadium just be named after the team?" .....Ya, makes no sense at all I told them. This makes even less sense, sets a scary precedent.

 

[formerlurker]

Absolutely ridiculous.

I remember watching the UConn/Florida game with German and Dutch friends and they asked 'Why is the stadium they are playing in named after a company unrelated to sports?" I told them that all stadiums are. They wanted to know why that was but I had no logical explanation. "Shouldn't the stadium just be named after the team?" .....Ya, makes no sense at all I told them. This makes even less sense, sets a scary precedent.

You should call them on Ziggo and ask what they think about this....

www.ziggo.nl