Sport Team Names Bad?

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All I know is it SHOULD be wrong to cheer for the Duke Blue Devils.

And the New York Yankees.
 
I know some people have problems using products that have “evil” names (Dirt Devil, Red Devil paint, Devil’s food cake, etc.) In fact, I know a woman who had a fit when her husband contracted a company called “Ditch Witch” to do some earth moving on their property. And my old home town, El Paso, always has at least one letter to the editor every spring denouncing the name of the hometown baseball team, the Diablos. Fr. Peter Stravinskas, in an old issue of “The Catholic Answer” magazine, said that using such things is not an example of rejecting God and that one should be careful not to be overly scrupulous (although he goes on to say that one thing that DOES irk him is the acronym GOD being used for “Guaranteed Overnight Delivery”!)

That being said, I would also suggest that, on behalf of my husband and countless others out there who bravely and undauntedly continue to support the Dallas Cowboys, that such fans who crusade for Da Boys should, in honor of the late great Tom Landry who actually gave this team some class, be considered as candidates for sainthood. Few martyrs have run the gauntlet that these poor, misguided… er, I mean, dedicated, souls endure every season.

On second thought, :newidea: maybe we should canonize the spouses and family members who support Cowboys fans. Yeah, that works better!👍

Where’s my halo?:getholy:
 
:doh2: “Oh, Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do!”

TERRELL OWENS??? Oh, my misguided child! Let’s go back a little ways… how about Aikman, Irvin and Smith? How about Dorsett? Staubach? The list goes on! (I think my husband’s devotion is rubbing off on me! Ack!:eek: )

I shall pray for you:gopray2: And I’ll cut you some slack on Tony Romo. The kid’s got a ways to go.
 
No one’s mentioned the Wake Forest “Demon Deacons” yet…think about it, in the ACC you have the “Blue Devils” playing the “Demon Deacons”!

And don’t forget “The Fighting Irish”! Aren’t the Irish offended by being stereotyped as drunken fighters?..Well, I suppose “the truth hurts”, eh?
 
So does this mean we have to root for the Padres in baseball? New Orleans Saints in NFL?

Speaking of the NJ Devils and Buffalo Sabres there is a player on the Sabres named Miroslav Satan. Imagine him playing for NJ
 
Wouldent that be insane? but hes not ameircan…
soo its prenounced diffrent
 
What should we make of the Cubs player who’s name is “Angel Pagan”?
 
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