This is Truly Disgusting

Sorry... maybe I'll stop talking about sports teams' names before long. But this one's important.

The New York area's Major League Soccer team has once again changed its name. At first, they were cumbersomely called the "New York/New Jersey MetroStars." Which was fine with me. Then they decided to drop the locale out and just use "MetroStars." A tad ambiguous, I suppose, but are there really any other places you can call "Metro"?

This, however, is a new low. Brace yourself. The team has been purchased by Red Bull Co. Ltd., the Austrian firm and maker of the popular energy drink, and it will begin this season as "Red Bull New York", or the "Red Bulls".

DO NOT GO TO THEIR GAMES. TELL YOUR FRIENDS NOT TO GO TO THEIR GAMES.

We've all witnessed the sales of stadium naming rights. We've all seen everything at a NASCAR event, right down to the lugnuts, flagpoles, and the bubbles in the fans' beer, plastered with ads. But a team name is sacred. I cannot, in good conscience, refer to a team I like as the "Red Bulls". And I can't like a team I can't talk about. So I guess they've lost at least one fan.

It's really a shame; I've always wanted to go to a game. Not now, though.

Let's all let those Austrian bastards know that New York doesn't tolerate this kind of shit. Stop going. Don't buy their gear. Send them nasty letters. Hell, stop drinking Red Bull; there are plenty of other options these days.

I am really pissed off.