Indians no more

[UPChip]

The Cleveland Middle Fingers.

 

[wicked]

Name the team after John Hart. He resurrected the franchise.

 

[tapintoamerica]

I've been thinking of this since I got the push notification. Honestly, Cleveland should be forced to change its name both because they're racist and bad. Like once you get to 75 years without a title, you have to start over at the beginning.

I'd be all for Spiders, assuming they could get the trademark past the University of Richmond. All I ask is that it end in an S.

Does the University of Richmond have control over that nationwide?

 

[tapintoamerica]

The Pretenders.

 

[UPChip]

Does the University of Richmond have control over that nationwide?

From last summer:
“The University of Richmond has several registered word and trademarks involving the spider. Like other colleges and universities, Richmond takes appropriate action when it believes that a third party is infringing on its marks,” Cynthia Price, the university’s associate vice president of media and public relations, wrote in an email response to a Times-Dispatch inquiry on Monday.

I'm guessing they have a price to share.

 

[Songbird]

Cleveland Hungarians.

 

[wicked]

Have the Indians sold any Spiders merchandise in the past? I’d imagine they had to apply for the trademark/copyright (IP lawyers, please rescue me) at some point.

If you come up with a distinctive logo, I don’t know how much of a case Richmond would have.

Cleveland had a number of teams in the negro leagues, but most of those names are already claimed in MLB.

AFRICAN AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University

 

[micropolitan guy]

Or "The Outsiders," in honor of Cleveland best-ever rock band.

 

[mpcincal]

Count me in also on Spiders. The one negative is that the name is associated with the worst major league team of all time, but I think people can get over it. It's interesting, unique and has the potential for a great logo. Hopefully, they could work out any trademark issues with the University of Richmond, as UPChip alluded to.

 

[Jerry-atric]

Why would Richmond have “sole” rights to that nickname? There are many “Tigers,” for example

 

[Moderator1]

Why is sole in quotes?

 

[micropolitan guy]

From last summer:
“The University of Richmond has several registered word and trademarks involving the spider. Like other colleges and universities, Richmond takes appropriate action when it believes that a third party is infringing on its marks,” Cynthia Price, the university’s associate vice president of media and public relations, wrote in an email response to a Times-Dispatch inquiry on Monday.

I'm guessing they have a price to share.

Pay us 10% of all merchandise sales and we're good to go. Nice revenue stream to help the athletic department be self-sufficient, which is a hard thing for an FCS private school to accomplish.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Cleveland Rocks (though as one of my very sage editors once said, “I went to college in Cleveland and I must say Drew Carey is a liar)

 

[Jake from State Farm]

The Cleveland Colavitos

 

[Jerry-atric]

Why is sole in quotes?

As I believe it may be a legal term.

 

[Junkie]

Or "The Outsiders," in honor of Cleveland best-ever rock band.

That would be the Michael Stanley Band. Or maybe the Raspberries. Or Nine Inch Nails.

 

[misterbc]

Cleveland Alexanders.

 

[Junkie]

Is Cheapassmother****ers too many letters to fit on the jersey?

 

[Jake from State Farm]

That would be the Michael Stanley Band. Or maybe the Raspberries. Or Nine Inch Nails.

McCoys

 

[rtse11]

My preference is Cleveland Captains, in honor of Admiral Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie.