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Originally Posted by mrnoble
We actually went through a name change for exactly this reason. 2004-2007 we were team GhettoBot. It was entirely a snotty response to misperceptions (or perceived misperceptions) of our school and community. We later saw that all we were doing was perpetuating stereotypes and giving ourselves a reason to be jerks. We adopted our school mascot and changed our name and I'm really glad we did.
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There is a difference between having a name that is odd or whimsical like "Exploding Bacon", "Cheezy Poofs", "Eastside Boiler Invasion" or "DiscoBots" and a name that has negative connotations. I suspect that the later would likely turn off many potential sponsors but the former would likely only turn off sponsors with no sense of humour
