Shortening: Celtics go to C's, not Cels. So P's? There are ways to nickname your nickname without shortening to something stupid once, then saying it's impossible to do otherwise. Lakers become . . . what? Oh, nothing?

Poll: There was a poll taken. They asked one person. Tom Benson. People's tastes are their own, but people need to accept, on some level, all the costs and benefits it is of having him as an owner.

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Posted by Jester

Baton Rouge

Member since Feb 2006

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Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:54 am to 42

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People's tastes are their own, but people need to accept, on some level, all the costs and benefits it is of having him as an owner.

Dealing with it and supporting it are entirely different ballgames.

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Posted by eyeran

New Orleans

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 12/5/12 at 11:07 am to 42

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Poll: There was a poll taken. They asked one person. Tom Benson. People's tastes are their own, but people need to accept, on some level, all the costs and benefits it is of having him as an owner.

The major benefit is obviously having the team in NOLA. After that, it remains to be seen.

Benson seems like a nice enough guy, but Drew Brees falling in his lap has somehow turned him into the Rooney family or Bob Kraft in some people's eyes. For 20 years Benson ran one of the worst franchises in the history of the NFL and made some AWFUL decisions along the way, like selling us all out by handing over full control of his team to Mike Ditka. The guy is far from infallible as an owner.
In this particular case, either 85 year old Tom Benson is way hipper than all of us and sees something magical about this nickname, or he's 85 and...well 85.

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