2024 Commanders Off-Season Thread

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by calia

Ravens and Baltimore are entirely linked. Edgar Allen Poe is buried there, and his most famous poem is The Raven. That was the inspiration for the team name and it's a pretty awesome connection.

But your point that there need not be a strong connection of name to geography isn't wrong -- the Cardinals kept the name even though they originated in St. Louis (and was the other Cardinals team in that city). Which reminds me that there's really no reason not to use the same name from another sport -- it shouldn't create any consumer confusion, which is the touchstone of trademark infringement. Having said that, I doubt they'd re-name the football team the Nationals (which I find bland), Capitals (same), Wizards (terrible name), or United (which I actually like a lot).

You know as I made that comment about Baltimore and the Ravens I actually thought about googling it to see… interesting.