1. American team names in traditional leagues always have a place and a mascot. That didn't start because they were franchises, but it does make the perception of continuity possible after a franchise moves: Philadelphia Athletics > Kansas City Athletics > Oakland Athletics > [definitely not Sacramento] Athletics > Las Vegas Athletics (if they decide/allow the mascot to move again). That would never work with German naming conventions because the place is the most identifiable part of the name. (Also, it makes the time that the Phillies tried to be the Philadelphia Philadelphias and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim seem a little less ridiculous).
2. I looked up the real name of RB Leipzeig. RasenBallsport, not Red Bull! There was a faint hint of memory in my brain popping up like I had heard this before, but their little marketing maneuver worked because I forgot that it wasn't Red Bull. I wish there was a English-language club that used Lawn Ball Sports somehow, and I wonder if their not-wrong-but-goofy name riled up the other fans before they even got promoted.
After reading this, I thought about two things:
1. American team names in traditional leagues always have a place and a mascot. That didn't start because they were franchises, but it does make the perception of continuity possible after a franchise moves: Philadelphia Athletics > Kansas City Athletics > Oakland Athletics > [definitely not Sacramento] Athletics > Las Vegas Athletics (if they decide/allow the mascot to move again). That would never work with German naming conventions because the place is the most identifiable part of the name. (Also, it makes the time that the Phillies tried to be the Philadelphia Philadelphias and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim seem a little less ridiculous).
2. I looked up the real name of RB Leipzeig. RasenBallsport, not Red Bull! There was a faint hint of memory in my brain popping up like I had heard this before, but their little marketing maneuver worked because I forgot that it wasn't Red Bull. I wish there was a English-language club that used Lawn Ball Sports somehow, and I wonder if their not-wrong-but-goofy name riled up the other fans before they even got promoted.