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HEAR YE, HEAR YE!
I call upon you great citizens of the realm to bear witness to today’s combatants of imaginary kinship under a make-believe banner of loyalty, skill, and smack talk! Today, I bring to you the battle between Fat Men in Speedo’s versus The Stafford Infection!
Yeah, I know…you are afraid now, deep in your soul, right? To me, 25% of the fun of joining a fantasy football league is producing a most righteous team name. I assure you, it will never actually strike fear in the hearts of your opponent, but you might make them chuckle a bit. The Fat Men in Speedo’s has been one of my team names for over 20 years. There are hundreds upon hundreds of player themed team names such as The Stafford Infection, Rollin with Ma-Homies, and 12 Pack of Matty Ice, just to name a few.
Favorite Fantasy Team Name
My all-time favorite fantasy team name that I came up with, was during the popular HBO series Game of Thrones. It was Haus Frey Wedding Planners. I finished dead last with that team, but I did win the funniest team name. My prize was a $10 gift card to 7-11…exciting huh?
Choose Your League Wisely
When playing online with a service like Yahoo or ESPN, be careful if you are looking for a family-friendly league. Not only can the smack talk get raunchy, but the team names often are flat out X-rated. If you have a naughty/vulgar team name you want to use, I highly discourage you from using that team name in any work-related FFL’s. Years ago, I was working for a firm out west. One of the guys made a team name in reference to the endowment of our new receptionist. Unfortunately for him, she was the league commissioner/owner of the firm’s 19-year-old daughter. No one knew she was related to him until the night we all drafted our teams. Rico was promptly terminated from his employment.
Finally, I encourage you to be creative with your team names and get your spouse involved. You might be surprised. They might just want to get a team of their own just to whoop up on you. I look forward to reading your emails and comments. You can always reach out to me by email at TheBigTykie@gmail.com
