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I don´t follow MLS so i was surprised to hear about the NY red bulls, i think it´s really strange the league agreed to the name change.......... and also, that drink is really bad for anyones health.

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Just reading about the drink on wiki:

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"Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian company which sells the Red Bull energy drink. In 2011, a total of 4.631 billion cans were sold in over 161 countries."

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Holy :censored: man ! they got alot of money i guess, but is anyone else upset about a team with a product name, what if a team was called the Big Mac´s ....LOL

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it's a bit strange, but the "Red Bulls" has a nice sporting ring to it and feels much more acceptable than the "Big Macs". all soccer teams are corporate billboards anyway, so in the MLS maybe it's not so strange.

i dont recommend anyone drink RedBull either but i love them as a brand. they don't spend a lot of money on traditional advertising trying to attract an audience, they know exactly who their audience is and they go directly to them. they sponsor all kinds of "extreme sport" events. they have a decent youtube channel where you can get a better feel for that. there's a lot to learn from that company from a marketing/branding standpoint.

 

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Is this any dumber than a team being named after an owner? Cleveland Browns or Charlotte Bobcats are two examples. The Houston Astros are named after an industry. The Florida Panthers and Atlanta Thrashers are/were named after animals on the protected list. If it sounds good, who cares. Now I don't quite think Red Bulls sounds good, but hey, it could be worse, we could have the tough sounding Maple Leafs for a nickname.

 

 

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it's a bit strange, but the "Red Bulls" has a nice sporting ring to it and feels much more acceptable than the "Big Macs". all soccer teams are corporate billboards anyway, so in the MLS maybe it's not so strange.

i dont recommend anyone drink RedBull either but i love them as a brand. they don't spend a lot of money on traditional advertising trying to attract an audience, they know exactly who their audience is and they go directly to them. they sponsor all kinds of "extreme sport" events. they have a decent youtube channel where you can get a better feel for that. there's a lot to learn from that company from a marketing/branding standpoint.

This.

If it weren't for Red Bull's financial backing, a lot of the extreme sports events out there wouldn't exist.

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I don´t follow MLS so i was surprised to hear about the NY red bulls, i think it´s really strange the league agreed to the name change.......... and also, that drink is really bad for anyones health.

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Just reading about the drink on wiki:

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"Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian company which sells the Red Bull energy drink. In 2011, a total of 4.631 billion cans were sold in over 161 countries."

.

Holy :censored: man ! they got alot of money i guess, but is anyone else upset about a team with a product name, what if a team was called the Big Mac´s ....LOL

We are in 2014, and you did not know how much revenue Red Bull has?

Money talks...suckers walk.

Per 'BrandMooreArt' and his comments, "60 Minutes" profiled them somewhat recently on their marketing.

Plus, Philips and Bayer have been majority team owners for decades as well as the Japanese Baseball names already mentioned.

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Green Bay Packers anyone?

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You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
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New York Red Bulls aren't the only team to be afflicted with the name, though - the company owns a number of other teams around the world, including Austria's FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Brasil and Red Bull Ghana. They also own a German team, RB Leipzig - the rules in Germany prohibit the use of sponsor's full names as part of a club's playing name though, so they have to make do with the initials in this case. We have similar rules in England, they've been tested a few times over the years but fortunately we've held firm so far...

Plus, Philips and Bayer have been majority team owners for decades as well as the Japanese Baseball names already mentioned.

The circumstances of clubs such as PSV and Bayar Leverkusen is different, however - these started life as works clubs founded by company employees which later went professional, as opposed to the Red Bull clubs which were existing teams with established identities which were wiped out by the corporate brand.

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I remember when the Grizzlies moved to Memphis they wanted to be called the Express since FedEx had something to do with the team but the NBA vetoed the name. It seemed odd to me since it wasn't the Memphis Federal Express but just the Memphis Express. Anyway, if the name works, use it I say.

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New York Red Bulls aren't the only team to be afflicted with the name, though - the company owns a number of other teams around the world, including Austria's FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Brasil and Red Bull Ghana. They also own a German team, RB Leipzig - the rules in Germany prohibit the use of sponsor's full names as part of a club's playing name though, so they have to make do with the initials in this case. We have similar rules in England, they've been tested a few times over the years but fortunately we've held firm so far...

Plus, Philips and Bayer have been majority team owners for decades as well as the Japanese Baseball names already mentioned.

The circumstances of clubs such as PSV and Bayar Leverkusen is different, however - these started life as works clubs founded by company employees which later went professional, as opposed to the Red Bull clubs which were existing teams with established identities which were wiped out by the corporate brand.

And going professional, they became corporate with acceptance and did not incorporate themselves independently with another name.

The OP made a comment on the product itself and its consumption. The OP was worried about Red Bull, but NPB teams, J-League teams some of which deal in questionable markets or in the case of Bayer, a chemical company with a long history and produces pesticides for grain seed for products we may eat every day, especially if you live in North America.

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Green Bay Packers anyone?

But that's an occupation. I don't see it as being much different than 49ers or Cowboys. I know the Packers' history, and I know that sort of thing wouldn't fly today, but the end result is that they were named after an occupation instead of a specific product.

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But that's an occupation. I don't see it as being much different than 49ers or Cowboys. I know the Packers' history, and I know that sort of thing wouldn't fly today, but the end result is that they were named after an occupation instead of a specific product.

They were named after the sponsoring company though.

On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said:
Today, we are all otaku.

"The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert

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The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy)

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Green Bay Packers anyone?

But that's an occupation. I don't see it as being much different than 49ers or Cowboys. I know the Packers' history, and I know that sort of thing wouldn't fly today, but the end result is that they were named after an occupation instead of a specific product.

They were named after the sponsoring company though.

Indian Packing Co (Name changed to ACME Packing Co) was the sponsor of the team after Curly Lambeau, who worked for the company, asked for some money to pay for uniforms. Curly got the money from Indian/ACME as long as the company name was on the uniforms. Indian/ACME Packers was on the uniforms until they stopped sponsoring the team. The "packers" became such a well known team, they kept "packers" on their uniforms and then later Packers officially became their team name.

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EC Red Bulls Salzburg of the Austrian League.

Only know them because Irbe played for them in 2005-06 [According to Wikipedia team has had the Red Bull name since 2000]. Couldn't resist posting an Irbe pic:

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I drank a Red Bull once and it gave me really scary heart palpitations. Admittedly, I was 12 at the time, but it's still nothing I'll ever touch again. Tastes like metal, and not the good kind like Black Sabbath.

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New York Red Bulls aren't the only team to be afflicted with the name, though - the company owns a number of other teams around the world, including Austria's FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Brasil and Red Bull Ghana. They also own a German team, RB Leipzig - the rules in Germany prohibit the use of sponsor's full names as part of a club's playing name though, so they have to make do with the initials in this case. We have similar rules in England, they've been tested a few times over the years but fortunately we've held firm so far...

Plus, Philips and Bayer have been majority team owners for decades as well as the Japanese Baseball names already mentioned.

The circumstances of clubs such as PSV and Bayar Leverkusen is different, however - these started life as works clubs founded by company employees which later went professional, as opposed to the Red Bull clubs which were existing teams with established identities which were wiped out by the corporate brand.

And going professional, they became corporate with acceptance and did not incorporate themselves independently with another name.

The OP made a comment on the product itself and its consumption. The OP was worried about Red Bull, but NPB teams, J-League teams some of which deal in questionable markets or in the case of Bayer, a chemical company with a long history and produces pesticides for grain seed for products we may eat every day, especially if you live in North America.

You mean those pesticides which have been used for over 100 years and not only have said pesticides NOT killed millions or thousands or even hundreds of people here in the US, said pesticides have lengthened the average lifespan, which of course is a HORRIBLE thing. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Aside from the memphis express story, the grizzlies also considered louisville where kfc/tricon/yum were going to help finance the move with the stipulation being the team would be called kentucky colonels. The nba said it would have been allowed because such a team previously existed in the aba.

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EC Red Bulls Salzburg of the Austrian League.

Only know them because Irbe played for them in 2005-06 [According to Wikipedia team has had the Red Bull name since 2000]. Couldn't resist posting an Irbe pic:

-Irbe-Red-Bulls-.jpg

First thing I thought of too when the topic came up. And since you mentioned Archie, it makes sense to note that a large number of the Latvian Hockey League teams are named after corporations/general sponsors: Kurbads and Prizma - both Logistics/Transport companies, Monarch (I believe they operate small casinos), and in recent years SMSCredit. One of the leading soccer teams is also named after their founding sponsor Skonto (construction).

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