Cool Fantasy Football Team Names
One of the first jobs you’re tasked with when you begin playing fantasy football is coming up with a cool sounding team name for your franchise. This is not a responsibility to be taken lightly. The name you choose will identify you. Just as some Native American tribes give names to individuals that reflect their spirit, your team name should be a reflection on you and your personality. As such, it requires some goldarned serious consideration.
When you choose your team name, take a tip from the pros. NFL teams did not choose their names on a whim. Instead, most have ties with their location. For instance, the Baltimore Ravens named their team after the famous poem, The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. The reason: Poe lived a big part of his life in Baltimore, and he died and was buried there. Minnesota was given the moniker Vikings because of the many Scandinavian descendants living in the area. You should follow suit and tie your franchise name to yourself in much the same way.
How do you come up with a name that is a reflection on you? Take a notepad and start writing down some of your main interests, hobbies, and personality traits. You could also take into account what you do for a living, or perhaps your ancestry. The sky’s the limit to qualities that define you. Just jot down things as they come to you. Once you get a good list, whittle it down until you have a couple of traits that best define you. The name I chose for my first fantasy football team was Ironhawks. It combined two of my interests: Pumping iron, and attracting wild birds to my backyard. Granted, my bird feeders did not invite many hawks, but hawks are nonetheless birds – and Ironfinches was a bit on the wimpy side!
