"Pigeons" and "Bluebirds" Catching On...

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Ulrich said:
#creatingnewsratherthanreporting

It's not their place to latch on to a nickname, especially when not all of the fans agree on it.
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I think it has enough legs after 2 years that it's not going anywhere. We have a guy in a pidgeon costume that come to the matches. And there does not seem to be any better alternatives. Pidgeons it is! Could be worse.
 
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adam said:
I think it has enough legs after 2 years that it's not going anywhere. We have a guy in a pidgeon costume that come to the matches. And there does not seem to be any better alternatives. Pidgeons it is! Could be worse.
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Sure, but wearing a costume doesn't make a mascot - if somebody wore a gorilla mask would that be enough to call us the Primates? And does it really have enough legs after two years - on this forum and Reddit, any time it comes up there are people objecting to it. The only place I see it constantly used is by media people on Twitter, usually C.Araos, and as a writer it's not his place to adopt the nickname if not uniformly accepted.
 
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Influencing people is the entire point of his gig. He's not a reporter. The word "analyst" is in the name of his column. He can do whatever the hell he wants. And jeez, real reporters have more bias to worry about than some MLS hack and a team nickname.
 
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mgarbowski said:
Influencing people is the entire point of his gig. He's not a reporter. The word "analyst" is in the name of his column. He can do whatever the hell he wants. And jeez, real reporters have more bias to worry about than some MLS hack and a team nickname.
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I assume you're referring to Doyle? In truth, since he works as an insider and is paid by the league, Doyle isn't an analyst, he's a shill. He has very pointed agendas.

If referring to Araos, I never said he's a reporter (or Doyle), I commented on "media people".

My hashtag also never mentioned reporters either, just that news should never be created, it should be reported.
 
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Ulrich said:
Sure, but wearing a costume doesn't make a mascot - if somebody wore a gorilla mask would that be enough to call us the Primates? And does it really have enough legs after two years - on this forum and Reddit, any time it comes up there are people objecting to it. The only place I see it constantly used is by media people on Twitter, usually C.Araos, and as a writer it's not his place to adopt the nickname if not uniformly accepted.
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I hear you. And I couldn't really give 2 *****s what they use as a nickname. Just saying it seems to have caught on more then blues and I haven't heard of any other real alternatives. After enough years, writers are going to stick with whatever option they have just bc it becomes tedious calling a team NYCFC all the time and it sounds & flows better (purely from a writer's perspective) when they add a nickname.
 
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adam said:
I hear you. And I couldn't really give 2 *****s what they use as a nickname. Just saying it seems to have caught on more then blues and I haven't heard of any other real alternatives. After enough years, writers are going to stick with whatever option they have just bc it becomes tedious calling a team NYCFC all the time and it sounds & flows better (purely from a writer's perspective) when they add a nickname.
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If its that much of a stretch then just say NYC. There is no other team in NY with that designation.
 
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New York City, New York, City, NYC. Those are the names I refer to this club as in conversation, because the club is New York City FC, not some boring bird that also happen to be all over the place in another city named Boston.
 
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Vallos said:
If its that much of a stretch then just say NYC. There is no other team in NY with that designation.
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It's not that NYCFC is too long or awkward (which it kind of is), they just want an entirely different word to refer to the club as. Most teams you can say Portland or Timbers, Orlando or Lions. NYC and NYCFC are just about the same. The writer in them (not the reporter) just wants something more colorful to say. And I don't think they have an agenda to push. I really think they just get tired of typing the same exact set of words over and over.
 
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I've noticed the announcers starting to say "city" when referring to our club. Not all the time but definitely enough to notice.
 
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adam said:
It's not that NYCFC is too long or awkward (which it kind of is), they just want an entirely different word to refer to the club as. Most teams you can say Portland or Timbers, Orlando or Lions. NYC and NYCFC are just about the same. The writer in them (not the reporter) just wants something more colorful to say. And I don't think they have an agenda to push. I really think they just get tired of typing the same exact set of words over and over.
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It's like "Gang Green" and "Jints." Nobody says those IRL but they're in Post and Daily News headlines all the time.
 
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