One thing that really grates my goat with the professionalism of modern sport is teams and grounds selling naming rights for cash.

The worst victom of this cash-grabbing phenomonan is the NSW ‘Speedblitz’ blues. This cringeworthy excuse for a moniker has made it much more difficult to support the team. Seriously, Speedblitz? It’s a freaking anti-speeding campaign and has nothing to do with cricket or NSW. WTF is that meant to inspire? Has anyone approached Morgan Freeman to throw on the costume Driving Miss Daisy and dance around the boundary as a mascot?

I really try to support the NSW Blues, we’ve got a great team this year even when missing our 6 Baggy Green representatives.. but I just can’t get past the obscene name. Enough is enough. Every media release seems baked in speedblitz references and I just can’t take it anymore. A Jihad on Speedblitz!

So, by the lack of power vested in me by no-one at all I hereby declare from this moment forward the NSW Cricket Team will be known as ‘The NSW Bluetongues’

When threatened, a Funnelweb rocks back on its hind legs and lets venom drip down its fangs. A dog raises its hackles, growls and bears its teeth. As for the Blue-Tongue, its defence is to show that it has a big blue tongue. To reinforce the threat, the lizard stands its ground, hissing and drawing as much attention to the tongue as possible. Confronted with such an odd sight, one can’t help but think that there is something to fear about tongues afterall.

A cross-industry promotion with an icy pole company could get sporting fans walking around with a blue tongue, to ensure they share the lizard’s novel trait.
Note: Credit for the name goes to Convict Creations.

If we must obtain a naming rights sponsor then one couldn’t go past these these guys.