• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s just such a terrible name… I’m tired of all the team names just being a string of corporations

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      11 months ago

      I mean, it has been this way since the 1980s… but nowadays it’s often “Company 1 Company 2 Company 3” instead of “Sponsor Team”. And stupid sponsorship names that are very long dont help either

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        11 months ago

        Well, at least three of those are actually car manufacturing companies that used their competition teams to both promote their vehicles and showcase new R&D achievements. Even RedBull has a reputation and history of marketing towards high intensity thrill seeking and adrenaline junkies, which makes sense in a high risk high stakes sport. There’s a qualitative difference between Ferrari and VisaCashappWalmart or whatever it is they’re doing now.

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        11 months ago

        But the brand names is cycling is super cool imo.Id love to see a F1 team named as Jumbo Visma

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          11 months ago

          Not sure if you’re aware, but Jumbo is literally a grocery store in the Netherlands

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    11 months ago

    Any other sources? I desperately want this to be one person’s hoax!

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      11 months ago

      Search for “visacashapprb” on your favorite search engine (I just tested Google and Duckduckgo), and they will show a result with a link to the new insta-handle

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        11 months ago

        Alas! Also whenever I see that all-lowercase name my brain reads “visa cash grab”. I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere.