Commissioner wrote:Tacitus651 wrote:I’m clearly not attempting to argue that Detroit Mercy is a better name for the university itself. I don’t think any alum, young or old would suggest that honestly. I am suggesting that athletics should conform to Detroit Mercy so long as the name of the school is such out of pure consistency.
In other words, having made a mistake, by god we should double down on it!
No, doubling down would be keeping the school name Detroit Mercy, which is what G/Trustees decided to do two years ago.
Keeping athletics the same name as the school (no matter how bad or confusing that name is) is just common sense. Not one of the examples people have offered (UM, MSU, Omaha, Milwaukee, blah blah blah) are analogous to what you are proposing. Sure, there are private schools that have more complicated names (Notre Dame du Lac, Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit). But, those schools don't advertise those names to the public as their academic brand - the only place you still see those full names are on 990 tax forms and maybe a few other legal/official documents. Truth is, no one has offered a truly analogous example because one does not exist.