Quote:I like "Blake Bortles".  What's up with the need for cheesy nicknames?

You see, the good thing about nicknames is that: people who like nicknames, it's fun. People don't care for nicknames, they could go with "Blake Bortles." At the end of the day, no one loses. I'm not a nickname fan myself, but it doesn't bother me (much like Frank Frangie and the broadcast doesn't bother me). But hey, some people love calling Kevin Durant the "Durantula" and Lebron "King James." Superman has been used 1,000 times, but that doesn't stop Cam Newton, Tebow, Dwight Howard, or Shaq from buying in. Some feel more natural, like Mike Thomas' M80' Andrei Kirilenko's AK47, Paul George's recent number change to 13 (PG13). George Herman Ruth had a nickname after his nick pan me from "Babe Ruth" to the Great Bambino. Some TEAMS have nicknames for their nicknames like the Bronx Bombers, the Lake Show, Lob City for the Clippers, and the Bolts for the Chargers, or hell, the Jags. Even further, some teams's fans' have nicknames like the 12th man and their stadiums have nicknames like Florida's O-Dome or more famous, The Swamp or LSU's Death Valley. Nicknames are for fans and I'd never take that part from them. Point is, corny or not, if people want to give nicknames to the athletes they invest their time in, so be it. It's better than Gabby

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