What is in a (team) name?

I am not going to support the Chennai Super Kings team in the IPL. There are two reasons:
1. I just don't like the name at all.
2. Actor Vijay is going to be like the brand ambassador for the team.

The second reason is quite straight-forward and I see no reason why that beggar (or loafer or road-side romeo or porikki or idly moonji or any other adjective you want to give him) should be officially associated with this cricket team.

Even if I can somehow look beyond this janthu, I still cant accept the name they have given to the Chennai team. They irony was that the owners of the franchise actually ran an open contest to choose a name. And the best that they could come up with was "Super Kings"?

It is just an amalgamation of two words just because it is grammatically possible to do so. What the hell does it convey? How do you associate Chennai with Kings. This is probably one of the few cities in this country which cannot be immediately linked to a dynasty or even a Kingdom. So why bring in "Kings" to Chennai? If the idea is that the Chennai team would rule the IPL, then they could have just left it as Chennai Kings. But like Raghu mentioned so long ago in this article, the Super word had to be thrown in the mix.

Probably, the franchise owners were also thinking about the other Chennai cricket team (in ICL) that calls itself the Chennai Super Stars. At least, Super Stars means something. Its a word used a lot in the Movie world and Chennai is definitely the capital for movies in South India. But Super Kings? I just don't see it.

Anyways, for that competition that the franchise owners conducted, I made quite a few entries and I have listed a few that I remember. Of the lot, I thought the first one had a good chance of making it! The general rule I followed was:
1. Should be able to relate to something in Chennai
2. Should stand for something powerful

1. Chennai Cyclones
2. Chennai Heat (Duh!)
3. Chennai Champions
4. Chennai Gillies (derived from the Chennai slang Gilli)
5. Chennai Heroes

I came up with around 20 names but am not able to remember any of the others. But one thing I really felt was that I couldn't relate anything to Chennai.

P.S: I am not going to support this team for the reasons indicated above. Also, I am not exactly a fan of Dhoni or Hayden either. Needless to add, I cannot support the Kolkatta team due to the SRK factor, though it has some of the best bowling talent in the game. Will not support a team that has Sachin, so Mumbai is also ruled out. I will probably end up rooting for Bangalore or Hyderabad.