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MLS has announced that the name of the new soccer stadium in Toronto, home to 2007 MLS expansion club Toronto FC will be called "BMO Field." Today's announcement is a victory for sports bloggers everywhere. Finally, a stadium is only one stray typo away from being referred to as B.O. Field or B.M. Field in a press release, television broadcast, or major publication.
What makes this announcement of the sale of the naming rights even funnier is that if you look at the Legal page for BMO Financial Group, you discover that BMO is short for Bank of MOntreal. I can see the stadium marquee already."Welcome to Bank of Montreal Field, home of Toronto FC."
Those Krazy Kanadians.
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Seriously, this would be newsworthy if it were somthing that someone gave a shit about. But it's fucking MLS!
It's ALMOST juvenile humor...almost.
"What makes this announcement of the sale of the naming rights even funnier..."
...is that nobody has protested, because nobody cares, because IT'S MLS!
...I'm sorry. I'm just bitter because soccer, as a sport and as a pastime, sucks.
p.s. No, I will not stop. I will NEVER stop.
You and I both know that I as well as most of the YCS staff are not above juvenile humor.
Actually, the marquee thing is not funny.
1) Bank of Montreal is just a name. It's called that because it funded the project.
2) BMO Field is called BMO Field. Meaning it will not contain the words "Bank of Montreal" anywhere.
3) BMO is pronounced Bee-Moe.
4) Lastly, even Bank of Montreal itself goes by BMO more than "Bank of Montreal."
-Anonymous
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