# I'm surprised Trump doesn't have a bowl game named after him **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 18, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810 "2025-12-18T03:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/1 "2025-12-18T03:03:24Z")
One of the small southern bowl games must need a sponsor. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/2 "2025-12-18T03:04:58Z")
The Faux Golden Toilet Bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/3 "2025-12-18T03:09:23Z")
Sponsorship would require him to pay them. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/4 "2025-12-18T03:14:51Z")
He cares a lot about people’s appearance and grooming. We could call it the Tidy Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/5 "2025-12-18T03:16:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sponsorship would require him to pay them. And **Smapti** wins the gold award. Trump expects the bowl to pay him for the privilege of being named for him. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/6 "2025-12-18T04:35:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sponsorship would require him to pay them. I would anticipate that some one (Musk?) would buy it for him for Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/7 "2025-12-18T04:39:49Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Trump expects the bowl to pay him for the privilege of being named for him. “My brand is worth trillions!” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/8 "2025-12-18T04:43:31Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Sponsorship would require him to pay them. > > And **Smapti** wins the gold award. Trump expects the bowl to pay him for the privilege of being named for him. he could always threaten to sue for some stupid trumped-up reason, unless they agree to name the bowl after him. And throw him a couple mill too. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/9 "2025-12-18T04:44:06Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I would anticipate that some one (Musk?) would buy it for him for Xmas Musk would name it “the X Bowl at X Field” and assume that the naming rights gives him power to fire the janitorial and concessions staff, and also rename the sport “rollerball” like that movie about how awesome sports will be in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/10 "2025-12-18T04:44:19Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > The Faux Golden Toilet Bowl? Nailed it in one. Good job! Taking another look at the situation … “Why, Mr. Trump, there’s already a bowl game named for you … if you change your last name to ‘Rose,’ that is.” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/11 "2025-12-18T04:51:22Z")
> [@solost](#): > > he could always threaten to sue for some stupid trumped-up reason, unless they agree to name the bowl after him. Maybe that already happened, which is why this the last time the LA Bowl will be played. If a bowl game had to choose between naming a bowl after him or being tied up in court (assuming an empty threat to sue wasn’t tossed immediately) then they’d fold. Sponsorship is how bowl games can afford to exist. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/12 "2025-12-18T04:53:42Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > The Faux Golden Toilet Bowl That would be more of a Bowel Game. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/13 "2025-12-18T05:09:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That would be more of a Bowel Game **🤣😂😅🤣😂** ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/14 "2025-12-18T16:05:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That would be more of a Bowel Game. Excellent, we should make it a movement. A really, really big one. A **B** ench **M** ark in presidential history. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/15 "2025-12-18T16:25:46Z")
Bowl games are one-day affairs (I think). A _stadium_ named after him – on the other hand … > **[Trump reportedly wants new NFL stadium in Washington named after him](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/08/trump-name-washington-commanders-stadium)** > > ESPN reports Trump wants the Commanders’ new $3.7bn stadium to bear his name, with the White House suggesting the request could succeed > [@](#): > > Although the Commanders own the rights to sell a commercial stadium sponsorship, they cannot unilaterally decide to name the venue after an individual. The land is controlled by the National Park Service, and the District of Columbia Council will lease the stadium to the team under legislation it approved in September. > > “The team doesn’t have the authority. They can’t name the stadium on their own,” said a source with direct knowledge of the process. “The city would be involved, and the Park Service would be involved.” > > Those layers of approval give Trump significant leverage. As president, he oversees the federal agencies responsible for environmental and land-use approvals at the RFK site – bottlenecks he could slow or block if he chooses. “He has cards to play,” said one source. “He can make it very difficult to get this stadium built unless people align with him on the name.” > > Sources say Trump is not seeking to buy naming rights or have a private donor do so. He wants the stadium to carry his name as a tribute, similar to Chicago’s Soldier Field or Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/16 "2025-12-18T16:35:57Z")
And there are _still_ those enablers who will work feverishly to try to make his dream come true. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/17 "2025-12-18T16:42:02Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > > Sources say Trump is not seeking to buy naming rights or have a private donor do so. He wants the stadium to carry his name as a tribute, similar to Chicago’s Soldier Field or Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “Donald J Trump Memorial Toilet” has a nice ring to it I guess. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/18 "2025-12-18T17:16:19Z")
Alas, his destruction of the Rose Garden and his new golden ballroom will, unfortunately live on in his name… even if it is in the “fuck that guy” type of remembrance. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/19 "2026-04-05T17:00:19Z")
At one time there was the Tour de Trump bicycle race. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surprised-trump-doesnt-have-a-bowl-game-named-after-him/1025810/20 "2026-04-06T20:52:35Z")
He was also miss teen something… /s That that slob would dare to be involved in either is an offense to… well, everything.