# Sports teams named after a region's working people

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-teams-named-after-a-regions-working-people/569689>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 31, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-teams-named-after-a-regions-working-people/569689 "2011-01-31T20:43:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-teams-named-after-a-regions-working-people/569689/81 "2011-02-23T14:41:30Z")

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Our dearly departed XFL had a few teams that might qualify for (illegal) professions…

Chicago Enforcers  
New York/New Jersey Hitmen  
Las Vegas Outlaws

I sure do miss the scramble for the ball.

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