You give sports a bad name!

Bad names are nothing new in the world of sports.

Five minutes with Google will expose you to a long list of crazy and outrageous athlete names from over the years. Any respectable sports fan will have had a giggle at the mention of former Detroit Tiger outfielder Rusty Kuntz or race car driver Dick Trickle. A deeper dive into the internet will introduce you to Olympic swimmer Misty Hyman, baseball minor leaguer Steve Sharts, WHA hockey player Dick Paradise (be careful Googling that one) and even college football player Lucious Pusey.

If you expand your horizons beyond the major North American sports you'll find a French rugby player named Faraj Fartass, a British soccer player (footballer) named Dean Windass, a Slovenian basketball player named Gregor Fučka and a South African FIFA executive named Tokyo Sexwale.

But what about team names? What is the worst sports team name ever?

There are, of course, the intentionally ridiculous Mud Hens, Biscuits, Sand Nats, Ironpigs, Rumble Ponies, Yard Goats, Poodles and Jumbo Shrimp of Minor League Baseball. But these team names are not so much bad as they are weird, funny and cleverly designed to sell merchandise.

You also have low-hanging fruit like the Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Thrashers, Utah Jazz (because Salt Lake City is known for its music scene) and Pittsburgh Pirates (the nearest ocean port to the team's stadium is more than 250 miles away). But these names are the result of relocation and lack of creativity more than anything else.

Which brings us to the recently renamed Major League Rugby (yes, that exists) franchise in Austin, Texas - THE GILGRONIS. Yes, the Austin Gilgronis.

What is a Gilgroni?

Well, believe it or not, according to the team's website, a Gilgroni is a "Texas-sized cocktail, to be released soon." Apparently, one of the big shots with the company that now owns the Austin rugby club is named Adam Gilchrist and he didn't think that naming a drink after himself was douchey enough.

Let's get this straight...

The new owner (also the co-founder of F45 Training) of a struggling rugby club in a fledgling rugby league has decided to name its team after a cocktail. On its own, that might not be too bad. I mean, the Austin Margaritas or the Texas Tequila wouldn't be so bad. The Austin Screwdrivers has a certain ring to it.

But, the Gilgronis?!? The drink doesn't even exist. We don't even know what is in it. More than two months after the name was announced, the cocktail still hasn't been released.

Gilgronis is a TURRIBLE team name.

I am sure there are worse out there, but it's definitely the worst I have ever heard of. Can you imagine walking onto the rugby pitch wearing the name Gilgroni on your chest? Or impressing girls at the bar with the fact that you're a professional rugby player and, when asked what team you play for, having to say "the Gilgronis"?