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writes:I am a 29 year old female and a mother of a 4 year old son. My husband was a member of a successful amateur teenage bowling team when he was a kid. This team won 16 league championships. To know my husband is to know about those 16 titles. His problem is that through a series of transactions or agreements I don't fully understand, other members of this team control the team name somehow. My husband wants to use that name for a new team and he says to pass it on to our son someday. The name is not copyrighted or anything. So, I encouraged him to use it, like who is going to know or care? He said it would not be the same, that he can't just call a team by that name, that it has to be THE team name. He's been trying to buy these guys out. One would not sell and the other asked a price that was too high. He wanted to pay it and said he could start over if he had his team back. I refused to go along with this. As an adult, he's won titles and awards, but says without the team name, it's meaningless. Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (4 April 2011): And this is an issue because??/ So long as the cost will not have a significant impact on the family finances then I dont see the problem...If it is important to you and will not negatively impact the family let him have it...How would you feel if you had some childhood dream and had a chance to have it and he stopped you cos he wasnt as into it as you were....Wouldnt you resent him for being a spoiler?...Stop creating drama where ther is none, dont be selfish...Let him have it if it aint gonna cause problems in the family...Dont be selfish and controlling
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reader, dirtball +, writes (4 April 2011):
 Gotta love stubborn men sometimes, right...
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet" To quote Shakespeare.
This is important to him. Why it's as important as it is, it's hard to say. He has very fond memories of that team and the name. I think this may be some sort of attempt to reclaim a piece of his personal history that he feels he's lost somehow. However, if it's not copyrighted, then it does seem silly to spend money on it. Afterall, he has just as much claim to the name as anyone else.
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