We are in the age of sports teams getting pressure to change their nicknames for various names. We’ve already seen the Washington Football Team drop the ‘Redskins’ and Cleveland Guardians drop the ‘Indians.’
Next up could be the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Arizona State’s mascot, Sparky, was already making waves over the past week after it was recently included on a list of the “creepiest” and most “offensive” nicknames in the sport.
AZ Central has since pointed out that Arizona State’s nickname, Sun Devils, is not the focus of a petition calling for the school to change from “Sun Devils” to “Sun Angels.”
“What once might have been viewed as acceptable – is now just plain demonic. Anyone with an ounce of Christian belief will have a hard time pledging allegiance to…being loyal to…or spending money with the devil. With every T-shirt, souvenir and game ticket they sell, they solidify their consent that idolizing the devil is just fine with them. This must stop – and the solution is a simple one. ASU can simply flip the switch and rename their teams, the ‘Sun Angels.’ A precedent already exists for this and it has existed for over 44 years in plain sight, right on the ASU campus. In direct opposition to the Sun Devil moniker, the university’s track & field stadium is already named the ‘Sun Angel Stadium,’ and is considered one of the finer facilities of its kind in the country. Oddly, it sits within walking distance to the Sun Devil Football Stadium.”
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As of this writing, the petition has over 3,000 signatures.
“The devil association becomes even stronger when you consider “Sparky” the full-blown devil mascot, complete with a pointy tail and 3-pronged pitchfork trident. Even the “Fork-em” slogan connotes something decidedly non-Christian – a lewd, pitchforked hand gesture often seen during games from the “Inferno,” where student fans raise their tridents to celebrate a good “forking.” It could be a plot from a B-rated fraternity movie – if it weren’t actually true.
So, we have a devil name, a devil mascot, a devil trident symbol and a lewd slogan, all erupting from a stadium named after the devil and funded by organizations of “angels” that call themselves devils who condone all of this. This is a school that has clearly lost its way and a place good Christians might want to reconsider sending their kids to.
The purpose of this change.org petition is to garner support for the change of the name from Sun Devils to Sun Angels. The school, not surprisingly is raking in millions from the merchandising and promotion of Lucifer and will not change their evil ways without resounding public pressure to do so. Your support on this petition is a simple and easy way to do the right thing.”
Arizona State opens the 2021 football season against Southern Utah.
