Top 10 Worst Team Names

North Dakota's Board of Higher Education voted May 14 to retire the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo after a lengthy dispute over whether or not the name was derogatory towards Native Americans. In honor of the name change, TIME examines ten other schools that might consider similar rebrandings.

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

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A banana slug is a slimy yellow mollusk that slides across the ground, leaving an oily residue wherever it goes. It is also the name of UC Santa Cruz's athletic team. When Santa Cruz joined NCAA's Division III in 1981, athletic officials presented the school with its first official mascot: the sea lion. But the students were having none of it; they wanted to be called the banana slugs. After five years of slug vs. sea lion rivalry, the slug won out and it has been the official mascot ever since.

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