Somebody needs to stop the insanity that surrounds America's professional sports teams and their nicknames.

This past weekend a statue of legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas was dedicated outside of Baltimore's football stadium and he was inducted into the stadium's Ring of Honor. The only problem is Unitas played for the Colts who now reside in Indianapolis. Baltimore's new team, the Ravens, is actually the old Cleveland Browns. He played in neither this stadium nor for the Baltimore Ravens.

A few years ago Cleveland got a new team and called them the Browns. Even though the REAL Browns are playing in Baltimore -- whose old Colts are playing in Indy and who might move again. And now overweight morons throughout the city of Cleveland rejoice in dressing up as big dogs and try to fool themselves into thinking that New Coke is better than Coke Classic…er, the New Browns are better than Browns Classic.

How are the old time players supposed to react to this anyway? Should the old Browns identify with the new Browns even though they have no historical link to each other, but merely played in the city? Should they identify with the Ravens who are the old Browns even though they never played in Baltimore or wore a Ravens jersey or helmet? To quote Vince Lombardi, "What the hell is going on here?"

And apparently this madness is threatening to spill into other leagues. Recent rumors have it that the owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz is willing to sell his team's nickname to the New Orleans Hornets (who used to be the Charlotte Hornets), just because New Orleans had a team called the Jazz before they moved to Utah. Now if this happens, how will Karl Malone and John Stockton explain to their grandkids for which NBA franchise they played?

And where will this all lead in the future? What if Al Davis decides to move his Raiders team back to Los Angeles? Then would Oakland try to steal Bill Bidwell's Cardinals and have them renamed the Oakland Raiders? Much like the Canadian Football League has two teams named the Roughriders, maybe the NFL can have two teams nicknamed the Raiders.

One thing is for certain, though. With the D.C. sniper scare, it probably is best that the Washington Wizards are no longer called the Bullets.