Simple solution for nicknames

To the editor:

I am astounded that those who are casting about for a new name for the various athletic teams of Southeast Missouri State University have not come up with the most obvious solution. The football team should be called Football Players so that when they take the field the announcer can declaim, "The Southeast Missouri State University Football Players are taking the field." I suggest the same with the teams for basketball, baseball, volleyball and other sports.

I normally charge for my ideas, but this one is on the house since Southeast is a public educational institution and all.

DONN S. MILLER

Tamms, Ill.