Report: Yankees Trademarked ‘Yankees Suck’ Chant In 1996

New York Yankees team ownership revealed Tuesday that the phrase “Yankees suck,” one of the most popular chants in sports, was trademarked by the 27-time World Series champions prior to the 1996 season, a business strategy that has earned the team close to $100 billion over the past 13 years.

In addition, by creating and obtaining the trademarks to the phrases “A-Roid,” “A-Fraud,” and “Jeter sucks, A-Rod swallows,” as well as acquiring partial intellectual property rights to the concept that “All the Yankees are overpaid ######## who make it virtually impossible for smaller-market teams to compete,” the team has accumulated a fiscal safety net that is estimated to last until 2210.

And here I keep helping them out…