Former mayor is trolling University of North Dakota

North Dakota is trying figure out a new nickname, but someone is trying to troll them out of getting one.

There has been a search to find a new nickname for the University of North Dakota, as their old nickname of the Fighting Sioux doesn’t fly anymore in evolved society.

But the search for a new nickname has opened up the school to trolling from rival fans, and someone is hijacking the search to replace the Fighting Sioux name. While it’s an epic troll job, the motives really aren’t rooted in the college rivalry vitriol we love to see.

According to theBismarck Tribune, the former Mayor of Bismarck and a North Dakota State graduate is trademarking all of the top contending nicknames in an effort to block them from being used to replace Fighting Sioux.

"Haakenson, who attended North Dakota State University but says he’s a supporter of the Fighting Sioux nickname, said he registered the trade names Fighting Hawks, Nodaks and North Stars with the North Dakota secretary of state in order to prevent UND from using them.“As far as I’m concerned, [UND president Robert] Kelley will never get permission from me,” Haakenson said. “I’ll use every legal means I have to stop him from using the names.”"

It’s probably not going to end up working but it’s still hilarious. The only downside to this is that it’s not a college football style troll where you have someone trying to screw their rival school simply out of spite. This is rooted in an effort to keep the Fighting Sioux name — something that no one is really a fan of except people in North Dakota.

Still, it’s a classic troll that is more than likely going to inspire a handful of imitators who will give us the style of troll we were looking for here.

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