A couple weeks after Tom Brady left the Patriots for the Buccaneers in NFL free agency, the quarterback's company reportedly filed for two trademarks. According to trademark attorney Josh Gerben, this indicates "Brady intends to sell clothing, headwear and footwear using the trademarks."
Tom Brady's company (TEB Capital Management) has filed 2 new trademarks for:
— Josh Gerben (@JoshGerben) April 10, 2020
1. TOMPA BAY
2. TAMPA BRADY
The filings, made on April 6th, indicate Brady intends to sell clothing, headwear and footwear using the trademarks.
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One of the trademark filings, for "Tampa Brady," is fine. The other, for "Tompa Bay," was met with a virtual burst of laughter.
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"Tompa Bay" sounds ridiculous, but part of the reason Brady filed to trademark the phrase could be the fact that "Tompa Bay" merchandise is already being produced. "The Dan Patrick Show," for example, has been selling a "Tompa Bay" T-shirt on its merchandise site for weeks.
"We were doing mock headlines of Brady going (to Tampa Bay)," Patrick explained to The Action Network's Darren Rovell on Friday. "We joked that it was so easy. We threw out 'Tompa Bay' right away, and then 'Tampa Brady,' and then I go, 'let's make T-shirts.'"
But the ridiculousness that is "Tompa Bay" didn't reach the masses until Friday, when news broke of Brady's trademarks and when "Tompa Bay" began trending on Twitter.
It was trending, of course, because everybody was cracking jokes. Below are some of the best.
TOMPA sounds like a rejected Pokémon https://t.co/IB4pk9PIoI
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) April 10, 2020
Brady’s Agent: Tomassee Titans?
— Ches Allen (@ChesAllenPDX) April 10, 2020
Brady: No
BA: Toms Angelas Chargers?
Brady: No
BA: Miami Tomphins?
Brady: No
BA: Tompa Bay?
Brady: *snaps fingers* THAT’s where I’m going. https://t.co/BwWFNxQ4AC
TOMPA also sounds like a minion of Bowser.
— Tim Brown (@xTHEDRAWx) April 10, 2020
lol what the hell is TOMPA BAY? It sounds like a new Mario Party location, maybe it can be the birthplace of koopa troopas or goombas https://t.co/MuNUwqi03s
— evan_rook (@Evan_Rook) April 10, 2020
TOMPA sounds like an off brand Tonka Truck https://t.co/6RenviwLct
— mario graña (@granagranagrana) April 10, 2020
pretty sure that Tompa Bay was one of the characters in the background at the Mos Eisley Cantina https://t.co/aSyqpqKrqX
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) April 10, 2020
Ask your doctor if TOMPA is right for you.
— Elisa (@ElisaRockDoc) April 10, 2020
— JPS (@JasonPStarling) April 10, 2020
TOMPA sounds like some sort of high fashion pancho.
— Bryce Williams (@CheeseSando) April 10, 2020
I thought Tompa Bay was trending due to someone/something famous making a typo.
— Contrary Tealight (@IsidoresDragon) April 10, 2020
The actual reason for it trending is much dumber.
TOMPA BAY sounds like a discount beachwear outlet.
— Vincent Harris (@HarrisVince) April 10, 2020
Great. Now I have the Oompa Loompa song in my head.
— SN's Vinnie Iyer (@vinnieiyer) April 10, 2020
"Tompa, Tampa, Tombrady TB."
TOMPA sounds like an insult in Spanish
— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) April 10, 2020