Why are the NY Giants and NY Jets not called the NJ Giants and Jets since the stadium is in New Jersey? The Nets changed their name when they moved to NJ
![Why do the NY Giants and NY Jets play in New Jersey instead of New York? And why aren't they called the Jersey Giants and Jersey Jets instead? : r/sports Why do the NY Giants and NY Jets play in New Jersey instead of New York? And why aren't they called the Jersey Giants and Jersey Jets instead? : r/sports](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_the_USA_highlighting_the_New_York_metropolitan_area.png/1920px-Map_of_the_USA_highlighting_the_New_York_metropolitan_area.png)
Why do the NY Giants and NY Jets play in New Jersey instead of New York? And why aren't they called the Jersey Giants and Jersey Jets instead? : r/sports
![Fan lawsuit claims Giants, Jets should drop 'New York' from names because they play in New Jersey : r/nfl Fan lawsuit claims Giants, Jets should drop 'New York' from names because they play in New Jersey : r/nfl](https://external-preview.redd.it/goAhuaWovYDU8C2jzbtAcceGx-Pg4yHH1dWGv1qEVqU.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d21747bb4a2e33c98590b77ba70873de294f89b8)
Fan lawsuit claims Giants, Jets should drop 'New York' from names because they play in New Jersey : r/nfl
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Jets, Giants won't have fans at MetLife Stadium 'until circumstances change' due to coronavirus - masslive.com
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