Would you change your name for $100,000?

[Raiden]

Would you change your name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com?

You gotta hand it to Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage. (He's the one in the photo that's not Carl Edwards.) The man knows how to get press for his track. He's a modern-day Barnum, wheeling and dealing and doing whatever's necessary to get the word out.

His latest gig? An offer that makes for a killer "would you do it ... ?" On Tuesday morning, Gossage offered the host of a Dallas country music station $100,000 to change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com. Terry Dorsey, a DJ on 96.3 KSCS, has exactly 24 hours to make the decision.

It's genius, in its own little way. If Dorsey goes through with the stunt, then Dallas listeners will tune in to TexasMotorSpeedway.com in the morning until 2011. And if not, Dorsey will have to explain to his wife why he turned down six figures.

So why not do it? After all, as Shakespeare once said, what's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. (Gossage probably wants those renamed to, say, "TMS Blossoms", but "The Yellow TMS of Texas" sounds more like a disease than a country song.)

All right, so ... decision time. Would you do it? Would you change your name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com for a year for $100,000? State your case below, and who knows ... you might get a call from Eddie.

Oh, and if you see posts here written by a "TexasMotorSpeedway.com," don't fret. It's still me. But you'll know why.

So, would you change your name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com for $100K? t:

 

[Mystirious]

In a heartbeat.

Then change it back the moment I had the money

 

[Raiden]

In a heartbeat.

Then change it back the moment I had the money

I'm sure there is a stipulation that prevents you from changing it back before the deadline.

 

[Morg]

Probably not do it, can you imagine spending the time getting new drivers license and other documents to your new legal name? and then change it again at a later date? Not worth it, give me 1 million and I might

 

[Danalys]

i would. most people would just call me mr my last name or my nickname. would be a bit different if i was a public figure like a radio host. i'd even settle for being called mr .com or mr way.com

 

[Sensi]

I would not. I would love to change my name to what I would like though.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

For a year? Shoot, I almost might.

 

[Figs]

For the rest of your life...hell no!

Just for a year...I would definitely need almost the entire 24 hours to think about it but then again we're talking about ourselves and i'm not a radio personality who has to say my name over the air. For me it would just be my name on paper, at work that guy is not going to find out if I tell people to still call me Josh.

So yeah, I would probably do it, especially if it's just for a year.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Sure. I'd change it for the rest of my life if I had to. 100,000 is a big number and it's not like I couldn't go by my preferred name everywhere I went anyway.

 

[Wylie Times]

For a year? Sure.

 

[E-Man]

Of course I'd do it. I don't even like my first name anyway. One year isn't much to be called a website officially. After the year is done, I'd just change my name back. It probably wouldn't affect me financially, because I would invest a large portion of the money to keep working independently.

 

[SuperFerret]

No. Especially not to that.

 

[El_Citrus]

A year? Texasmotorspeedway.com? $100,000? Sure. Some paperwork and a bit of ribbing from friends for 100k? Sign me up.

The hype is full of ****es, apparently (male ****es, anyway. Our female hypesters are the epitome of class and dignity).

 

[Manic]

Eh... maybe. $100,000 would set me up pretty nicely. I move out of California, get my own place, maybe use the time to get some work finished and published.

 

[Downhere]

Since it would only be for a little while, I'd do it, heck, $100,000 is a lot of money!

 

[redmarvel]

Oh, Bampf - don't open this spoiler... unless you're in the mood

Spoiler

It would be tempting - no denying it... and yet, somehow, I wouldn't do it. I've already got a reputation, adding "Texasmotorspeedway.com" to that rep would be liking whipping a dead cat.

A year? Texasmotorspeedway.com? $100,000? Sure. Some paperwork and a bit of ribbing from friends for 100k? Sign me up.

The hype is full of ****es, apparently (male ****es, anyway. Our female hypesters are the epitome of class and dignity).

When I'm the epitome of class - the class is always amazed at the dignity with which I hold my position

 

[Raiden]

DJ to Change Name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com

 

[Mister J]

It's only a year. He's a radio personality and will probably have some fun with it. The costs of getting new identifying documentation is fairly slight, especially with 100K on the line. Besides imagine the hilarity involved with calling into a customer service line to discuss your iPhone or the light bill or getting a reservation at a restaurant and responding that your name is TexasMotorSpeedway.com. I may start doing this at clubs.

I'd have been more concerned about the tattoo.

 

[Raiden]

It's only a year. He's a radio personality and will probably have some fun with it. The costs of getting new identifying documentation is fairly slight, especially with 100K on the line. Besides imagine the hilarity involved with calling into a customer service line to discuss your iPhone or the light bill or getting a reservation at a restaurant and responding that your name is TexasMotorSpeedway.com. I may start doing this at clubs.

I'd have been more concerned about the tattoo.

I think tattoo-removal procedure has gotten much more advanced nowadays, that he can have it removed after his stint is done.

 

[Mister J]

April Fool's Fail: DJ Doesn't Change Name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com

Disc jockey's are nothing if not zany. And the Dallas-area DJ formerly known as Terry Dorsey is the latest example of that. He's agreed to legally change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com for one year in exchange for $100,000.

ESPN Dallas has the slapstick-y details:

Dorsey, who works for country music station KSCS, took up TMS president Eddie Gossage's challenge to change his name to the track's website for one year, as well as get a permanent tattoo of the track's name. ...

"It was my wife who convinced me to do it," Dorsey said in a statement. "She said for the money Eddie was offering, it was something we couldn't pass up."​

Funny story: it's a hoax. Never mind that it's not funny, just know that tomorrow's April 1st so it seemed like the right thing to do. "We meant no malice," Gossage said Wednesday. "This started when the radio station [KSCS 96.3-FM] asked us if we would play along. We thought it would only be a radio promotion and that would be it. But it kind of caught fire and grew into something we didn't expect."

To recap: there's nothing to see, it was a little joke that got out of hand, and we can all go back to ignoring motor sports again. Done and done.

Bastards.

 

[El_Citrus]

Why has April Fools spilled over into the days leading up TO said day? The day is irritating enough, I don't feel like putting up with nearly half a week of hoaxes and practical jokes.

 

[Raiden]

April Fool's Fail: DJ Doesn't Change Name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com


Bastards.

And I thought April Fool's joke is supposed to be played on, well, April Fool's Day. Too bad, it would've made for a good story though. Personally, I think offering 100K to a DJ to advertise your company's name for a year isn't a bad idea, and in this down-ridden economy we have now, there will be many people who will be willing to be embarrassed to make extra money on the side.

 

[AndThePickles]

I think that this was pretty blatantly a hoax...not the best April Fool's joke I've ever seen, that's for sure.

 

[Yurka]

This is the 3rd April Fools Joke I've seen today.These jackasses must not understand the rules.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I hate April Fool's Day anymore... As a kid I always loved being able to laugh at other people's expense but as an adult and a paranoid one at that, it's difficult to know what the **** is going on.

Mitch Hedberg died on April 1st. It took me like a month to actually believe it happened... Now they start doing this **** a week early I'll never know what to believe again.