Why aren't the New York football Giants called the New Jersey Giants?

Question

since they play in New Jersey which is a totally separate state than New York

Answer 1

The same reason that the Rams were not called the Pasadena Rams or the Anaheim Rams when they played on those cities.

Or the Green Bay Packers were not called the Green Bay/Milwaukee Packers when they split games.

Or the Dallas Cowboys are not called the Irving Cowboys

Or the Buffalo Bills are not called the Orchard Park Bills

Or the Chicago Bears were not called the Urbana-Champaign Bears the season they played there.

And the ultimate one, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play on land, Tampa Bay is not a city, it's a body of water.

Answer 2

we used to play in New York, at Yankee stadium but it was easier to move outside of New York.

Answer 3

They will be if Bon Jovi buys them.

Answer 4

Thats because New York pays them more money to be the new york giants. Hopefully NJ doesn't pull a LA and decide they want the team to be the New York Giants of New Jersey, that would be g*y. Also, the Jets play at the same stadium as the Giants.

Answer 5

Because then they would have no fans.  

Except the four people in New Jersey.

=)