It’s a shark - or specifically an orca.
Crazy professor says its imagery from indigenous Haida people.
I’ve seen other objections to other nicknames, such as :
1. Pittsburgh Steelers is offensive to real steel workers.
2. Green Bay Packers is offensive to real meat packers.
3. New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Angels, and San Diego Padres are all offensive to the Catholic Church.
4. Dallas Cowboys is offensive to real cowboys.
5. Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, are said by some to be glorifying criminal activity.
6. Boston Celtics is offensive to the real Celtic people.
7. Notre Dame Fighting Irish offends the Irish and is also glorification of violence, because of “Fighting”.
8. Names such as San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia 76ers, and New England Patriots, are a nod to a history we are not supposed take any pride in. So those names are clearly offensive to the politically correct crowd.
9. All of the animal nicknames offend the PETA types.
So we can see, there are many many names which offend somebody.
A shark? No, an orca, or killer whale, is the largest member of the dolphin family.