fair enough not going to worry too much about it but it is rather bothersome although it is my understanding that since the article deals with a subject that is primarily of american interest it is american english conventions that are to be used certainly when the subject is not of any specific interest to speakers of a particular form of english then there's no reason to go about changing it it should just be left as originally written unless someone changes the substance of it and uses the form with which he is accustomed rather than what was originally written however that is not the case here furthermore without context those examples you cited are useless whether indianapolis colts is a plural or singular noun depends on whether or not it's being used to refer to the entity itself as distinct from the individuals that make it up or whether it's just being used to refer to the individuals collectivelly btw quit adding stuff this is the second time i've got an edit conflict while trying to reply to this d