These are typical examples of Palindrome name badges; therefore each team name is depicted as a palindrome pictorially. (The name badges are presented in order by palindrome length.)
The years on the name badges give the alpha ordering for the team names.
The count of the symbols repeated at the top of each name badge marks the enumeration for the palindromic team names.
Each tag also has one or two of those symbols partially punched by a hole; any symbol touched by a hole is an answer letter to extract.
And the number of times each name badge lanyard overlaps itself determines the ordering for the extracted answer letters:
NUMBER OF TIMES LANYARD OVERLAPS ITSELF | PALINDROME TEAM NAME DEPICTED | LETTER(S) MARKED BY HOLE PUNCH | YEAR ON TAG (in alpha order of palindrome) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | L.A.'S REVERSAL | R E | 2027 |
2 | EGO DOGE | D | 2024 |
3 | YO BANANA BOY (The Amazing World of Gumball) | O | 2037 |
4 | PUFF UP (SpongeBob SquarePants) | F | 2032 |
5 | GIFT FIG (Adam and Eve or Original Sin, Sacro Monte di Varallo) | F | 2026 |
6 | WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW (My Neighbor Totoro) | I C | 2035 |
7 | SPIDER REDIPS (Charlotte's Web (1973)) | E | 2034 |
8 | GABE'S ON A NOSEBAG (Penny Arcade) | S | 2025 |
9 | POPEYE'S EYE POP (Fleischer Studios' Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons) | P | 2031 |
10 | SNACK CANS | A | 2033 |
11 | CAMP MAC | C | 2023 |
12 | WE PANIC IN A PEW (The Simpsons) | E I | 2036 |
13 | OMANYTE TYNAMO (Pokémon video game series) | T | 2030 |
14 | NO LEMON NO MELON (also works with NO MELON NO LEMON) (Mario Party Superstars) | E | 2029 |
15 | MOM OM (Futurama) | M | 2028 |
The extracted letters in order spell out RED OFFICE SPACE ITEM, giving the answer STAPLER