Yep, you read that right, I was really looking forward to Pokemon Sun & Moon but the announcement of Team Skull has really put me off trying them.
Why you might ask? Well several reason which I will detail below.

One of the main issues I have is that they are real thugs in the truest sense of the word.
Where before we had villainous teams with real goals and motives (granted maybe not the best goals or motives but still) and leaders with charm and/or intellect we now have Team Skull, a group of misfits that seem to rather blame all of their problems (and they have a lot) on those around them rather then taking responsibility for their actions.
You can see this just from Guzmas intro, where it's obvious that he blames society for his failure to become a trial captain, when it's obvious that the real reason he could never become one is because he's a slacker that slept in because he was stoned or drunk.

Another thing is that I've come across the type of people that Team Skull represents in real life, and these are very bad people, they won't hesitate to assault you just for looking at them, they steal from the innocent, they are the drug dealers and pushers, the ones that make life a living hell for a lot of people and have done huge damage to myself and others important to me. To have them in what's supposed to be light hearted entertainment just makes no sense to me, I get having bad guys you can really hate, but unless you can actually kill them what's the point, I'd rather just have villains I just mildly dislike, then I wouldn't get mad when they succeed in their goals (not that this team has goals) or fail to die.

I guess I just can't understand why pokemon fans actually LIKE this team and even want to JOIN it. So what I want to know is, why do you like Team Skull? Is it just the way they dress? Maybe it's because they are different to what we've had in the past? Or do you actually admire them?

I love their funky music and the way they're dancing in the background. I like Guzma's design and the female admin's design as well. Not a big fan of the grunts' design though.

To each their own I guess. I don't think about them in the way that you do, they're just the bad guys of a kids game to me. At the very least they're better than Team Flare (Lysandre was a joke lol).

I don't have the right to assume something of modern pokemon now, since not really being around in that area. But, I wanted to have my little say to do with team skull to be honest I am surprised a team of this is made like....I don't want to think the creators are running out of ideas, and it may seem to be that way. I don't know others like team flare furret has mentioned. But, reading your post just baffled me. I even now wonder what next of a villain team would hold, and what their goals will be. '-'

My biggest problem with Team Skull in Sun and Moon is that there already is a Team Skull in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky. They should've come up with an original name instead of reusing the name Team Skull.

gamerforlifeforever :

I mean I believe they're called Team Poison if you name your own team team skull. Could be mistaken though.
But I agree, that was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the trailer.