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Patrick
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Nate
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That's something I never understood....a team leaving a city and then a new, expansion team taking it's place in that city. Like the Houston Oilers leaving for Tennessee and then now we have the Houston Texans. If the city can support the team, why did the original team leave in the first place?
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defska17
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I agree. It's stupid.
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Spike
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| Posted: 11/2/2002, 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Expansion Teams |
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Yeah also the Cleveland Browns left to become the Baltimore Ravens and but now the Browns are back in Cleveland.
So I don't know what to think, heh. |
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Patrick
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Spike
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Well Charlotte finally decided on the nickname "Bobcats". 
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Monday, June 9
Owner Bob Johnson chooses Bobcats nickname
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Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte's NBA expansion team will be called the "Bobcats,'' a nod to the owner who spent $300 million for the franchise, The Associated Press has learned.
Bob Johnson selected Bobcats over "Flight'' and "Dragons,'' a source familiar with the process told the AP on Monday on condition of anonymity.
The dominant color in uniforms and logos will be orange and official team apparel will be in stores Wednesday afternoon, the source said.
An official announcement is planned for Wednesday, when city leaders plan to join Johnson and NBA commissioner David Stern in a downtown street festival to unveil the name, mascot and logos.
Chris Weiller, a spokesman for the new NBA team, would not confirm or deny that Johnson has picked Bobcats as the name.
In picking Bobcats, Johnson gets to see his own name used and continues the feline theme established by Charlotte's other pro team, the NFL's Panthers.
Bobcats was one of three finalists for the team name, whittled down from a list of nearly 1,200 suggestions the team received from the community. Johnson's group used several focus groups and spent nearly $100,000 researching the names and their trademark status and designing possible logos.
Team officials cut the list about 10 names, then matched them with potential colors, graphic designs and mascots.
Chicago's NVU Productions was hired to help develop the logos.
Reaction was lukewarm -- at best -- when the finalists were announced last month. But the same thing happened in 1987 when owner George Shinn was naming his Charlotte NBA team.
Originally "Spirit'' was selected, but Shinn changed it to Hornets, a name that traced its roots to the Revolutionary War.
That name -- and its lovable purple and teal mascot "Hugo the Hornet'' -- eventually caught on and then moved on with the franchise to New Orleans. |
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ctfwest
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It is usually the cities fault not the fans. In cleveland and in houston the fans did support them. In cleveland the city promised Art modell a new stadium. They asked him to wait. They build the Rock and roll hall of fame then they built a new baseball stadium and a new Basketball arena. They built 2 or 3 new office buliding then they tell Art Modell they have no money left. So he take his team to Baltimore. I would have left too because he was suppose to be the first to get a new stadium. Then when he does leave they relise how much monmey football bring into the city.
Houston was very simlar. Astros got a new stadium and the city is growing every year. When the Oilers left they saw how much money they were losing by not having football. So they begged for a new team and they got it.
The Charloette Hornets left because the owner is just a moron. They got a new owner in there and the Bobcats I think will be a steady team financially.
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AK1
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Yea, I heard about that team on my ESPN mag which they had very lame names for their teams. The Charolette Bobcats  .
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Spike
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I like their logo though :
What do you guys think of it? |
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