What sports franchises should never have been formed?

[Sandpiper]

I'll list mine by sport:

NFL: Arizona Cardinals - Last championship was 57 years ago, one playoff victory in the last 57 years.

MLB: Tampa Bay Devil Rays - their uniforms are horrible, their stadium is even worse, their play is the worst of all

NBA: Los Angeles Clippers - It's not just that they suck, it's the fact that even if they were good, no one in Los Angeles would notice

NHL: Atlanta Thrashers - would anyone in Atlanta even notice if they were gone?

[lazarus]

1. well

the Clippers didn't start in LA, they started in San Diego. The owner moved them to LA because he got a good deal w/an arena there.

I wish they'd move 'em back, or eliminate them.

In the NBA, they should have stopped expanding about 6 teams ago, at 24. Now they're up to 30, which is just too many.

[mrboba1]

4. Actually

The Clippers started in Buffalo:
from
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=tortured/buffalo

4. The Braves depart for San Diego, 1978
The Buffalo Braves were one of three expansion teams that began play in the NBA in 1970. After struggling early in their existence, the Braves made the postseason in three consecutive years (1974-76), led by coach Dr. Jack Ramsay and star player Bob McAdoo. McAdoo was named the NBA's MVP in 1975. But the team struggled again after ownership changes during the 1976-77 season, and the team left Buffalo for San Diego after the 1977-78 season, where they became the Clippers.

[lazarus]

5. wow

I had no idea, thanks for the info!

[mrboba1]

6. I didn't either...

until today when I read that.

[frylock]

18. remember the aba

coolest site on the net!

http://www.remembertheaba.com/

cripes, Laz.. how many bets did you lose?!

[lazarus]

28. LOL

I switched to the Pistons in honour of their win, on my own. I'll keep that up for a few days, then go back to normal.

Let us not forget that the only ABA team to win an NBA title is my beloved San Antonio Spurs. :-)

[SaveElmer]

2. Here ya go

NFL: Arizona Cardinals...pathetic...though Denny Green is a great coach, if anyone can bring them around he can

MLB: Florida Marlins. World Series champs and they still can't draw a crowd to their games. Second Choice NY Yankees ... cause I HATE 'EM

NBA: Toronto Raptors...

NHL: Half the league...they expanded way too much

[KamaAina]

40. World Series *chumps* have never even won their division

they keep sleazing in through the wild card.

The wild card should become an AL-only thing, like the DH. Why? Because in the AL, it helps primarily the Red Sox (yay), while in the NL, it too often benefits the Piranhas (a fish that's foreign and eats human flesh).

If there is a God, and She truly despises fascists, Bush*ies, etc., then why is Flori-duh dominant in seemingly every sport, instead of being a hundred feet or so beneath the Gulf of Mexico?

[mrboba1]

3. Minnesota Wild

because the North Stars should never have moved...


If you rid the world of the Cards and Clippers, who would be there to make fun of???

[PoliticsSportsMusic]

7. Classic version

St Louis Browns....big-time losers...only made WS once and that was because we were in the middle of WWII and MLB was using anybody they find as players,the best thing this organization ever did was move to Baltimore and become the Orioles...a very successful team(not recently).

Seattle Pilots....yes there was a MLB team in Seattle in the late '60...they didn't last long and they shouldn't have ever come into existance.

If it weren't for Hubie Brown,I would say the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies but he turned that franchise into a winner.

The Dallas Cowboys...no reason...just hate them.

[jobycom]

11. Don't hate us because we kick your a**!!!

Well, we used to, anyway. Cowboys, I mean.

That's a play on the Don't hate me because I'm beautiful line, in case it doesn't come across in print. Sorry for the explanation. Oh, and sorry for the gratuitous apology. Oh, and sorry for that one, too...

Damn. I'll shut up now.

[GOPisEvil]

16. Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers.

So, they're still around. Sort of.

[emanresu]

8. Charlotte Bobcats.

The last thing the NBA needs is another team.

[mrboba1]

9. How many teams would be ideal

for each league?

Football looks OK with what they have now, but NHL, NBA & MLB look a little strained.
How many should we get rid of?

[Sandpiper]

12. At the very least, these teams need to go

NHL: Columbus, Atlanta, Nashville, Ottawa

MLB: Tampa Bay, Montreal, Florida

NBA: LA Clippers, Denver

[jobycom]

10. Any American NHL team!

Especially in the south, and I don't care WHO won the Cup.

[mrboba1]

13. Why?

Why shouldn't southerners get a chance to love the greatest/toughest team game there is?

[jobycom]

27. They already have that chance

Now get hockey out of here. Ice and the south don't go together, except in boat drinks.

[UrbScotty]

43. ...and they WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OUCH. The truth hurts.

[KamaAina]

46. for a bunch of people who think a "blue line" is...

five cop cars waiting to pull into the drive-thru at Krispy Kreme. :-)

With the impending lockout, the once-proud Cup is now doomed to spend two full years on display outside the guard shack at some cheesy "retirement village". Hopefully the massive local NRA contingent will refrain from using it for target practice...

As for me, I'll be following Major League Soccer from now on. Why? No Florida teams! They folded both the Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay :puke: Mutiny before the 2001 season, setting a precedent that unfortunately failed to catch on elsewhere.

[jobycom]

48. Or else

They can combine the Stanley Cup with Daytona, and use it for used motor oil. Be kind of a sarcastic slap at Edmonton.

[Awsi Dooger]

53. You can also be brave enough to peek at the WNBA

Nothing nearer than Charlotte, after the Miami Sol called it quits last year.

I imagine you're not rooting for my 'Canes in the College World Series, are you? We've already conquered Omaha several times.

Basketball, that's where Floridians sidestep sporting dominance.

[jobycom]

50. I flew into Tampa while that was going on, and returned right after

We flew into Tampa and drove to Disney World, then drove back to Tampa a week later, right after they won. I've lived in Dallas for two Super Bowls, and in Austin when San Antonio won the NBA Championship. Here in Austin, we won the college World Series a couple of years ago. Everybody in all three cities celebrated, partied, put team flags on their cars...

I didn't see anything in Tampa about the Cup. Wouldn't have known it if I hadn't read it somewhere else.

[BrotherBuzz]

14. Any International Roller Derby franchise team (1935-1974)...

The Bay Bombers and the T-Birds come to mind.

[PoliticsSportsMusic]

15. NASCAR...ALL OF IT...GET RID OF IT

What kind of putz sits and watches cars going round and round all damn day. I would rather watch grass grow. Anyway,its not a sport...it takes no athletic ability to drive a car...ANY CAR. I surprised * hasn't suited up and taken a ride in one of their cars.

[frylock]

19. ummmm.. i would

watch your grass grow. I'll stick with racing.

[sniffa]

22. joke

q: what has 100 eyes and 50 teeth?



a: front row at a nascar event.

[Red State Rebel]

42. Hey! I resemble that - oops I mean resent that remark!

I enjoy NASCAR - have for years~

[jobycom]

29. I love NASCAR. Better than hockey

But then, poo sticks is more exciting than hockey.

[Commendatori]

17. Any team with a singular nickname.

That means the Wild, Magic, Heat, etc, most soccer teams and pretty much the entire WNBA.

[jobycom]

30. Don't like the idea of team, eh? nt.

[Commendatori]

32. No, I don't like singular nicknames. Are they required for a team?

[jobycom]

34. Team, not "a team." A team with a collective name

implies a group of individuals. A team with a singular name implies a unit without individual egos. That's why they do it.

I don't care, I was just being flippant. Though I think "Jazz" is a great name-- for a New Orleans team, anyway.

[Commendatori]

35. Then it's just a matter of taste.

The Pistons won the NBA championship by playing like a team - and without a collective nickname.

I just think those names sound ridiculous, that's all. "Uh-oh, the Minnesota Wild is / are coming to town!"

Eek.

Like I said, it's just a matter of taste.

[jobycom]

38. So what about singular band names?

Blue Oyster Cult are/is...? :-)

[Commendatori]

41. Got me there, friend, but

some of my favorite bands have some of the worst names. Good example: Foghat.

Now that I think of it, it's the opposite with music - I prefer singular names over The Cars, The Beatles, The Monkees, etc.

Damndest thing. I never thought of it, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.

:)

[sniffa]

20. ny yankees

yankees suck!!!

[frylock]

21. i was gonna say the devil rays - i'm going to see them tonite..

they're playing the Padres.

[Lestat]

23. MLB: New York Yankees

NFL: Green Bay Packers
NBA: LA Lakers
NHL: Detroit Redwings

They should never have been formed because I hate each and every one of those teams I have listed. :D :evilgrin:

[LTR]

24. Vancouver Grizzlies

A failed experiment.

Also Montreal Expos.

[frylock]

26. the grizz are now in memphis..

with Hubie Brown (2004 NBA Coach of the Year) and Jerry West, arguably the greatest GM in sports franchise history. They will be a team to be reckoned with.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. All of them

Professional sports are totally out of control in this country. They have become more of a religion than religion is.

[jobycom]

31. Yeah, but they keep the wildlife off the streets.

Imagine if they cancelled all sports, and all sports fans began hanging out at museums, malls, and the movies. No place would be safe. Bread and circusses, baby. (uh, that was a Telly Savalis "Baby," not a generic redneck reference to women, for the record.)

[TrogL]

33. How about an entire League

Canadian indoor Football.

Apparently it's been run by Tom Wilkinson, former quarterback of the Edmonton Eskimos - someone who's always struck me as having taken a few too many shots to the head.

The announcers on the CBC this morning were mulling over the lack of:

• funding
  
• audience/fan-base
  
• stadiums
  
• sanity
  

[neverborn]

36. All of them :)

[Burma Jones]

37. The Cardinals were in St. Louis and before that, Chicago

The Cardinals were one of THE original professional football franchises.


Great Site:
http://www.football.com/history/index.shtml



NFL: None, there's plenty of football to go around

MLB: Montreal Expos - but they're moving somewhere soon

NBA and NHL: Doesn't show up on my radar

[ironflange]

51. The Expos have been "moving soon" for at least 20 years

So go already! And take the worst team name in the world with you!

[Burma Jones]

52. Heartily agree

Although I love Montreal, it seems they don't love baseball.

[texas1928]

39. The Detroit Pistons.

:evilgrin:

[UrbScotty]

44. We have a good, strong Governor. Texas?

:puke:

[UrbScotty]

45. The Lakers and Yankees, for obvious reasons (nt)

[No2W2004]

47. Sports owners who should be done away with:

NFL: Yep, the Bidwells are a joke.
MLB: The (Chicago) Tribune Company. For intentioninally not trying to win for years and years, and also for buying back unsued season tickets and then reselling them thru their own scalping company.
NHL: Bill Wirtz is the worst owner in sports. STILL refuses to show home games because he thinks it will hurt ticket sales. Owns all the liquor distributerships in Illinois, but won't spend any money.
NBA: Does the Hawks owner know anything about basketball? Just askin...

[Donkeyboy75]

49. Any major league baseball team created after 1978.

And any NBA team. NBA basketball sucks.