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    Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    I think it we can pack out B-ball games the way we do - we would have no problem selling out 8 football games. I would love to have a NFL team - I am tired of cheering for everyone else!
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    We don't have the business base and we're too close to Dallas.

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    yeah, in the NFL it isn't butts in seats its television. Same thing that seperates us and the lakers.
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    quick answer: no.

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by reevie View Post
    We don't have the business base and we're too close to Dallas.
    What if we had a business model like Green Bay and sold shares to the public?
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by reevie View Post
    We don't have the business base and we're too close to Dallas.

    And Green Bay does?

    Hell, L.A. has one of the biggest business bases in the country and they do not even have one....oh wait, they have USuCk!


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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    The entertainment factor of Oklahoma City and Tulsa fighting over who should have a team after sufficiently bribing Jerry Jones and whoever owns the Chiefs now would be awesome.
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Yeah, it appears to me that the Dallas Cowboys organization has substantial influence among the owners in the NFL and the Cowboys don't want an NFL franchise in Oklahoma or surrounding states. I think I read somewhere that the Cowboys accounted for about a quarter of all NFL merchandise sold, despite the recent crappy teams that went on the field. Whether they deserve the moniker "America's Team" or not, you can count on them trying to protect their cash cows in north Texas, Oklahoma and surrounding sports mad states.
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Bao View Post
    Yeah, it appears to me that the Dallas Cowboys organization has substantial influence among the owners in the NFL and the Cowboys don't want an NFL franchise in Oklahoma or surrounding states. I think I read somewhere that the Cowboys accounted for about a quarter of all NFL merchandise sold, despite the recent crappy teams that went on the field. Whether they deserve the moniker "America's Team" or not, you can count on them trying to protect their cash cows in north Texas, Oklahoma and surrounding sports mad states.

    New Orleans has a team I thought...hell there is another team in their home state, Houston.



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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    If we raised the turnpike fees....I believe we could have 2.

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    We may sell out thunder games but that place has yet to be full when I've attended a game

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Lightning is much more menacing than thunder and Rain can fill a stadium better than thunder. Thunder hits fast but quickly dissipates. More thought should have gone into naming them IMO.

    I still like the OKC Wranglers

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by StoopTroup View Post
    Lightning is much more menacing than thunder and Rain can fill a stadium better than thunder. Thunder hits fast but quickly dissipates. More thought should have gone into naming them IMO.

    I still like the OKC Wranglers
    "Thunder" is fine with me, but not with a tropical blue/yellow/orange color scheme. Black/yellow/gold would have been awesome. I also would accept Bison
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by OU_Sooners75 View Post
    New Orleans has a team I thought...hell there is another team in their home state, Houston.

    expansion is a different animal than existing franchises. Jack Kent Cooke blocked the Browns moving to Baltimore until he got some concessions.
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    OKC WIndmills would have rawkd

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    the thunder name, the thunder colors and all that kick butt.

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott D View Post
    expansion is a different animal than existing franchises. Jack Kent Cooke blocked the Browns moving to Baltimore until he got some concessions.

    If memory serves me correctly...Houston did not have a team for a few years after the Oilers left to Nashville.


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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    I think it's cool that the Thunder's best player adopted his last name from one of the towns in Oklahoma. That was a nice touch.
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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shakadoodoo View Post
    What if we had a business model like Green Bay and sold shares to the public?
    Green Bay is an odditty in major league sports. The Packers were established in 1919, a completely different economic era. It has taken them decades to achieve their status and economic stability - and don't forget they played home games in Milwaukee until 1995 to achieve that.

    The NFL would never put a team in Green Bay today.

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    Re: Could Oklahoma Support a NFL Team?

    Quote Originally Posted by OU_Sooners75 View Post
    If memory serves me correctly...Houston did not have a team for a few years after the Oilers left to Nashville.
    The Texans and new Cleveland Browns were exceptions to the rule.
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