New Jersey Swamp Dragons

i dont recall this, but the NETS came this close to changing their name to this in the early 90s

after getting ownership approval, they put it to the league, who approved it 26-1.
the one dissenting vote- in true Nets fashion, themselves
"The Board of Governors voted by fax, 26-1, to approve the name change.

SPOELSTRA: David called me screaming, "What the f--- is going on?" I asked what he was screaming about. He told me the vote came in, 26-1, in our favor. Well, that's terrific. What's the problem? He told me: "No, that isn't terrific, because the one dissenting team was you -- the Nets."

We voted against our own name change. I thought he was kidding. If your own team votes no, you can't go ahead with something like this"






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