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Why are the Texans the Texans and not the Oilers?
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:01 am
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:01 am
Was Bud Adams that much of an arsehole that he couldn't give the name back to Houston. His team was the Titans by the time the Texans came into the league.
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Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:02 am to WeeWee
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Was Bud Adams that much of an arsehole that he couldn't give the name back to Houston. His team was the Titans by the time the Texans came into the league.
Yes
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:05 am to WeeWee
Global warming and oil is bad, dirty
Eta: I heard Bud Adams was an a-hole, so thats probably why
Eta: I heard Bud Adams was an a-hole, so thats probably why
This post was edited on 2/19/15 at 7:12 am
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:10 am to tankyank13
Oilers name, etc. went with Bud.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:23 am to WeeWee
Yup
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:32 am to WeeWee
Same reason the Pelicans aren't the Jazz
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:37 am to rlebl39
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Same reason the Pelicans aren't the Jazz
Well the Jazz have been the Jazz in Utah longer than there ever were in NOLA so that one is understandable. The Tn Oilers were only around for 2 bad seasons. Nobody would have been confused if the Houston expansion team would have been called the Oilers.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:45 am to WeeWee
Right, but the Titans still own the Oilers name.
It pisses me off every time the Titans wear throwback Oilers uniforms because I wish that name and uniform was still in Houston. I like Bob McNair a whole lot better than Bud Adams though, so I would just like the name back.
I was an Oilers fan as a kid.
It pisses me off every time the Titans wear throwback Oilers uniforms because I wish that name and uniform was still in Houston. I like Bob McNair a whole lot better than Bud Adams though, so I would just like the name back.
I was an Oilers fan as a kid.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 8:18 am to WeeWee
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Nobody would have been confused if the Houston expansion team would have been called the Oilers.
Certainly not, except that they couldn't call the expansion team the Oilers
Posted on 2/19/15 at 8:38 am to WeeWee
The Titans are the Oilers and rightfully so. We are the epitome of tradition and Texas is our colony anyway.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 8:58 am to WeeWee
A lot of fans don't even want the name "Oilers" back because frick Bud Adams and that franchise.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:07 am to PrimeTime Money
I would be split on it now. Those unis are beautiful and the name is perfect for Houston, but part of me feels the way you described as well. If it had happened like the Browns/Ravens thing I would be all for it
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:13 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
Would kill for the "Love ya Blue" era to be back in H-Town. It'll never happen though. The Oilers literally died with that miserable little frick.
Fun fact - When Bum Phillips died, his funeral was full of thousands of people. When Bud Adam died shortly after, literally no one went to his funeral.
Fun fact - When Bum Phillips died, his funeral was full of thousands of people. When Bud Adam died shortly after, literally no one went to his funeral.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:15 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
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I would be split on it now. Those unis are beautiful and the name is perfect for Houston, but part of me feels the way you described as well. If it had happened like the Browns/Ravens thing I would be all for it
Those oiler uni's are so clean looking. My biggest thing when Benson was looking to move to SA after Katrina was allowing NOLA to keep the saints name and colors.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:24 am to Swagga
I understand it's a business and teams move, but keeping the name and colors when you don't even intend to use them in the next city is just unnecessary
This post was edited on 2/19/15 at 9:25 am
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:47 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
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I understand it's a business and teams move, but keeping the name and colors when you don't even intend to use them in the next city is just unnecessary
exactly I think that a teams name and colors and history should always stay with the city and the fans. If an owner wants to move he/she has to leave that behind.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:53 am to WeeWee
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Was Bud Adams that much of an arsehole
YES.
As much as Houston people LOVE football, they were willing to HELP him move.
1) They hated him
2) They knew they'd get another NFL franchise
Posted on 2/19/15 at 10:02 am to WeeWee
it's criminal that the NFL allowed Bud to hold that name 
Posted on 2/19/15 at 10:07 am to Draconian Sanctions
When the Pelicans changed their name, didn't their rights to the Hornets go to the NBA? I don't think Benson even had the option of denying Charlotte the name/colors. Maybe I'm wrong but that's how I remember it. I'm sure Benson would've given up or sold the rights to Charlotte anyway. I just never remembered us giving permission
This post was edited on 2/19/15 at 10:11 am
Posted on 2/19/15 at 10:10 am to Hazelnut
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When the Pelicans changed their name, didn't their rights to the Hornets go to the NBA? I don't think Benson even had the option of denying Charlotte the name/colors. Maybe I'm wrong but that's how I remember it.
In the NBA, the NBA owns the rights. In the NFL the teams own the rights. So yes as soon as the 2012-2013 NBA season was over the rights went to the NBA.
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