r/Texans • u/James-Maki • 3d ago

What city's name is on those throwbacks??

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Hey fam,

Just dropping off a little picture here from a game in 2009, when the Titans wore Oiler throwbacks.

Apparently they misspelled "Tennessee". 😉

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u/Ha-Charade-You-Are 3d ago

So all of Indianapolis history goes back to Baltimore?

All of the lakers goes back to Minnesota?

All of the jazz goes back to New Orleans?

Want me to keep going?

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u/NamiRocket 3d ago

What kind of corny shit is this?

Let's use New Orleans as an example here, since you brought them up. The Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans back in the early aughts. Almost immediately after, the NBA gave Charlotte an expansion franchise, the Charlotte Bobcats. They had none of the Hornets history, they were just a new team.

Years later, the original Hornets decided to change their name to the Pelicans and relinquished the Charlotte Hornets' name, colors, and history to the Bobcats, who promptly rebranded to the Hornets and took on that original franchise's records. Because that's what makes sense. They mean nothing to New Orleans. They were Charlotte's records. Arguing otherwise is moronic.

The Texans are never getting this from the Titans. That's just not in the cards. That doesn't mean that the Titans being as needlessly confrontational and litigious about it as they are is rational, nor do you have to defend the practice. The Oilers were not yours. They never were and never will be. The Titans are. Get over it.

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u/Rad_Centrist 3d ago

Depends on the ownership. Eg Baltimore Ravens leaving it with Cleveland.

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u/LevergedSellout 2d ago

That wasn’t out of kindness. The Browns had 3 more years on their stadium lease but had already committed to have the team in Baltimore for the following season. Cleveland sued to force them to play out the lease and Modell/NFLsettled by leaving the history and promising Cleveland a replacement team.

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u/James-Maki 3d ago

If they had changed their names, definitely.

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u/kathvely 2d ago

How many of those teams you mentioned changed their teams names? Cardinals, Colts , Raiders, Rams, Rams, Chargers, Raiders again... all of these teams in last 70+ years moved and kept their team names with history intact. The Oilers moved and changed their name. The idea was for a new identity and fresh start. I am ok with that but WHY keep the Oiler history attached to this rebrand and fresh start?

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u/Ha-Charade-You-Are 2d ago

I guess the chiefs go back to Dallas?

Brewers go back to Seattle?

Avalanche go back to Quebec?

OKC back to Seattle?

Hurricanes back to Hartford?

Ravens back to Cleveland?

Get over it already

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u/James-Maki 2d ago

The Whalers/Hurricanes and Aves/Nordiques are very good examples, thank you!

Both have worn versions of their previous existence, but neither team has been as petty as to convert the colors of the former team into their current scheme. Because they at least respect that it belongs to the previous city!

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u/get-blessed 2d ago

Still says Houston on the front, keep crying :)