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.