Thecomplaining thread. For depression.
#4246
Posted 14 November 2006 - 07:46 PM
Lets look at Los Angeles. an urban sprawl with well over 6 million residents,.but still no nfl team. at one time they had two,.now they have none. why is this? doesnt the nfl realize the revenue potential there? I loved when L.A. had the Raiders. in all honesty they should have stayed, and Oakland should have simply gotten a new expansion team. Now I am expecting to hear many a rants about how the raiders originated in Oakland. So what!
Missouri cracks me up! Sports references aside, the state is already pretty awkard to begin with, being that all of its major cities are shoved out to its borders. Go ahead, take a look at a Missouri state map and youll see that Kansas City, St Louis, St Joseph, Cape Girardeau, Springfield, Joplin..pretty much every major city in the state is on the edge of a border. Do I live in Missouri? No. Do I have anything against Missouri? Not really. But obviously, Missouri has something against basketball and the NBA as both Kansas City and St Louis do not currently have NBA franchise teams. what a coincidence, wouldnt you say?
New York City. The Big Apple. Broadway. This big town pretty much has 2 of everything, except for basketball teams. I heard there was talk about NYC possibly getting the New Jersey Nets. If not, I hope they fill in the gap and get another NBA team, so NYC can have 2 of each one. that would be cool.
Another gripe I have is teams being named after larger areas or masses of land, rather than the actual city where the team is based in. You know what I am talking about, but in case you dont, here are some examples:........
New England Patriots.....they are based in greater Boston. Might as well call them the Boston Patriots.
Golden state warriors. ok,.so i never done my research,.but as far as i can tell i have no idea what city in california this team is based out of. im guessing the bay area, but who knows. are they really the san francisco warriors? the oakland warriors?
Arizona Cardinals and Diamondbacks. hmm...the NHL and NBA franchise are both named after Phoenix,.why change and name the NFL and MLB after the state?
Albuquerque is the most cheated out town in the U.S. when it comes to sports. This town should have at least one major team. but it doesnt have any. Now, its not the biggest town, but it does have a good amount of people living there, who I am sure would love to have major teams there.
There other major cities that surround it: Phoenix, Denver, Amarillo, Salt Lake, are so far away that Albuquerque could have its own market for a league.
Detroit. I cant believe this. This is absurd. How can a town with fewer than 1 million people have all FOUR franchise teams?!?!.....THEY HAVE ALL FOUR OF THEM!!!!!....LIONS...RED WINGS...TIGERS...PISTONS?....HOW? WHY?...THE AUTO INDUSTRY PRETTY MUCH MOVED OUT OF THE MOTOR CITY LONG AGO...yeah,..theres like a ford plant thats still there i think,.and some economy there..but come on...how can this be?
Then there is Tennessee. I like to think of Tennessee as being crooks. Thats right,.criminals..they steal teams. They stole the Oilers from Houston and renamed them the titans,.only after getting tired of calling them the tennessee oilers,..that..or,..finding out that there really wasnt too much oil in tennessee after all. then nashville took away the predators from another city that had just built a brand new stadium specifically for attempting to gain a nhl expansion team. i wont say the name of this city, cause i am ashamed, and its where i am from..but tennessee moved in quickly and took the predators before we had a chance to take further actions and bid for the team.
I know that certain places like Hawaii, Alaska, and the northern plains (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, etc) may never get any teams for a long time coming. Its really sad though, because we know that population has nothing to do with cities getting pro teams, detroit is proof of this, with their "less than 1 million people and we have all 4 teams" boast.
when i selected team names, most of them were pretty much arbitrary names. some seemed to go well, and sounded rather catchy. i was careful not to give the name "Buffaloes" to Buffalo, New York. Im also sure that the NFL and NHL were also careful not to do this as well. Although the name "Buffalo Bills" kinda cracks me up. almost like saying the "wild bill hickocks" or "calamity janes"
if there are 10 cities i feel that any pro league should consider next for expansion, it would be these areas....
1. albuquerque, n.m.
2. las vegas, nv
3. austin, tx
4. omaha, ne
5. honolulu
6. anchorage
7. newport news/hampton/virginia beach/norfolk, VA
8. Louisville, ky
9. Columbus (they have an NHL team, they could use others)
10. Boise, ID
#4247
Posted 15 November 2006 - 03:05 AM
Hey, don't be mean to Miss emu.
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#4251
Posted 15 November 2006 - 10:12 AM
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#4252
Posted 15 November 2006 - 10:14 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#4253
Posted 15 November 2006 - 08:26 PM
But you're evil, I mean you have minions. Could villians still be gentlemen?
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
#4254
Posted 15 November 2006 - 10:13 PM
#4255
Posted 15 November 2006 - 10:45 PM
My current issue is that I've gotten like seven hours of sleep the last three days. I'm tired as all heck, I just can't sleep. It's really starting to mess me up.
#4256
Posted 16 November 2006 - 03:07 AM
Oh, of course they can. Or rather, they must, if they want to have any right to claim that they're true villains. Being evil is easy. Having minions is not very difficult either, but being a gentleman on top of that... now that's the art.
Plus, you don't really want hordes of women kicking your balls right into the sky. So yeah, you'd be a gentleman.
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#4257
Posted 16 November 2006 - 06:54 PM
I think I obstructed the flow of a major blood vessel in my leg.
Now I am starting to feel hints of that sickness again.
#4259
Posted 17 November 2006 - 04:04 AM
#4260
Posted 17 November 2006 - 05:27 AM
Mixed treatment of silences and talking to no one but I have never ever licked toilet seats and I wouldn't want to. I think licking toilet seats is sick.
Why? Do you lick toilet seats?