For this conversation let's consider the Sun Belt teams to be the Southeast Division (minus the Caps), the California teams (minus the Kings) and add Phoenix and Dallas. I certainly don't hope we go back to a "Nothing in the South" NHL Jerseys, but if one or two of those teams* moved I wouldn't be too scared. If a third team moves then I start to worry. Whereas I'm certainly glad the NHL expanded southward, it did come at the expense of northern markets and I reluctantly have come to the idea it probably would be better for a couple of former markets up north to have NBA Jerseys again. I am hopeful a Thrashers move would be represent a small correction and not a mass exodus.certainly would be a more disturbed by a Lightning move, even if they did beat my Caps in the playoffs. To me they've been sort of the model of Sun Belt teams. Also, Chris, I want to expand on a point you made about the Cleveland Browns. The actual thing that happened from the NFL's standpoint is this. The Cleveland Browns suspended operations in 1995, while the Baltimore Ravens commenced play as a quasi-expansion team in the 1996 season. In 1999, when the Brown resumed operations, they were restocked using an expansion draft, but the team kept all records, and previous history associated with the team that had suspended operations. Finally, and I want to expand on this as well. Everyone speaks as though the Coyotes are out of the woods. They may not be. Goldwater is still reviewing as to whether the $25 million ($US) payment is legal under the Arizona Constitution. They may still press this matter into litigation. If it is found to be illegal, this really creates a problem for the NFL Jerseys. Now, for those that might say that as a Canadian I feel entitled, I don't. I just want to see teams play in front of a packed house every night. If fan apathy in Atlanta, Phoenix, or Florida has done this to where the team isn't financially viable, they should uproot, and go elsewhere. I mention Florida as that is easily the best example of franchise mismanagement in the history of the League, as the team began the wrong way, thus creating fan expectation that this will be a contending team every year. Advice to the current owner, treat it like an expansion team, blow it all up, start over, following an established template, like San Jose, or Detroit, or Nashville. The fans may put up with anothef half-decade out of the playoffs, but its worth it to see my team compete for the Stanley Cup for two decades or more. According to alot of my fellow canadians only canadians themselves possess heart and grit and other players are "soft" and inferior which is very laughable. It's so bad that politicians take advantage of it and use Wholesale Jerseys as a way to gain votes, which in my mind is wrong. It agitates me when I hear Canadians say certain cities and fans arent deserving of a hockey team. Okay the team (or sport) may not be popular in that area but who are you to judge and criticize the real hardcore fans of that team? the guys who actually do go out and attend games, buy the jerseys, and voice their opinions of wanting their team to stay in their city, these people are also fans of hockey, the only difference is they are not Canadian. I'm a huge fan of hockey so lets let the sport grow instead of trying to suppress it to one geographical location or just one group of people to sell MLB Jerseys.
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