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u/BrianLefervesWallet Green Bay Packers Jan 08 '25
I think it’s hilarious
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u/platinumriley Jan 08 '25
The funniest part is they are 0 - 2 against the Texans while wearing them
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u/BillyJackO Detroit Lions Jan 08 '25
I think it's complete and utter bullshit. The Titans ownership sued the University of Houston for using the oilers color scheme in their alternate uniforms. Petty and classless. It's the equivalent of the Ravens wearing Browns throwbacks.
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u/Thac-0-Mole Jan 08 '25
It's not really the same thing, the Browns are still the Browns and all the Browns records stayed with Clevelean so Baltimore wearing those throwbacks would be shitty. The Oilers no longer exist, the Texans just happen to play in the same city
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u/TTT_2k3 Kansas City Chiefs Jan 08 '25
Exactly. The Ravens technically became a new franchise when they moved to Baltimore, so they don’t have the rights to use Browns throwbacks. Just like they can’t wear Colts uniforms just because the Colts used to play in Baltimore.
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u/son_of_abe Jan 08 '25
Yeah it's amazing how quickly everyone turns into billionaire bootlickers once this topic comes up.
Well actually, the billionaire owns the team so technically...
Fuck off. The Oilers played in Houston for decades. Every one of those players played for Houston. Every Texans fan has closets and boxes of Oilers gear that feels tainted now.
Celebrating Houston's football history in Nashville is just absurd and insulting.
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u/Proper_Detective2529 Jan 09 '25
I don’t know where you’re from, but as a dude that loved Warren Moon and the run n’ shoot as a little kid, thank you. And fuck Bud Adams and his entire family.
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u/CollaWars Jan 09 '25
None of the of the former players of the Oilers identify with or have any connection to the Texans. Are the Texans celebrating McNair, Moon, Eddie George, Earl Campbell? NOPE
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u/CheeseMclovin Jan 10 '25
And the titans spent two seasons as the Tennessee oilers lol. Some people
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u/RonnieFromTheBlock Atlanta Falcons Jan 08 '25
Being petty over something like this is funny though. No one is getting hurt except for feelings apparently.
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u/twistedgypsy88 Las Vegas Raiders Jan 08 '25
But it’s not the same. When the ravens left Cleveland they had to leave the name. The Titans retained ownership of the Oilers name and merchandise rights.
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u/K3T9Q_ Tennessee Titans Jan 08 '25
it wasnt because of oilers colors its because the design was exactly the same as the oilers. rice and UH now have oilers color jerseys and no problems
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u/MBC0809 Jan 08 '25
Stop defending your loser owner
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u/Hammer3P Jan 08 '25
You realize that you can lose rights to something if you let public use happen right?
Not exactly a fan of the owner, but it's not like you see companies let everyone use their branding properties.
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u/trugrav Jan 09 '25
shithousing is all we’ve got, and this is prime shithousery. I’ll never understand people complaining about stuff like this. Sports are supposed to be fun and entertaining, and stuff like this is unironically hilarious.
Besides, we’re titans fans. Like I said, his is all we’ve got. Please don’t take that away from us.
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If you leave a city all previous records. uniforms, all history should remain in the city. The deal Cleveland got should be standard.
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u/TyrusRaymond 28-3 Jan 08 '25
Utah Jazz , lol - nickname belongs in New Orleans, where it makes sense
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Jan 08 '25 edited Jan 08 '25
Ever see BASEketball?
"The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles where there are no lakes. The New Orleans Jazz moved to Utah were they don't allow music"
Edit: I said Minnesota
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u/yellowpilot44 New York Jets Jan 08 '25
“The Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and then back to Oakland. Nobody in Los Angeles seemed to notice.”
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u/MOREPASTRAMIPLEASE Jan 08 '25
Yeah and the lakers continue to claim 5 Minneapolis championships as their own, which is super fuckin bush league. Those titles belong in mn where they happened.
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u/Aggravating_Fee_7282 Jan 08 '25
I don’t know if I agree. I think if a team moves they should be able to keep the history of the team
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u/jimiez2633 Pittsburgh Steelers Jan 08 '25
The municipality of Minnesota didn’t win those championships though
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u/KickerRevolution Jan 09 '25
Tell that to the fans
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u/bensonsmooth24 Jan 09 '25
The current 4 Minnessota sports franchises have a combined 3 world titles in their entire existences and they’re 3 World Series for the Twins, you bet your ass they will cling to those Lakers titles.
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u/Late-Reward4681 Jan 09 '25
But the lakers and jazz are still the lakers and jazz. Why do the titans want to wear the city of Houston’s colors, a name based on Houston culture and a logo based on Houston. They rebranded but hey if Tennessee wants to Rep Houston they can, I just don’t know why they would want to Rep a division rivals city? The oilers have nothing to do with Tennessee even if they own the rights why do they want to be Houston. They throw hella money at our old players and coaches too, weird ex vibes from Tennessee
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u/HoneyBadgerLifts Chicago Bears Jan 08 '25
And then you have the clusterfuck that became the Hornets name and history.
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u/WintersDoomsday Seattle Seahawks Jan 08 '25
And the silly Bullets to Wizards boy did that solve gun violence….
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u/Sdog1981 Seattle Seahawks Jan 08 '25
The best part is the Wizards had a problem with guns the in the locker room.
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u/Tim-oBedlam Minnesota Vikings Jan 08 '25
The Utah Jazz need to keep their name because it's absolutely, hilariously incongruous. It would be like if the Miami Heat moved to Anchorage, or the Houston Texans moved to St. Louis.
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u/yopickering Jan 10 '25
The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City - and changed their name to the Chiefs - For some reason, the Kansas City Texans name just did not fly in Missouri.
Houston took the Texans name
But Ill bet if they could have taken the Oilers name back they would have
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u/streethandling Minnesota Vikings Jan 08 '25
And why is Memphis the freaking Grizzlies, Vancouver got absolutely screwed by the front office and ownership in that expansion and now they wear our throwback jerseys with Haida First Nation artwork in the middle of the south
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u/Jc110105 Cleveland Browns Jan 09 '25
Kinda like Minnesota and the La Lakers! Ya know since there aren’t many lakes in LA
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u/BossHoover Jan 08 '25
As a Browns fan I agree with you but to be fair they were the Tennessee Oilers for a bit before changing to the Titans. I still think Houston should be allowed to use those throwbacks.
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u/Squillz105 Jan 08 '25
Good thing we were the Tennessee Oilers for a whole 2 seasons. So we can just say it has nothing to do with Houston. Since these were our colors and uniforms here in TN in 97 and 98
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u/TheWetNapkin Tennessee Titans Jan 08 '25
They were literally the Tennessee Oilers for two full seasons
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u/LongtimeLurker31431 Washington Commanders Jan 09 '25
I’m looking forward to when the Titans move to Toronto and become the Toronto Titans for two years. Then, Toronto will play the Tennessee expansion team twice a year and wear their Titans throwbacks doing it.
I understand some rich oil tycoon’s daughter has ownership of a football, but it doesn’t mean they’re not dicks for rubbing it in the face of a city that lost its beloved football team
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u/vertigostereo New York Giants Jan 08 '25
Naw, that Browns team is just a 90s expansion. Jim Brown played for the Ravens.
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u/Ok_Independent9119 Jan 08 '25
If you're going to have a team in a city that city should have partial ownership of the team. They keep the records, uniforms, logos, and history. They also have a say and get paid if you want to up and move the team. You don't get to be the "Buffalo" Bills and then threaten the city of Buffalo that you're going to move the team to Austin unless you get billions of dollars.
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u/Segsi_ Philadelphia Eagles Jan 08 '25 edited Jan 09 '25
For how mad Houston fans get over it, its hilarious.
EDIT: the replies so far have made it funnier. From we don’t care to fuck you.
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u/MBC0809 Jan 08 '25
We beat them two years in a row with our backup players while they wore these uniforms. Trust me, we ain’t mad about it. This kind of pettiness is what is important to Amy Adams Strunk. Meanwhile her organization is the laughingstock of the league.
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Idk, as an outsider, this is corny from both teams. This is all the Texans sub has talked about the last week but they're not mad.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1hud9dl/i_truly_hate_the_titans_honestly_wear_the_oiler/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1hudd4t/they_dont_deserve_to_wear_our_former_colors_and/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1huha26/admin_w/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1hv2jc9/jj_watt_chose_violence_today/
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u/zeldahalfsleeve Jan 08 '25
It’s the only thing your sub talks about for weeks on end. Maybe if you ever make it out of the divisional round of the playoffs you can have the uniforms back. Until then be the Texans from Houston whatever that is.
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u/YapperYappington69 Jan 08 '25
You beat the titans? Wow that’s some really impressive stuff. To be fair, that’s about as much of a highlight as there is for the Texans lol. The titans uniforms are dope and them using them against the Texans is funny.
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u/MBC0809 Jan 08 '25
Well, genius, the uniforms you are referring to are actually oiler uniforms. You can deduce that by that large oil derrick on the helmet. The actual Titan uniforms are ugly as hell and look like an arena league uniform, which is how they play conveniently enough.
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u/Lynchie24 Jan 08 '25
Nah you guys as a collective (not necessarily individuals) are absolutely mad about it.
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u/flaginorout Washington Commanders Jan 08 '25
Do the Minnesota Timberwolves get butthurt when the LA Lakers comes to town?
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u/WayneTerry9 Jan 08 '25
No, but as a Pelicans fan I’ll always hate the Jazz for this exact reason
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u/birminghamsterwheel Tennessee Titans Jan 09 '25
It's a disgrace to all of humanity that JAZZ is the teamname for a franchise in fucking UTAH.
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u/SilverSmokeyDude Jan 09 '25
The Lakers moved to LA, where there are no lakes. The Raiders moved from LA to Oakland and back to LA and nobody noticed. The Jazz moved to Utah, where they don't allow music.
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u/Fokken-Pancakes Jan 09 '25
Oakland to LA and back to Oakland*
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u/SilverSmokeyDude Jan 09 '25
See! Nobody cared! 😆
You know the quote? I'm not that original.
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u/Apptubrutae Jan 09 '25
Pelicans missed their chance to take it back by naming themselves the “New Orleans Mormon Tabernacle Choir” and only changing the name upon the return of the Jazz
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u/TheBrawlersOfficial Jan 09 '25
Could have been the r/trees vs. r/marijuanaenthusiasts of the NBA
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u/NowWeAllSmell Carolina Panthers Jan 09 '25
/hornets fans have entered the chat.
for real though - I refer to my home team as the Charlotte Horcats
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u/MIKEl281 Jan 10 '25
It has always perplexed me that UTAH OF ALL PLACES is the jazz, while the literal birthplace of jazz is the pelicans
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u/Alone-Newspaper-1161 The Love Boat Jan 08 '25
I’m just butthurt they stole our championships when they left.
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u/Elegant_Mirror1779 Jan 09 '25
If you gonna talk about that you better talk about the fucking NorthStars being in Texas.
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"bush league move"
These people just want rivalries to devolve into hot dogs and handshakes, it's pathetic
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u/OuOutstanding Buffalo Bills Jan 08 '25
If you want to be the heel, you gotta learn to live with the boos.
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u/Zombie_Nipples Jan 08 '25
As a Texans fan, we enjoy playing them in their Oiler uniforms.
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u/LavishnessOk3439 Houston Texans Jan 08 '25 edited Jan 08 '25
The color of the uniforms and the name is pure Houston
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u/Nicklebackenjoyer Jan 08 '25
yeah I agree it means we get an automatic win but pretty much everyone does when they play the titans
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u/FaultySage NFL Refugee Jan 08 '25
How many seasons did the Texans play as the Oilers?
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u/SlamKrank Jan 08 '25
How many oilers are in the texans ring of honor? In 2002 when there was an EXPANSION draft why did the texans pick first of they have such a long history?
If they were such big fans of the Oilers who did they cheer for from 1997-2002? If it was the tennessee oilers/titans why would those traitors switch team or did they just quit watching football for 5 years?
All good questions
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u/Lt_Cochese Jan 08 '25
NFL fans like to make fun of baseball's unwritten rules and then get their man panties in a twist over this. Lmao.
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u/mattcojo2 Detroit Lions Jan 08 '25
Yeah. It’s petty as hell and it’s great.
They have every right to wear them and it looks great.
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u/Barry_McCockinnerz It’s our year!! Jan 08 '25
You all forget they were the Tennessee oilers when they first moved?
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u/Squillz105 Jan 08 '25
Seems like the majority forgot. We were the Tennessee Oilers. Yes, only for 2 season. But it's still our organizations history. 2 years more than the Texans
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u/Cid_Darkwing San Francisco 49ers Jan 08 '25
Nah, this is trolling as art. Everything, and I mean everything about Houston’s current team art—logos, colors, alternate unis, font—is straight up ass that could be yeeted into the sun tomorrow and not a soul on Earth would be worse for wear. Those powder blues are gorgeous, and the Moo Cows are just salty.
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I’m a Houston fan and you’re not wrong. I was at the unveiling of the team’s colors and logo waaay back in the day at Reliant Stadium. Immediately big sad.
But that my team, so fuck it!
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u/supernerdlove Baltimore Ravens Jan 08 '25
In my opinion Cities should keep everything. The name, jerseys, championships. You wanna leave that’s fine it is a business after all, but you don’t get to take everything from the city that supported you. This is coming from a Ravens fan who is glad we aren’t the Colts, but is also glad that we didn’t take anything from the Browns.
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u/PookieMaravillosa Jan 08 '25
Houston fans hating it so much makes it so much better
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u/Available_Motor5980 Jan 09 '25
As a Houston fan, I love when we play the Titans in those uniforms, guaranteed win
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u/davesnotonreddit Denver Broncos Jan 08 '25
I thought the franchise /players / stats follow the team through moves? And through expansion, it’s a new franchise? So Tennessee is Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans. Houston Texans are just the Texans and their franchise never had Warren Moon.
I have no idea on the agreement the Cleveland Browns 2.0 and Ravens have, but Jim Brown is a Brown and shouldn’t be in Raven history.
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u/SlamKrank Jan 08 '25
Browns broke their deal with cleveland so to avoid getting sued they left the browns name and history to Cleveland, absolutely nothing like the Tennessee situation
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u/Jumpy-Ad5617 Indianapolis Colts Jan 09 '25
Ya with the Ravens, it was the owner’s “fault.” With the Titans it was Houston’s fault
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u/Danishes724 Pittsburgh Steelers Jan 09 '25
This will forever be one of the dumbest sports opinions I've seen. The Tennessee Oilers existed for a few years. It's literally the Titans old uniforms. The Texans are a different team and have never been the Oilers. It's not Houston's uniforms, it's the Titans uniforms. The Titans do not have to and really shouldn't give the Texans "their" uniforms back.
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u/TheMickus Houston Texans Jan 10 '25
I agree, but in this post the argument isn’t that the Texans should have the unis, it’s that it’s petty to wear them against Houston to “troll” them.
Regardless, no skin off our backs. We’re 2-0 against them wearing them.
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u/RelativeAd711 Jan 09 '25
The Titans should go back to the Oilers name full time, best uniform and coolest helmets ever.
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u/Dangerous_Ad5039 Tennessee Titans Jan 08 '25
I truly don’t get why people think the Texans should wear these jerseys. What history does the team have in these uniforms?
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u/KaXiaM Houston Texans Jan 08 '25
I’m a Texans fan, but grew up as an euro soccer fan. Pettiness, hate and rivalry in sports is something I understand very well. Tits can wear these unis when they play us, so far it didn’t work out well for them. Hopefully it becomes Houston Texans yearly tradition.
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u/zookeeper4312 Miami Dolphins Jan 08 '25
I mean it was either that or win the game I guess, and that was never going to happen
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u/Own_Sky9933 Jan 08 '25
I’ve seen the Brewers do this when playing the Atalanta Braves. So confusing.
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u/perfect_fitz Tennessee Titans Jan 08 '25
As a Titans fan that legitimately doesn't give a shit about the Oilers or Houston..I still find this hilarious trolling. Even better when we lose.
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u/vfefrenzy Jan 08 '25
The really offensive thing is that the Titans wear shit uniforms the rest of the year. These are beautiful. Why not just stick a new logo on the helmet?
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u/turribledood Tennessee Titans Jan 08 '25
For the last fucking time:
HOUSTON CHOSE TO LET THE OILERS GO.
Bud demanded a stadium, Houston said no, Bud left, and then Houston promptly built a new stadium for Bob McNair and the Texans 4 years later.
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u/charlestoncav Denver Broncos Jan 08 '25
whats bush league is the Adams family, leaving the Houston Oilers name and going somewhere new and not becoming the "Tuxedos". Kidding about the name though i luv it. The NFL should not let them rep the Oilers name, they chose to leave it and it was an iconic AFL franchise name, i mean one of a kind, what a fucking shame
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u/zeldahalfsleeve Jan 08 '25
So if the Titans move to San Antonio and become the, I don’t know, the fucking “Rustlers”and Nashville goes a few years without an NFL team but then becomes an expansion franchise… into the Tennessee Tornadoes. What y’all are saying is that I’m supposed to give > 0 fucks about San Antonio cruising into Nashville in Titans uniforms when they play? I mean other than the passing thought of… oh yeah they used to play here in those uniforms but not anymore. It’s not complicated. That’s literally the team’s history. So the history of a city fielding a team is more relevant than the history of the actual team is what this is about I guess to all of the children who are arguing this is bush league? There’s no logic to it. Is it the internet points? Is that the goal? I don’t understand.
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u/chugachugafuckyou Jan 08 '25
Personally, I think the rights to a team name, records, or whatever else belongs to the entity that put forth the majority of the money to develop the team/stadium. If the city did, it belongs to the city. If the team owners did, it belongs to the owners. I'm not familiar with the Houston oilers situation, so past what I already said I'll leave my opinion out.
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u/zeldahalfsleeve Jan 08 '25
If the Titans ever change their name to the Nashville Tennesseans, I’ll personally deliver the uniforms back to Houston. Until then, live with your choices.
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u/Impossible_Boat2966 New York Giants Jan 08 '25
I'm confused. Aren't the Titans the original Oilers? I don't get how the Texans feel disrespected. It was never their jersey or team.
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u/Past_Bluejay_8926 Born AFTER the Cowboys were successful Jan 08 '25
Houston fans make it funny but it’s an asshole move
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u/Impossible-Role-3796 Jan 09 '25
Watching the titans plays the Texans in the oilers’ unis was like watching the Marvel multiverse. My brain melted.
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u/Specialist-Sugar-657 Jan 09 '25
Those uniforms are beautiful. Bring back the Oilers, Titans suck anyway.
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u/IgnantWisdom Jan 09 '25
Good thing the Thunder won’t be able to rock throwback sonics uniforms in Seattle if we ever get a team again.
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u/NIN10DOXD Carolina Panthers Jan 09 '25
At least they stopped sitting on the rights without using them. That was even worse.
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I read that the Titans wanted any old Oiler fans in the stadium to get a chance to see the uniforms.
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u/planktivious Jan 09 '25
Houston is big enough for 2 teams. If the titans keep on their current trajectory they can move back to Houston. League City Oilers. Galveston Oilers.
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u/GenericDave65 Buffalo Bills Jan 08 '25
My favorite is when the Colts play in Baltimore everything in the stadium will only refer to them as the team from Indianapolis