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In response to "Ah. The article also makes it seem like moving a franchise is a pretty irregular event in US sports. I thought US football teams moved around alot. -- nm" by Loyola

There's been half a dozen moves in about 25 years in football....2 of which were Raiders.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jun 8 '09, 11:08

but it's not *that* common overall.

In the major sports, baseball's empty

the NBA had the Vancouver Grizzlies move to Memphis

the NFL had the Colts in 84; the Rams, the Raiders, the Titans, the Ravens,

the NHL has the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix; the Hartford Whalers to Carolina and the Minnesota North Stars to Dallas iirc.

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On NHL, the Nordiques also moved to Colorado -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 11:12
The football Cardinals moved somewhere around there as well... - Jim Jun 8, 11:10
Maybe I'm mixing it up with football teams renaming themselves, like jaguars becoming tigers or what have you. -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 11:10 3
- That more or less never happens. - Reagen Jun 8, 11:11 2
  - Thanks, it's interesting. -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 11:13
  - (unless it's concurrent with a move to another city) -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 11:12
you're forgetting two more recent NBA moves - Reagen Jun 8, 11:09 1
- I block the latter from memory cuz of how shady it was. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:13

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There's been half a dozen moves in about 25 years in football....2 of which were Raiders.

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