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Wednesday (starting a franchise) edition: Wha’ Happened?

Posted on November 19th, 2008 – 8:29 AM
By Michael Rand

lebron.jpegLeBron James was flapping his gums again last night, presumably because another person asked him to do so. The question, which we have been hearing since about five minutes after he was drafted and will be hearing through 2010: will BronBron stay in Cleveland once he hits the open market? Many NBA teams are not so subtly clearing cap space and loading up garbage trucks full of cash to make a run at him and his talented draft class brethren. As grotesque as this speculation is (particularly for a fan in Cleveland), it does beg a question: let’s say one market that does not currently have a pro sports franchise (like, say, Las Vegas) was told it could have its pick of these three leagues coming to town: NFL, NBA or MLB (sorry, NHL, but they only use ice in Vegas to cool down your vodka and Red Bull). And part of the deal was that they could pick any player from any of those three leagues with whom to start their team. If you were in charge of this decision, what league would you want the most, and who would your player of choice be?

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13 Responses to "Wednesday (starting a franchise) edition: Wha’ Happened?"

jama says:

November 19th, 2008 at 8:50 am

City: Las Vegas
League: National Basketball Association
Player: Pacman Jones

fasolamatt says:

November 19th, 2008 at 8:55 am

City: Leavenworth, KS
League: National Football League
Player: Michael Vick

AZGopherGirl says:

November 19th, 2008 at 9:14 am

City: Boca Raton, FL
League: AARPFL
Player: Brett Favre

I’m hoping they start a franchise here in Sun City so I can watch “Crazy Eyes” Mike Singletary break Favre’s hip (after his pants-dropping coaching career is done, of course).

jama says:

November 19th, 2008 at 9:16 am

AZ

Can Greg Oden get a spot on your team?

/He looks really old.

Joker says:

November 19th, 2008 at 9:33 am

City: Fairfax, VA (Home of the NRA)
League: NFL/NBA
Player: Tank Johnson/Sebastian Telfair

jama says:

November 19th, 2008 at 9:36 am

If I was the pre SEC scandal Mark Cuban, I would start an NFL Franchise in LA. I’d pick Matt Ryan as my franchise QB and then I’d watch the money roll in.

Merx says:

November 19th, 2008 at 10:30 am

City: Toronto
League: NFL
Player: All players on the Bills

The process begins Dec. 7th, at which time the annexation of Toronto into the U.S. will be complete.

Roberto El Doucho says:

November 19th, 2008 at 10:54 am

Does it have to be a current player?

Roberto El Doucho says:

November 19th, 2008 at 11:01 am

City: Minneapolis
League: NBA
Player: McHale
Owner: Taylor
Coach: Les Steckel

The PEP says:

November 19th, 2008 at 11:03 am

City: Gary, In.
League: Mentally challenged NFL
Player: Daunte Culpepper
Agent: Daunte Culpepper
Coach: Denny “high road” Green

lattewarrior says:

November 19th, 2008 at 11:53 am

City: Los Angeles
League: NFL
Player: Adrian Peterson
Coach: Pete Carrol
Owner: Red McCombs
GM: Jeff Diamond

Joker says:

November 19th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

“If I was the pre SEC scandal Mark Cuban, I would start an NFL Franchise in LA. I’d pick Matt Ryan as my franchise QB and then I’d watch the money roll in.”

Just imagine if he would have went to the Bears…he wouldn’t be doing anything and get blamed for everything.

jama says:

November 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Exactly