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Originally Posted by Mike F
Imagine if some super rich saudis swept into Calgary, bought the Flames franchise, and promptly withdrew the team from the NHL and set them to the task of winning krumping competitions, 'cause that is what all the cool kids are into'.
If you saw them selling tickets to a new Calgary Flames season, would you just shrug and say, "OK, I guess that's what the franchise is now" or would you say, "This is BS! They were an up and coming hockey team that should have been competing for Stanley Cups for years! That's what I want to be watching!"?
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A better comparison would if the Flames organization went bankrupt, disbanded the entire franchise, and everyone went their separate ways.
10 years later, an MLS franchise buys the rights to the "Flames" name, and uses similar branding for their team.