WNBA for Tulsa?

[dbacks fan]

Not for long. Bankruptcy approaches for the league. What's this charade all about?

They may not go bankrupt:

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/06/02/sterns-latest-wnba-hail-mary-be-afraid/

Look for him to get naming rights to the team from here:
http://www.loves.com/

http://www.okcu.edu/loves/staff_detail.aspx?id=bcameron@okcu.edu

Naming rights to the team are cheaper

Lifelock did it for the Mercury and they are a Phoenix based company.

Follow the money.

[FOTD]

They may not go bankrupt:

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/06/02/sterns-latest-wnba-hail-mary-be-afraid/

Look for him to get naming rights to the team from here:
http://www.loves.com/

http://www.okcu.edu/loves/staff_detail.aspx?id=bcameron@okcu.edu

Naming rights to the team are cheaper

Lifelock did it for the Mercury and they are a Phoenix based company.

Follow the money.

Just curious but what if the only date open for the Stones to play BOK falls on a 6 foot woman date?

[dbacks fan]

Just curious but what if the only date open for the Stones to play BOK falls on a 6 foot woman date?

I'm sure it's been planned for considering that the '10 schedules are not out yet. 

[cannon_fodder]

Just curious but what if the only date open for the Stones to play BOK falls on a 6 foot woman date?

I believe your argument would be:

"Then the out of town act can't come and take money away from local events."



They will take up like 14 dates. That's not a real scheduling hurdle for the BOk Center and since things are planned out WAY in advance it will be nearly a non-issue.  If some SUPER event wanted to bump them it would probably just be made into a day game or something . . .

[TheTed]

I really hope they change the name from Shock to something plural, something tangible. But given the names of the other WNBA teams, that doesn't seem likely. We'll probably get Lightning or something even more ridiculous.

[sgrizzle]

Possible names:
Lightning (to match the OKC Thunder)
Twisters
Strike (again with the lightning/thunder theme)
Jolt (see above)
Tornadoes
Fast Breakers (LOL)

[Conan71]

How about:

Roughnecks or Nappy-headed...(eh, nevermind)

[cannon_fodder]

I'd taken even odds on a meal at Joe Momma's that it ends up being the Tulsa Tornado with some leeway on the single/plural.   Tornado is better than the "new age" names like Shock, Yard Dogz, etc.   I'd be OK with anything so long as it is locally relevant and not some God awful cliche (current WNBA team names:  comets, shock, spark, storm, fever, dream . . .  most tend to be plays off of the NBA franchise.  Phoenix Suns/Mercury,  Sacramento Kings/Monarchs, Detroit Pistons/Shock (spark plus?),  Washington Wizards/Mystics). 

Tornado could go along with Thunder just fine.

Si my money is on Tornado.

[sgrizzle]

I'd taken even odds on a meal at Joe Momma's that it ends up being the Tulsa Tornado with some leeway on the single/plural.   Tornado is better than the "new age" names like Shock, Yard Dogz, etc.   I'd be OK with anything so long as it is locally relevant and not some God awful cliche (current WNBA team names:  comets, shock, spark, storm, fever, dream . . .  most tend to be plays off of the NBA franchise.  Phoenix Suns/Mercury,  Sacramento Kings/Monarchs, Detroit Pistons/Shock (spark plus?),  Washington Wizards/Mystics). 

Tornado could go along with Thunder just fine.

Si my money is on Tornado.

I quick check of available domain names shows all of the obvious choices still available.

[Hoss]

I'd taken even odds on a meal at Joe Momma's that it ends up being the Tulsa Tornado with some leeway on the single/plural.   Tornado is better than the "new age" names like Shock, Yard Dogz, etc.   I'd be OK with anything so long as it is locally relevant and not some God awful cliche (current WNBA team names:  comets, shock, spark, storm, fever, dream . . .  most tend to be plays off of the NBA franchise.  Phoenix Suns/Mercury,  Sacramento Kings/Monarchs, Detroit Pistons/Shock (spark plus?),  Washington Wizards/Mystics). 

Tornado could go along with Thunder just fine.

Si my money is on Tornado.

Lightning possibly...whether or not Tampa Bay's NHL franchise would balk is fodder for a legal question.  Can a name like that be copyrighted?  My guess is probably so.

[cannon_fodder]

My wife brought up:

Does Tulsa have a WNBA team or does Oklahoma have a WNBA team?

The Oklahoma Tornado, the Oklahoma Cloud, the Oklahoma whatever . . .

Doesn't really matter to me.  If it makes them more successful to draw on the entire state, go for it.

[Conan71]

My wife brought up:

Does Tulsa have a WNBA team or does Oklahoma have a WNBA team?

The Oklahoma Tornado, the Oklahoma Cloud, the Oklahoma whatever . . .

Doesn't really matter to me.  If it makes them more successful to draw on the entire state, go for it.

That would be rich.  Here we thought there might be a chance that the OKC Thunder might wind up being the "state's" team as the Oklahoma Thunder.  Instead of this being the Tulsa Women With Mullets or whatever it will wind up being an "Oklahoma" team instead.   

[FOTD]

Tulsa Tops (did you see this coming?)
Tulsa Wingnuts
Tulsa Elite
Tulsa Refiners
Tulsa Testicle (not for a woman's team)
Tulsa Toll
Tulsa Take Me Backs (Dback)
Tulsa Groove Crushers
Tulsa Barbarians
Tulsa Rig
Tulsa Tumbleweed

[Conan71]

You forgot the She-Devils

[FOTD]

You forgot the She-Devils

VERY GOOD!!!!

Now. Will the name live longer than the WNBA?

But really, this devil might show up if they were Nolan's She Devils!