Tulsa's next pro sports franchise?

[JeffM]

TulsaNow forum will not let my soccer-puppet TulsaRufnex post a poll, so here goes.... vote early and often....  

What do you think will happen next?... compared to what you think should happen next?

[zstyles]

Mega Church Boxing....

[Townsend]

Mega Church Boxing....

"Two men enter...only one leaves.  And then he's resurrected."

[jne]

San Antonio Shock?

[bmuscotty]

I would like to see another arena football league. Either the IFL, PIFL, or the UIFL. Play the games in the Convention Center.

[TheTed]

After watching the Drillers many times this season, I'm not sure how anyone can say they want Tulsa to become Triple-A in baseball.

Wilin Rosario played for Tulsa all this year then went up to Colorado. The two pitchers in the Ubaldo deal, Alex White and Drew Pomeranz, also played for Tulsa then went straight to Colorado.

The Minor League POY, Mike Trout, played in the Texas League and skipped Triple-A.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=6748299

Unless you want to see the next Stubby Clapp or other borderline MLB guys, there's no reason to want Triple-A. Top prospects, rising star types, spend more time in Double-A than Triple-A.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubby_Clapp

[TulsaRufnex]

...and you'd also have to include the reduction of travel costs for the Drillers in 2011 compared to AAA road games and even compared to Texas League travel costs in previous decades... if memory serves (and it probably doesn't), the old double-A Texas League Tulsa Oilers used to travel to Jackson (MS), El Paso, Shreveport, Wichita, etc..... these days, we're in a division with Springfield, Springdale, and Little Rock...  and four other teams in Texas... cha-ching!

...I thought a major business emphasis for the arena football team was on corporate suites at the BOk versus the lack of such revenue streams at the Convention Center....

...my efforts last year to help bring the North American Soccer League (one level below MLS) to Tulsa were screwed for several reasons (three key reasons listed below)...

1.  A certain county commissioner vowed to me that a pro soccer team would NEVER get the kind of financial deal/lease the Drillers got at the Fairgrounds.
2.  A certain county commissioner also insisted to me that any proposed pro soccer team using the old stadium at the Fairgrounds be forced to use county provided concessions services and that the county would get 100% of those concessions revenues.
3.  Cameron-Box Sports, after showing some initial interest in the idea, declined to endorse it due to a "lack of revenue streams."

[TulsaRufnex]

Of course, the NASL would like to be here, but only under the right conditions.... and they have trademark rights....

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...08:lqvgpk.2.19

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[GG]

Women's lingerie roller derby?   

[RecycleMichael]

Women's lingerie roller derby?   

You , my friend, are a dreamer.

[les_stockton]

Women's lingerie roller derby?   

I'll get season tickets.

[Hoss]

I'll get season tickets.

Hell with that; I want floor access.

[RecycleMichael]

Women's lingerie roller derby?   

I'll be a referee.

[les_stockton]

Maybe  I'll be a trainer.

[Townsend]

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