Big Z Man 1990
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...what I'd like to see as part of the celebrations is for the Coyotes franchise to transfer the rights to the old Jets history to the current franchise.
As part of the transfer, the Jets would retire #s 7, 9 10, 25, and 27. #s 9 and 25 had been retired in the past, the other three would be retired for the first time.
With this transfer of records, the current Jets franchise would now claim to have began play in 1972 as a member of the WHA, joined the NHL in 1979, suspended operations in 1996 and sold to new owners who relocated the team to Atlanta as the Thrashers, who resumed operations in 1999, and returned to Winnipeg as the Jets in 2011. Meanwhile the Coyotes would begin to be treated as an expansion franchise that began play in 1996 using former Jets personnel.
Two such arrangements exist in other leagues.
*In the NFL, Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns personnel to Baltimore to launch the Ravens franchise in 1996 (though not everyone, notably Bill Belichick, made the move to Baltimore). The Browns were suspended for three years, and returned in 1999 in a new stadium. The Browns were stocked with an expansion draft, even though the Ravens were the actual expansion team.
*In the NBA, the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans in 2002 and continued to play as the Hornets for 11 seasons. Meanwhile, the NBA placed a new team, the Bobcats, in Charlotte in 2004. New Orleans became the Pelicans in 2013, and the Bobcats adopted the Hornets name a year later, in addition to acquiring the 1988-2002 Charlotte Hornets history. Thus, the Charlotte franchise is considered to have started in 1988, suspended from 2002 to 2004, and returned in 2004, while the New Orleans team is considered a 2002 expansion team.
If this records transfer were to occur, retroactively the move of the Thrashers to Winnipeg would be considered the second return relocation of a sports franchise in the big 4 leagues to a previous home city. The first being the return of the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders to Oakland in 1995, the third (originally second) being the return of the NFL's St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles in 2016, and fourth (originally third) the return of the NFL's San Diego Chargers to Los Angeles in 2017.
As part of the transfer, the Jets would retire #s 7, 9 10, 25, and 27. #s 9 and 25 had been retired in the past, the other three would be retired for the first time.
With this transfer of records, the current Jets franchise would now claim to have began play in 1972 as a member of the WHA, joined the NHL in 1979, suspended operations in 1996 and sold to new owners who relocated the team to Atlanta as the Thrashers, who resumed operations in 1999, and returned to Winnipeg as the Jets in 2011. Meanwhile the Coyotes would begin to be treated as an expansion franchise that began play in 1996 using former Jets personnel.
Two such arrangements exist in other leagues.
*In the NFL, Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns personnel to Baltimore to launch the Ravens franchise in 1996 (though not everyone, notably Bill Belichick, made the move to Baltimore). The Browns were suspended for three years, and returned in 1999 in a new stadium. The Browns were stocked with an expansion draft, even though the Ravens were the actual expansion team.
*In the NBA, the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans in 2002 and continued to play as the Hornets for 11 seasons. Meanwhile, the NBA placed a new team, the Bobcats, in Charlotte in 2004. New Orleans became the Pelicans in 2013, and the Bobcats adopted the Hornets name a year later, in addition to acquiring the 1988-2002 Charlotte Hornets history. Thus, the Charlotte franchise is considered to have started in 1988, suspended from 2002 to 2004, and returned in 2004, while the New Orleans team is considered a 2002 expansion team.
If this records transfer were to occur, retroactively the move of the Thrashers to Winnipeg would be considered the second return relocation of a sports franchise in the big 4 leagues to a previous home city. The first being the return of the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders to Oakland in 1995, the third (originally second) being the return of the NFL's St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles in 2016, and fourth (originally third) the return of the NFL's San Diego Chargers to Los Angeles in 2017.
