buster… You must not be in Seattle or Oklahoma City…. It’s big news in both cities!
Oklahoma City just “Raided” Seattle and has taken the NBA team (formerly known as the “SuperSonics”) to Oklahoma! The new owners have agreed not to use the Sonics name incase a new NBA team is acquired for Seattle in the near future.
Anyway, the yet to be named Oklahoma team is what is in question.
Update…. I’m hearing that the “Thunderbirds” might not be possible for trademark/copyright reasons.
I personally think the team should have an Energy related name.
Oklahoma’s growth has always come from Energy companies, why not use that for the inspiration for the name? Or maybe take the nickname that Seattle put on Oklahoma and go for the “Oklahoma-Raiders”.The name “SOONERS”, a Oklahoma College Football team, came from a derogatory nickname for land-run claim holders that skirted the rules.