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They are owned by Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, who also own the Charlotte Checkers, Jacksonville Icemen, Savannah Ghost Pirates and the Tahoe Knight Monsters. [2] Paul Bissonnette, Ryan Whitney, Mike Grinnell, Keith Yandle, and J. J. Jansen are also part owners. [3] On January 14, 2025, the Gargoyles name, logo and color scheme was unveiled. [4]
An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also hope that the expansion of their competition will grow the popularity of the sport generally.
The expansion team(s) then are allowed to select players not on the protected lists in a manner somewhat similar to an entry draft. There are generally a maximum number of players that can be selected from any one team, at least without the team losing the player receiving something in compensation such as a future entry draft pick.
Baltimore, as well as Memphis and St. Louis, was not awarded an expansion team, passed up in favor of Charlotte, North Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida. [3] The Bombers proposal was believed to be near the bottom of the list of contenders, and league commissioner Paul Tagliabue opposed any expansion to Baltimore, saying "some towns are football towns and some towns are museum towns.
Ownership groups from Sacramento and St. Louis were given exclusive rights to negotiate for spots 28 and 29 at an expansion fee of $200 million each, [2] while the league's Board of Governors deferred a decision on a fee and timetable for the 30th team. St. Louis was announced as an expansion team in August 2019.
Dream uses a separate Minecraft account to play as DreamXD, the god of the Dream SMP and who has canon access to creative mode. [ 9 ] [ 6 ] The Disc Saga, the server's longest-running story arc, was a series of events centered around two rare music discs belonging to TommyInnit.
The NL announced an expansion as the 1960 World Series was in progress, with new teams in Houston and New York City. [5] William Shea had been a supporter of the Continental League concept, and had attracted several investors. A potential Houston team also had numerous partners, many of whom had oil interests.
Similar to the 1992 expansion draft, both expansion teams selected 35 players. [4] The draft was divided into three rounds. Each team would select 14 players in round 1, 14 players in round 2, and 7 players in round 3. Tampa Bay general manager Chuck LaMar and Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. oversaw their teams' selections.