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They are owned by Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, who also own the Charlotte Checkers, Jacksonville Icemen, the Savannah Ghost Pirates and the Tahoe Knight Monsters. [2] Immediately after the official announcement of expanding to Greensboro, the team announced that it would hold a contest to determine the team's name.
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.
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Milwaukee is one of several markets with a group putting together a proposal for a WNBA expansion team, giving local basketball fans some optimism that the increasingly popular league could ...
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.
The New York Mets wanted Juan Soto to know his future with them could be set in stone. When the free agent outfielder traveled to owner Steve Cohen's house in Beverly Hills, California, for a ...
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