A prime example of this would be Karmanos moving the Whalers from Hartford to NC. Lackluster attendance in a more or less zero or minimal growth city at the time vs a fast-growing area with a lot of northern transplants.
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So Dundon (Hurricanes owner) just became chairman of the Alliance of American Football with an investment of $250m.
Raleigh expansion team downtown?!
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article226452965.html
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I saw that and thought it was interesting. Though I donāt see the AAF being able to finance any new stadiums anytime soon.
Tom Dundon is Dallas, first and foremost. And there doesnāt seem to be a Dallas AAF team.
Dallas already has a football teamā¦its called high school football
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Itās also called The Dallas Cowboys.
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Oh, I know itās a stretch. Just some wishful thinking on my part.
If I remember right I think the AAF teams have been selected for cities that mostly do not have an NFL team. I think there was a couple exceptions like Atlanta? Anyways this would be pretty cool. The AAF is getting quite a bit of attention. I wonder if that Sports Multiplex that has been mentioned a lot lately has anything to do with thisā¦
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I wonder if the AAF can share a stadium with NCFC?
If PNC can go back and forth between hockey and bball, what would it take to go back and forth between football and soccer?
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Absolutely they can and that would be great! - I am thinking Seahawks and Sounders in Seattle sharing CenturyLink field as a great example of an urban combined stadium
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I wonder how many people on this forum remember the Carolina Cobras. I was in middle school and like the prime target audience but I could never get excited about minor league football.
People love the NFL and NCAA, but all the other football leagues are either sideshows or defunct.
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Looks like the Carolina Cobras are an active National Arena League team. Maybe the name has been reprised from a time gone by?
Iām old enough to remember the USFL. Still canāt believe Herschel Walker signed with the NJ Generals. I had forgotten about the Trump connection.
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Generals had Doug Flutie too.
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Who remembers this team?
I went to some games at Carter-Finley. The team was horrendous.
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Iāll be wearing my Skyhawks jersey to the meet up tonight.
Wow. Never heard of them.
Speaking of the meet up, I have a conflict. Hate to miss it.
Agreed, but I loved the LOGO 
I remember going to see the Carolina Cobras play, I went onto their website, it looks like there are in Greensboro am I correct ?
Different team, same name.
I wish I could attend the meet up as well! Hopefully next time. Maybe a requirement at meetups can be to change community.dtr usernames to real names 
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