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Post#1 » by fatlever » Tue Jun 5, 2012 9:57 pm

this is pretty interesting - grantland

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... obcats-com
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Post#2 » by Walt Cronkite » Tue Jun 5, 2012 10:30 pm

Really enjoyed that.
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Post#3 » by captaincrunk » Tue Jun 5, 2012 11:20 pm

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Post#4 » by Rich4114 » Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:19 am

lol, morons turned down $100k. That's the real humor here
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Post#5 » by Marino » Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:48 am

Rich4114 wrote:lol, morons turned down $100k. That's the real humor here


Not necessarily, the site seems to be rather popular, they can make bank off of ad revenue.
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Post#6 » by countryboi » Wed Jun 6, 2012 1:00 am

They should have taken the money
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Post#7 » by captaincrunk » Wed Jun 6, 2012 1:13 am

eh, money's just money. if they enjoy it more than they'd enjoy the money, they are doing well.
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Post#8 » by debo23 » Wed Jun 6, 2012 1:30 am

fatlever wrote:this is pretty interesting - grantland

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... obcats-com



Thanks for posting this, some great content....the landing page video is amazing

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Post#9 » by Walt Cronkite » Wed Jun 6, 2012 3:54 am

I mean, I found most of their videos to be hilarious/awesome hilariously awesome, but Three Amigos is in my top few movies of all-time, so maybe it's just the absurdity. I don't know how much you can get from ad revenue, but it seems like their name being such a hit driver would mean they'll do okay in the long haul. Would be a waste of money for the Charlotte ball club anyway with the inevitable name change.
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Post#10 » by LamarMatic7 » Wed Jun 6, 2012 9:20 am

Can you imagine this happening to any other NBA franchise? Kind of pathetic, although kudos to the guys for such a hilarious prank.
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Post#11 » by fatlever » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:33 pm

why on earth did the bobcats announce their name suggestions before they registered the domain names? that seems like a major blunder.
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Post#12 » by dmutombo321 » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:35 pm

Fits this team's MO perfectly. Blunders is what Bobcats basketball is all about.
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Post#13 » by Vanderbilt_Grad » Wed Jun 6, 2012 3:33 pm

fatlever wrote:why on earth did the bobcats announce their name suggestions before they registered the domain names? that seems like a major blunder.


They did it for the lolz? :lol:
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