CNN reports today that a name has been chosen for the National Football League expansion franchise in Houston, which was left without a team when the Oilers moved to Tennessee and renamed themselves the Titans. I thought Titans was a stupid name, but now the Houston team has decided to call itself the Houston Texans. Yuck. If I spent $700 million on a football team like Houston owner Bob McNair did, I would go out and hire the guy or girl who came up with name for the Toronto Raptors to come up with a real name so I would not get stuck with Texans (actually, if I had $700 million I would not be buying a football team — I don’t see too many of these teams that have much of a long term economic upside; I would bet the long term return investment for professional, A-level sports teams in the NFL, NBA, etc., is relatively low compared to other businesses). CNN notes that this is the franchise that the NFL tried real hard to give to Los Angeles — see, I knew that “Romeo Must Die” was based on a true story.
I love football, but right now am going through serious fantasy football withdrawal. A couple years ago a friend convinced me to join his ESPN fantasy league. The problem is I am obsessive in everything and I hate to lose. So for the last two years I would spend about an hour a day during the week keeping up on football news, making trades, etc., and then plant my butt with my laptop in front of the TV on Sundays (I reached the point where I was trying to tape ESPN football analysis).
It worked — both years I had the best record in the league, winning the championship the first year and then getting blown away thanks to injuries in the playoffs last year. But this year I decided I could probably make better use of my time in other endeavors (plus like I said I hate losing and did not enjoy getting knocked out of the playoffs).