Panthers official registers potential Charlotte MLS team names as announcement looms

[KillerKat]

The best they can come up with for the air is Gliders? Why not Charlotte Flight FC?

[Gesualdo]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Granted, I'm not a soccer guy so I don't really know all the conventions, but I can't really say I find any of those names exactly awe inspiring.

lifelong soccer guy here - they all kinda suck

okay, All Carolina is unique - i'll give it that

[Woodie]

I was listening to the radio, and apparently MLS doesn't want regional team names, they prefer city specific.  It has something to do with future expansion.  For instance, if they eventually  award a team to Raleigh, they don't want there to be confusion (I imagine for marketing purposes) if the Charlotte team lays claim to the entire Carolina region.

[TheSpecialJuan]

cool

[PanthersBigD]

1 hour ago, mc52beast said:

I don’t live in the area so I don’t have a dog in the fight but I’d like to know what you guys who do live there think about your reps coughing up 110 million dollars for this

I've lived here my entire life and grew up in east Charlotte where the practice facility and HQ will go. I think it will be a net positive. Eastland Mall's decline and shuttering had a huge impact on east Charlotte, and the city has been looking for something that could anchor new business development to the area since forever. Jury is out on whether or not it will ever be worth the 110 MM in hospitality revenue they're giving up, but an MLS complex is about the best thing they could possibly put in that blast crater that was once our biggest shopping mall. 

[Happy Panther]

2 hours ago, WarHeel said:

Wasn’t “Dragons” one as well?

 

Might be a cool tip of the hat to the whole Middle Ages theme Charlotte seems to have with the Queen, the Knights and such.

 

1 minute ago, KillerKat said:

The best they can come up with for the air is Gliders? Why not Charlotte Flight FC?

@WarHeel Yeah that sounds right. This was a radio interview on WBT and wiki tells me more. I'm guessing it was with Chris Weiller.

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In June 2003, the team name was officially announced as the Bobcats.[27] The Charlotte Regional Sports Commission aided the naming process with a "Help Name The Team" effort that drew over 1,250 suggestions, with 'Flight' being the winner. However, it was discarded by Johnson and the team involved in creating the team's identity, being considered abstract and reminiscent of the then-current Iraq War aerial strikes.[28] Given Charlotte was already home to a cat-named team, the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, designer Chris Weiller made sure to create a logo that would not be similar to the Panthers logo.[28] 

Flight had no identity. I remember liking it at the time but the explanation made sense. What is a flight?

[Shocker]

I am minimalist anyway but just Charlotte FC for me

[Gesualdo]

7 minutes ago, Woodie said:

I was listening to the radio, and apparently MLS doesn't want regional team names, they prefer city specific.  It has something to do with future expansion.  For instance, if they eventually  award a team to Raleigh, they don't want there to be confusion (I imagine for marketing purposes) if the Charlotte team lays claim to the entire Carolina region.

the weird thing about this is that MLS itself is nearing the end of its expansion cycle - the league is getting close to its final number of teams, at least under the current model. there's a sub-zero chance that raleigh or any other carolinas city gets a team if charlotte gets one first

there's long been speculation that the league will continue expanding via minor league ball (USL) and eventually connect everything together in a traditional promotion/relegation system - over thirty, forty, fifty years...that kind of timeframe. that's the only scenario in which other carolina teams would ever be relevant

[WarHeel]

12 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

 

Flight had no identity. I remember liking it at the time but the explanation made sense. What is a flight?

A wonderful sampling of alcoholic beverage, preferably craft beer?

[Thama]

All Carolina is decent. Charlotte Town and similar are the kind of absurd mimicry of the Brits that we need to purge from our soccer mentality.

[4Corners]

4 hours ago, chknwing said:

Those are terrible names

Agree. And professional soccer in the USA is a terrible sport. 

[therealmjl]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Granted, I'm not a soccer guy so I don't really know all the conventions, but I can't really say I find any of those names exactly awe inspiring.

Yeah those are some dumbbb names

[djp14]

I kinda like Charlotte Athletic. Maybe because it sounds like Charlton Athletic. 

[Ja Rhule]

Why not Carolina Lumberjacks?