Relocation is always a tricky thing. There’s almost a sweet spot you want to hit for the least amount of controversy from the community when moving a team and changing their branding. Too early? People will get annoyed that a team didn’t get the chance to make use of their imagery. Too late? People will dislike moving a team with so much history. If you see the reaction to the move of Philly compared to Chicago you’ll see what I mean. Both the Liberty and the Butchers were long established franchises with baggage from histories of recent failure, and it was decided that in both cases a change was necessary to clean the slate. The reaction to Philly, however, a team that had been around since season 2, was much more pronounced and negative than the movement of Chicago who had existed since season 16. With that said the only team I would even consider moving would be either Sarasota or Honolulu. I wouldn’t like the change but every other franchise has either been around too long or, in the case of Berlin and New York, not long enough.
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