Why Did The Oilers Abandon Houston?
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- The Oilers were one of the most beloved franchises in the NFL, but they ended up leaving Houston in the 90s. They moved to Tennessee to become the Tennessee Titans but left Houston without a football team. Why Did The Oilers Abandon Houston? #oilers #nfl #football
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When you never make the SB, blow the biggest lead in NFL history (in the playoffs), and then ask for a new stadium, what could go wrong?
apparently quite a bit
@@FootballLoreOfficial I know. I was there when it happened.
And on top of that, as I stated above, you play a lame duck season in Houston with everyone knowing you're set to leave.
@@docadams7099 So. What's your point?
@@docadams7099 They played a lame duck season in Memphis too.
"Texans." How inventive. "Oilers," is a far cooler name. The old Oilers uniforms are better than both the Titans and the Texans uniforms of today.
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Na, Texans embodies the whole of Texas better
@@sithtalker Riddle me this Batman: The Houston Texans have a cow on the sides of their helmets, right? The Dallas Cowboys have a star on the side of their helmets, right? Texas is the "Lone Star State," right? Shouldn't the Dallas Cowboys have the cows on the side of their helmets instead of the Texans? Shouldn't the Houston Texans have a single star on their helmets if they're representing the "Line Star State?" The Cowboys have two stars on their helmets. Nothing says "cowboy" like a couple of stars, right? (sarcasm.} Shouldn't the two teams, at the very least switch helmets? Things are bassackwards down Texas way.🙂😊😆😅😂🤣🤣
Yeah but the Texans are **winning** , which is something the Oilers never really did do. And in the No Fun League, winning is the cure-all for everything.
@@carlhicksjr8401 Yeah, there's that.🙂😆😅😂🤣
They had fleeced the city/county into major renovations for the Astrodome in 1987 by threatening to move to Jacksonville. Then in 1994 after three straight epic choke jobs in the playoffs they asked for a new stadium the city/county called his bluff and in the summer of 95 he signed a exclusive deal with Nashville and the folks in Tennessee basically sold their souls to get them to move to Tennessee.
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They didn't call his bluff. The owner of the Astros went on an anti-Bud campaign because he was getting paid by the Oilers to let them rent the Astrodome and didn't want to lose that. So Adams didn't his stadium after all and said "I'm out." Everyone hates Bud so much they don't want to remember that the Astros owner is why the Oilers are gone.
Honestly, an expansion team in Tennessee would probably have sucked worse than the irl Texans do
How did Tennessee sell their soul? You think they regret having the Titans? Or that, somehow, life is now harder in Nashville than it used to be?
And Houston didn't "call his bluff". He wasn't bluffing.
I hope Bud Adams and Bob Lanier are locked-up in hell together.
@@moblinmajorgeneral They would have gotten it together by now. Houston is where football teams go to stagnate. A century from now the Texans still will not have reached a super bowl.
I hate corporate welfare.
me too
Corporate owners and governments have to find common ground. It has to be a mutual relationship. They both give and take fairly. The owners cannot do it all.
To quote Don Ohlmeyer, "The answer to all your questions is 'money'."
One of the best, most straight-to-the-gut statements in sports history. He should have won another Emmy for that quote alone.
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Bud Adams and Houston had a very complicated relationship. Not to say Houston isn't at fault for the Oilers leaving, but Bud Adams didn't really help matters. He did piss off a lot of Houstonians and they just didn't trust him.
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Kinda like Ken [spit on the ground] Behring in Seattle back when.
Yes. I heard Bud even fired popular coach Bum Phillips because he was getting too much credit.
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That pos almost took away my beloved seattle seahawks and I'm not even from seattle lol. But I wouldn't be a seahawks fan today if they ever relocated to anaheim ages ago. I don't support cali teams and they suck so bad that california sports as a whole is unwatchable.
@@mr.objective6936 Bud was HATED after that. The Oilers went 11 and 5 that year, but lost 27-7 in the AFC Wild Card game. The reason for the firing was supposedly that the Oilers had trouble scoring at times, but Bum refused to hire an offensive coordinator.
Not mentioned is that the Oilers played in Memphis in 1997 and at Vanderbilt Univ. in 1998 before becoming the Titans and going to the Super Bowl that year.
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Went to SB there 1st season in Nissan Stadium.
Sports Owner's know they can extort their host city for a taxpayer funded stadium if they throw a big enough tantrum. It's corporate welfare at its finest.
Exactly, look at the current battle going on between the taxpayers & the chiefs/royals in the kansas city, mo/kansas city, ks metro. People are beginning to get a little tired of footing the bill for billionaires.
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As a Houstonian, I want to thank Mike Jones for tackling Kevin Dyson at the 1 yard line in Super Bowl 34. 😂😂😂😂
It would have just tied the score, they would have had a chance to win the game. But the greatest show on turff was a baller.
@@richardjohnson4373 Sure it would sent the game into overtime but that’s not what I wanted. I wanted Bud Adam’s team to lose and they did. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306 #GoTexans
Houston couldn’t give bud Adams a new stadium because of the oil crisis in the 1990’s
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The Patriots paid for their own stadium twice. If they could do it, anyone could do it.
I thought it because of the Livestock show and Roado want keep the Dome
@@davidlafleche1142they only built one stadium, Gillette. Sullivan/Shafer Stadium was constantly being renovated. Arrowhead Stadiun opened in 1971, and has been constantly overhauled. Don't hear about the Hunt family leaving.
Bud Adams was a jerk -- that's why --- Houston didn't abandon Oilers --- THEY abandoned Houston
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The same thing happened with George Shinn and the Charlotte Hornets. He wanted the city of Charlotte to cough up tens of millions of tax dollars to replace a nice arena that was just around 15 years old. The city refused and he moved the team to New Orleans. Charlotte ended up getting a new franchise within 3 years. No one of a bigger NFL/NBA fan than I am, but in my old age I'd rather go without a team in my metro area than give in and over pay/over indulge these rich owners who could pay or borrow the money themselves.
it happens often
I’m glad Houston got the Texans back
me too
And the NFL wasn't planning to give Houston a team either. They were trying to get a franchise in Los Angeles but L.A. couldn't find the right investors.
"Newest" franchise sounds better than "youngest."
too late now
Why did the Oilers leave Houston? Because the owner was greedy and got a lot more money in another city. The end. I just saved you a lot of time.
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I miss the houston oilers... Texans not the same but it's all we have... I love the current team
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It sucks that The Oilers left Houston.
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They have the Roughnecks now.
Traded Moon and other top players because he did not want to pay them. The players said this themselves and Adams came into the locker room to say this. Sean Jones, Moon, and some others said this in the early 2000s. Everytime he created a winning product he refused to invest in the teams after 4 or 5 years. Constantly rebuild it.
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Dude it was time to move on from that 90's Oilers team. They made the playoffs seven straight years and kept choking leads and never got to the AFC championship. It was time to break up that team.
They were talking about leaving town as early as 1987
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Here is what I do not get about cities like Cleveland and Houston, they refused to build new stadiums for good teams, the Oilers and the Browns, but build new Stadiums for expansion teams, Browns 2.0 and the Texans.
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The problem for cities is that there's always another city without a team that is willing to give these owners what they want. They have all the leverage.
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Still one of the classic logos. They need to give Houston back the Oilers.
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When I was a young lad growing up in the 90's starting to get into the NFL, I always thought the Oilers had the sharpest uniforms.
Everything just worked so well together. The colors, the helmets, and the rest. 😅
The Texans and the Titans are sorta boring.
This isn't even me getting worked up with nostalgia. The Oilers had a good look and it's been gone for decades. Never will come back. 🫤
Hey it’s not the titans fault on anything, if the oilers could of had a winning season oh mr bud adams probably would have given up on the team.
@@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306 Agreed. I hate the Titans, but Houstonians can't blame Tennessee for this.
The Texans should own Oiler history.
New Rule: If a team moves from a city, they abandon that franchise's history.
I quit watching professional football when the Oilers left Houston. It just wasn't the same anymore and I haven't watched a single NFL game since.
cant blame you
"I root for my HS team on Fridays, on Saturdays I got college football...well, now I have a team that excuses me from family on Sundays." Texas guy in the 60s!
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Let's set the record straight. Bud Adams lost all his support from Houstonians when he fired wildly popular Bum Phillips. Bud pissed off so many Oilers fans they became cowboys fans in droves, and thats why you see so many cowboys fans in houston to this day. He wanted to build a new stadium using tax revenue, and by that point the Oilers fan base had already turned on him and wouldnt support any of his endeavors. Bud wanted out of houston so badly that in the preseason game against the Chargers, he invited the NFL safety inspectors to check the turf quality before the game, and I was there for that canceled game. I know people that were very close to Bud and back on that day, he didn't show up to the astrodome. Up until that time, Bud had never missed a single preseason, regular season or post season game, and that was his first because why go to a game you sabotaged? That ultimately gave him the support he needed from the nfl HQ to leave houston.
sad they had to leave
I remember the bumper stickers that said "Go Oilers! And don't come BACK!"
Aside from the Luv Ya Blue days the Cowboys enjoyed a bigger fan base in Houston than did the Oilers before and after. I know, I lived it. Always hated the Cowboys and could never understand why people wouldn't get behind the team from their own city. I was at the game the first time the Oilers ever appeared on MNF. They had their hotshot rookie QB (Dan Pastorini) and big things were expected. They were destroyed by the Raiders 49-7 I think and the fans trashed Pastorini's new Lincoln Continental out in the parking lot. Now the Luv Ya Blue days were different! Bum, Earl, Carl Mauck, etc........those were people Houstonians could relate to. I'm biased but I don't think a city has ever had as much passion for an NFL team as Houston did for that group of Oilers. It was magical....much like a college atmosphere. But back to my original comment: The Cowboys had a bigger fan base in Houston before (not during) and after the Luv Ya Blue era than did the Oilers. Started watching the Oilers when George Blanda was quarterbacking the team. I'm 60, I was there and it pisses me off to this day.
@@davidhenson6337yes the cowboys were the most popular team during the Tom Landry and Roger Staubach days. They were deemed "America's team" and houston was no exception for how popular the cowboys were back then.
unfortunate they didn't get to get the Oilers name back like Cleveland did for the Browns
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Dan Pastorini & Billy white shoes Johnson,oh the memories ...
great memories
I supported the team when they first moved to Nashville. But when McNair and many other prime players went to the Buzzards, I left NFL football for years. These days, I support the Atlanta Falcons. They let me down just like the Oilers did.
Oilers leaving was so sad
I felt your pain from Houston. (Atlanta blew a 25 point lead vs Pats in SB LI)
Starting in the mid Q3, I was yelling 2 things-
1. '93 Oilers
2. BURN THE CLOCK!
People at the sports bar I was in thought I was nuts. Until they didn't.
Hated seeing the oilers leaving houston, but it ultimately worked out for that franchise. They have a new domed stadium going up in nashville, tn right next to nissan stadium, nissan stadium will then be torn down to put up a multiple level parking garage & entertainment type of complex for their new stadium afterwards. And houston got their new franchise & new retractable roof dome stadium & team in the texans. NRG Park (NRG stadium, NRG arena, NRG center, NRG astrodome, etc.) is one of the largest entertainment/stadium/arena/rodeo complexes in america!! So, it eventually worked out great for both franchises & both large metro areas/cities in houston, tx & nashville, tn. l currently live in the houston, tx (get stuck on I-45, I-10, I-610 or the sam houston tollway & tell me how rough that traffic is) metro & drive thru nashville, tn (nicknamed crashville for a reason, always a wreck or bad traffic) too. Both cities got some rough traffic, but are beautiful cities with good people.
It hits differently if you were born and raised here. We could have beaten the cowboys in '92 , and we were planning to take over the league with air Mcnair and George. Shout out to the class of 2000
This one is a rare case where it worked out
Agree. I'm a Titans fan. We wouldn't have a football team if the Oilers hadn't moved. Here in Tennessee, we're grateful we got an NFL team!
@@FootballLoreOfficial definitely, rarely happens that way indeed
@GeorgeFrancis-dq8hu true, oilers had some great teams that just couldn't get over the hump & and to that super bowl; NO DOUBT
NRG stadium is one of the best stadiums ever built!!! It's 22 years old, and it still is state of the art, that has 2 had Superbowl played in it!! Most likely have another soon!!
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You forgot to mention the firing of Bum Phillips, this move was shocking and solidified Bud Adams as a villain in Houston, major turning point in the franchises history
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Next talk about how Red McCombs bought the Vikings and we're going to move to San Antonio. Instead, took a roof to collapse to build a new stadium!
I'm not much of a hockey fan, living on the Texas gulf coast, but I thought it was a sad day when the North Stars moved from Minnesota to Dallas.
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I remember that! We had a joke in San Antonio at the time (when the Oilers were still in Houston): "Hey, did you hear that Red McCombs wants to move the Vikings here? ... It probably won't happen though. If San Antonio gets a pro football team, then Houston will want one too."
You don’t ever want to end up like Baltimore.
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Baltimore got the ravens and two super bowl wins to date.
I'm from the Cincinnati area, and I remember being so upset at the Oilers for doing Houston that way that I made up a fictional schedule for them that season. For the last four games of that season, I had them at home against Minnesota, at Green Bay, at New England, and at Pittsburgh. I gave them 3 bone-chilling road games to end their season, against tough opponents. I can imagine how their fans wanted to "fix their wagon."
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I’m surprised that Bud Adams was never attacked after he moved the Oilers. He should’ve moved to Nashville.
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He should of hit Memphis
Oilers were basically chased out of Houston. I grew up watching the Oilers. Loved that team. Hated that they moved
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I’m sure you’re still mad at Bud Adams over it.
Actually the Oilers left Houston after the 1996 season. In 1997-98 they played at various sites in Tennessee as the Oilers, then they moved to Nashville for the 1999 season as the Titans. I remember them playing a lame duck season at Houston in 1996.
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They played in Memphis in 1997. I have no idea where they played in 1998.
They played at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis for 1997 and Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville for 1998 (both college football venues). They moved to Nissan Stadium in 1999 and will move to their new stadium in 2027.
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Thanks for the tips!
Let’s all sing, Houston Oilers,Houston Oilers,Houston Oilers number one.
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Bud Adams was an evil man. He demanded upgrades to the Astrodome, which destroyed the beloved exploding scoreboard. Then he packs up and leaves. I'm so glad he never won the Super Bowl.
As a kid I remember walking into the Astrodome for the first time. Eye-popping. The place was HUGE from a kid's viewpoint. I got to play soccer in the Astrodome one year. (before the Houston Hurricane played - old NASL team) Years later I'm in the cheap seats at nrg stadium (Reliant at the time), looking down on the roof of the Astrodome. Nrg is that much bigger. My how things have changed.
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I miss the Oilers. I wish the Texans would’ve been called the Oilers instead
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It would be so satisfying to see the Houston Texans win a superbowl and join the Rockets and Astros as world champions. 🏆
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Don't forget the Dynamo a MLS team
They left because Bud Adams was a jerk.
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That Astrodome turf was basically a rug over solid concrete. No wonder Earl Campbell suffered so much in his after-football years.
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I remain amazed that fans - ANY fans - ever showed up for those games the last season and a half. They have very small crowds - a few thousand. But WHY even that?!!
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Their third season in Nashville was their first season as the Titans. That was also was their first at Nissan Stadium.
Love this video. grew up in Houston.
The Texans are not, as of right now, better than the Oilers ever were.
I think the Strouds are almost there, they could easily beat 99% of all oilers teams
The 1993 loss to Buffalo in the playoffs (41-38 in OT) after blowing a 35-3 lead started the rapid decline in interest in the team
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It was the next year that was the final nail in the coffin. They had hired buddy Ryan and they started off 1-4 but then won 11 games in a row. They had an elite defense finally. They got a first round bye and then lost their playoff game to the chiefs under Joe Montana at home. I was at the game, they blew a ten point fourth quarter lead. That's when they blew up the team and the mayor of Houston Bob Lanier told bud Adams "don't let the door hit your ass on the way out"
Adams was on the NFL expansion committee. The city wouldn't give him a new stadium. He did whatever he could to anger the fans and keep them away from the games. Therefore, he could point to this ' lack of interest' in the team from fans as a way to lobby for his move to Tennessee. He gave Oilers fans and the city of Houston a final thumb in the eye by getting Commissioner Rozelle to agree that the Oilers colors, name and mascots be retired permanently, so that any new expansion team in Houston couldn't use them. Trading Moon and making the team uncompetitive was a disaster and a calculated move. I don't watch the NFL anymore and this is a huge reason. Houston Oilers Forever
What a slime boy
They didn't move directly into the new stadium in Nashville till like 1999. They played in Memphis in 1997 and in Vanderbilts stadium in 1998.
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the worst thing in sports. As a St. Louis fan, I know this all too well the greed of sports ownership.
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I think if a city is invested in a sports franchise, they should seek assurance that the team remains even if it is sold.
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I think the Oilers meltdown in the 1992 playoffs when they led Buffalo 35 - 3 and lost is an event for which the franchise never recovered. To this day, I do not see how that happened. If the Oilers had won that game, I believe they would have gone to the Super Bowl and played much better than Buffalo did against Dallas.
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After leaving Houston, didn't the Oilers (now, Tenesee Titans) play their first season, in Memphis? (Before finally moving to Nashville)
Did the Titan's owner play the same game, with Memphis, to milk the deal for all that it was worth? THAT could be the subject of another video!
Yep. And the were the Oilers in Tennessee for like a year or two.
investigating now!
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Lived there all my life. Bud was a real problem. Didn’t think Nashville would be good but I was wrong!
its worked out
This sounds eerily like the current situation with the Chiefs
its getting there
I love NFL football. I'm a Titans fan. I've been to several Titans games. That being said, I'd be the first person to tell an NFL owner to go to hell if they had the audacity to ask the taxpayer to 'build _them_ a stadium. Nothing like a multi-billionaire asking people living paycheck to paycheck to buy the stadium that is going to make the owner more money. Piss off with that crap. You want a new stadium Mr. Owner? *_YOU_* pay for it.
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Because there is no loyalty in the NFL.
It’s called Raider Nation because they keep moving their fan’s around…🧐
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Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Don't know about the statement that the Texans have already surpassed what the Oilers accomplished in Houston. The Oilers went to back-to-back AFC championship games in the late 70s under Bum Phillips and were one of the best teams in the NFL. Were it not for stumbles against the dynastic Pittsburgh teams, Houston probably would have won at least one Super Bowl. The Texans have a bright future with QB CJ Stroud, but they aren't there yet.
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Bud Adams is the reason!
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I miss the Oilers.
me too
"Your property taxes go up to pay for a rich man's stadium." Welcome to Cincinnati/Hamilton County.
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Should bring back the Houston Oilers as an expansion team.. NFC South
i wish
Houston abandoned Bud Adams and unfortunately the Oilers went with him.
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Nee-San stadium. Stop sounding like a bot. For the love of GOD say stuff right please it’s embarrassing
blow me bitch
@@FootballLoreOfficial lolz very professional
i hope you end up homeless, I wont give you any change broke boy
adams firing Bum Phillips was a blunder. That would be like firing Tom Landry after 1969.
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solid video
thank you
But Adams messed up by asking for the renovations, he should’ve just asked for the new stadium and then he would’ve gotten it. And the Houston Oilers would still be in Houston with their awesome team colors!!!
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I speak for all Houstonians when I say Bud Adams was a horrible horrible man.
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The Astrodome lost it's iconic scoreboard in the renovation, and ended up losing the Oilers. Adams was always a tightwad. The team always had the worst training facilities in the league. Adams is gone now, and never won a Super Bowl. The Texans may very well win a Super Bowl before the Tennessee Titans.
Couldn't agree more
Billionaires need to get off the bullshit and pay for their own stadiums/projects. This is still a problem now in every sport and worsened in todays world
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Bud Adams, like many other NFL owners, is very arrogant and self-centered. He was jealous of Bum Phillips popularity and made it a point to get rid of Bum at the ealiest possible convenience....which he did and then basically destroyed the team. Any teams success comes from the top with first class ownership. Like Bud Adams, Jerry Jones wants to run the team and even though brought the Cowboys back to relevance in the mid 1990s, is destroying the team now. Bud should have asked for a new stadium from the get go and we would still have the Oilers.
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Bud Adams and his multiple wigs and attitude made him look clownish, I grew up watching the Oilers and was crushed by their demise. I still love the Columbia Blue though.
hate it when that happens
Bud Adams ... I'll never forgive the man for pulling the Oilers out of Houston. At least let Houston have the colors / name back. Nope, no such luck.
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That’s funny how the oilers left because the city didn’t want to buy a new stadium then they wound up getting a new one anyway
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1987 was not the first time he threatened to leave.
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Good video buddy
Thanks for the visit
The high school football games are officiated by six (6) officials just like colleagues.
that's awesome
I always thought it was because Tennessee had surpassed Texas in oil production.
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Houston should've sued to keep the name 'Oilers'.
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Hindsight is 20/20 but the Oilers could have been playing where the Texans play now if Bud Adams had waited.
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You missed the #1 reason for the move. Free Agency. With free agency starting in 1993 (1994?) Players wanted signing bonuses, because that $ is guaranteed, unlike salary, which is not. All NFL revenue is shared, EXCEPT for the revenue made from luxury boxes. Therefore, all the franchise movement in the mid-90s was about maximizing revenue from stadiums (new, or in the case of Oakland, improved) with new, more numerous, luxury boxes. This is what the new stadium in Nashville could offer. (And Baltimore, St. Louis, Oakland... and by threatening to move how new stadiums got built in Cincinnati, Tampa, and eventually Glendale...
Between 1996 - 2003 14 new NFL stadiums opened based on this premise
good insight
To this very day, the ruins of the Astrodome still stand, right next to the Texans stadium NRG Stadium.
RIP
Enron came in with their fraud money 🤑
Built a new stadium for the Astros
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Enron only paid the naming rights.
Houston had a referendum in 1997 for minute maid park
Demanding taxpayers money at the time in Houston wasn't wise...yet cldve gotten private investors.
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What’s even more funny is how the Titans owner pushed and got a new 2.1 billion dollar stadium from Nashville. So their stadium was only 25 years old and they need a new one. 🤣🤣. Sleep with the devil Nashville.
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it amazes me how stupid us tax payers are and get screwed. SO we pay with our taxes, to pay for a stadium, that we have to pay tickets to see a show, and the owners make BILLIONS - yah that makes sense.
its mind blowing
Though it could change as soon as this season, there has been a curse of the Lone Star State in the 21st century - neither the Cowboys nor the Texans have reached a conference title game in that period. While the Texans could be forgiven for the aughts due to expansion neither big market has a good excuse for the foreseeable future.
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so many franchises have moved
As a former BALTIMORE Colts fan, I agree.
its sad
Green Bay never will😊
The teams moved only because Pete Rozelle stepped down as commissioner! Only the Colts moved during his time! because their fan base became Washington Redskin Fans! And didn't support the team! A Great Historical Football Team in a Blue Collar City!
Houston abandoned the Oilers for the Astros.
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The economy in SE Texas at that time was just rebuilding, diversifying away from being overly reliant on energy.
The population was not in a position to fund Bud Adams fever dreams.
He killed any support the team had, short of the diehards.
It was sad to lose the team, but great to get rid of Bud.
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Still call them the Oilers. Any NFL team in Houston is the Oilers.
Can't blame you
Bud Adams leaving is a win for Houston.
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He should’ve left Houston. I’ll bet there was some animosity towards him. Many Houston businesspeople probably wanted nothing to do with him.
You’re mostly wrong about the few upgrades to the astrodome. That place was a dump. If I’m wrong, why did Houston build a new stadium for the Texans?
They also built a new stadium for the astros. The dome as iconic as it once was, it was falling apart and was outdated.
I don't think it's the Taj Mahal, however I also think it's insane to be a BILLIONAIRE and demand hundreds of millions in tax payer money just years after doing it again. But you go ahead and keep that billionaire along in your throat
Oilers now titans titans good name
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He had oil wealth he should have founded his own stadium
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Grown to hate football. Not missing it.
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Mayor Lanier and Bud Adams got into a running argument and Adams knew he wasn't getting a new stadium.
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