The states surrounding Denver who dont have a football team arent called the Rocky Mountain Broncos. I don't get it. Help me please!
2007-11-18 13:41:57 · 12 answers · asked by myraxellenxamos 4 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
A group of local businessmen, led by executive William H. "Billy" Sullivan, Jr. brought professional football to New England on November 16, 1959. College football player Ron Burton was their first player, as was Gerhardt Schwedes, Ed McKeever was their first general manager, and Lou Saban as the team’s first head coach.
Thousands of names were submitted and the winning name "The Boston Patriots" was submitted by 74 fans. Shortly after the winning name was chosen, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell drew a cartoon of a Minuteman preparing to snap a football and owner Sullivan liked the cartoon so much he incorporated it as the team cartoon.
The team spent 10 years playing at 4 different sites, Boston University, Harvard University, Fenway Park, Alumni Stadium.
The owners changed the name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating the team to Foxborough in 1971.
2007-11-18 13:49:15 · answer #1 · answered by bh 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The other New England states are too small to support more than minor league baseball and hockey. Rhode Island, and the parts of New Hampshire and Maine where most of the people live are all within a few hours drive of Boston and Foxboro. The vast majority of people who are sports fans who grow up someplace like Nassau, NH or Sanford, Maine are Red Sox and Patriots fans. Pretty much everybody I ever met from Rhode Island was one, too. I've always gotten the general impression that Vermonters prefer the Sox and Pats, but they also don't seem to be into it as much as people in Maine, Mass, NH, and Rhode Island. People in Connecticut are more likely to be Yankees and Giants fans, from what I've seen, although the Patriots were damn near moved Connecticut a couple of years back, and I'm sure their recent dominance has broadened their fan base in that nominally New England state. California is much larger than New England and much more densely populated. Oakland and San Fran, although located right next to each other, both have larger populations than any of the three northern New England states--Me, NH and VT. And both the Raiders and 49ers have a regional appeal that extends beyond the cities they play in. Tom Brady grew up a Niners fan, but I don't think he lived a whole lot closer to San Fran than I lived to Boston, although I was in a different state. After the first Patriots Super Bowl victory, 10 thousand people came out in Portland, Maine to see the trophy when the Patriots brought it on tour.
2016-05-24 03:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you want to play for the Foxboro Patriots? Since they moved out of Boston, they gave them a regional name. It is very similar to the greater Denver area. The Colorado Crush, the arean team, was called "Colorado" because there are so many people that live just outside of Denver. They wanted a more regional name. Same thing with the Patriots. Originally they were in Boston, but they moved them to Foxboro. Since they draw fans from a region and not just a state.
2007-11-18 14:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by H M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they should be called the Rocky Mountain Broncos. There will never be a team in Wyoming or Montana, so they might as well.
The Panthers represent both Carolinas (also a region known as the Carolinas). I guess that's close enough.
2007-11-18 13:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by jae w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Umm well lets see Denver is a big city compared to Foxboro even though it is near boston they have people that can drive less than an hour from pretty much any NE US state to go to the game, so you figure someone from Maine, RI, NH, or Conn can drive to see the game with not much traffic hampering them
2007-11-18 14:56:39 · answer #5 · answered by jim c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That way we dont have to give a team to every one of those city sized states up there.
2007-11-18 13:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by Michael W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be the boston patriots but they moved to a stadium outside of the city.
2007-11-18 13:49:49 · answer #7 · answered by busterwasmycat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because all the states are so small! have u been to new england? you can drive through like 4 states in the day and still have time for dinner
2007-11-18 13:49:20 · answer #8 · answered by daisycm 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably because the states in that area are so small.
2007-11-18 13:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by I have a key... 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh...Because it is an actual nickname for the region...because of the history with England
2007-11-18 13:51:41 · answer #10 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋