| Well, if I accepted previous names of current franchises, it'd be less of a challenge, no? There's no point in having game notes if no one reads them. And if you know that the SuperSonics are now the Thunder and that the Oilers are now the Titans, then where's the problem? -- @feste26: The biggest contributor to the '60s expansion was the AFL, which formed in 1960 and would later add 10 teams to the NFL. Four teams from the ABA, which formed in 1967, would be added to the NBA. The NHL doubled the number of teams it had in 1967 to prevent competition from the younger WHL, and MLB's expansion in 1961-62 was in large part a response to potential competition from the proposed Continental League. So rival leagues had a major effect on expansion in the period from 1960-1970. |