Charlotte시의 새 팀명은 ... Bobcats!

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- 억만장자 밥 존슨과 로버트 존슨이 샬럿市에 준비중인 NBA 30번째 팀 이름이 거의 확정된 듯 합니다.

Bobcats. 살쾡이

- 다른 후보로는 Flight, Dragons ... 등이 있었다고

팀컬러(팀 전술이 아니라..;;;)는 오랜지색 계통이 될 것이라합니다.

- 주절주절 아래 두 기사에 보면 여러가지 얘기가 많은데,

Forum 들어가보니 팀명을 별로 인정하고 싶지 않은가보네요. 촌스럽고 기타 등등 이유로.. --;

(뱅기, 용 보단 낫구만 뭘. --;)

- A bobcat is the nickname of the teams at Lees-McRae in Banner Elk.

역시 팀명을 정할때.. 이미 다른 팀이 이 것을 사용하고 있는지의 여부를 확인해야 할겁니다.

밥캣도 역시 다른 팀에서 사용하고 있다고는 하는데..

Lees-McRae in Banner Elk. ???

뭐하는 팀인진 모르겠습니다 --; (별로 유명하지 않으니 사용하는데 무리가 없을듯)

- 밥 존슨(co-owner?) 가 입찰권을 따내고 샬럿에 첨 도착했을때

기자들이 그의 새 팀이름을 ... 그의 이름을 따서 'Bob'이라고 불렀었다고 하네요.

- 아래 보면 살쾡이의 습성(?) 같은 내용이 나오는데...

(한 생물학자와 리포터가 대화를 합니다.)

고양이보다 약간 크고,

토끼와 쥐, 작은 새를 잡아먹는다는 둥...

여기서 리포터가 '작은 새' 라는 말에 '호홋' 해서... 생물학자에게 물어보길

"Hawk 도 먹습니까?" ㅎㅎㅎ

근데... (먹긴 먹을텐데) 잡기 힘들 것이라 하는 군요.

또한 팬더(다른 고양이과 동물 Panther) 와 싸우냐? 는 둥의 질문이 올라와 있네요.

팬더는 NFL 캐롤라이나 팬더스와 연관되어 있지요. (같은 샬럿 연고 일겁니다.)

- 현 샬럿과는 관계가 없는 '뉴올리언즈 호네츠'와 관련된 얘기로

1987년 조지 쉰 님께서 샬럿에 프랜차이즈를 세울 때

원래는 spirit (정신?)이 선택되었다고 하네요.

근데... 조지 쉰님꼐서 강제로 'hornet'으로 바꿔버렸답니다.

독립운동을 연상시킨다고...

hornets의 마스코트는 hugo the hornet (휴고)는 샬럿 외 지방에서도 인기가 많은 마스코트였지만

그 (혹은 그녀--;)는 뉴올리언즈 땅으로 건너갔습니다.

- www.charlotte.com (The Charlotte Observer)

Posted on Mon, Jun. 09, 2003

NBA team name is 'Bobcats,' AP reports
JENNA FRYER
Associated Press

Charlotte's NBA expansion team will be called the "Bobcats," a nod to the owner who spent $300 million for the franchise, The Associated Press has learned.

Bob Johnson selected Bobcats over "Flight" and "Dragons," a source familiar with the process told the AP on Monday on condition of anonymity.

The dominant color in uniforms and logos will be orange and official team apparel will be in stores Wednesday afternoon, the source said.

An official announcement is planned for Wednesday, when city leaders plan to join Johnson and NBA commissioner David Stern in a downtown street festival to unveil the name and logos.

Chris Weiller, a spokesman for the new NBA team, would not comment on the team's nickname.

In picking Bobcats, Johnson gets to see his own name used and continues the feline theme established by Charlotte's other pro team, the NFL's Panthers.

Bobcats was one of three finalists for the team name, whittled down from a list of nearly 1,200 suggestions the team received from the community. Johnson's group used several focus groups and spent nearly $100,000 researching the names and their trademark status and designing possible logos.

Team officials cut the list about 10 names, then matched them with potential colors, graphic designs and mascots.

Chicago's NVU Productions was hired to help develop the logos.

Reaction was lukewarm - at best - when the finalists were announced last month. But the same thing happened in 1987 when owner George Shinn was naming his Charlotte NBA team.

Originally "Spirit" was selected, but Shinn changed it to Hornets, a name that traced its roots to the Revolutionary War.

That name - and its lovable purple and teal mascot "Hugo the Hornet" - eventually caught on and then moved on with the franchise to New Orleans.

Posted on Fri, Jun. 06, 2003

COMMENTARY
It makes sense: We'll be Bobcats
TOM SORENSEN

In five days, the Charlotte Bobcats -- I'm sorry, the Charlotte NBA expansion franchise -- will announce its nickname. The team will be called the Flight, the Dragons or the Bobcats.

It will not be called anything else. These are your choices. So stop fighting for Bankers (which is lame), Hounds, Zeppelins or one of the more than 1,250 other names submitted.

Those of you who refuse to let go of the name you love are like the people on a remote island who continue to fight for their side long after the war has ended. Here's an update. The war has ended. Your name lost.

A source tells me the team will be called the Bobcats. So does common sense. Billionaire owner Bob Johnson was Robert Johnson until he bought the team. Then he came to Charlotte and told the media to call him Bob.

What, the man suddenly is wearing a T-shirt that says "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Fords" and eating barbecue with a plastic fork off a paper plate? Either Mr. Johnson thought we were down home and decided he also should be or he knew Robertcats wouldn't fly.

It's his team and he can call it anything he chooses. If it was my team, and I wanted to call it the Tomcats, I would. But I wouldn't want to.

What is a Bobcat?

A bobcat is the nickname of the teams at Lees-McRae in Banner Elk. Lacrosse coach Chris Perkinson says he will be flattered if the NBA team uses it.

He said he has seen one bobcat in his five years there, and his 22-pound beagle/mutt Tanner pretended he was going after it. But the bobcat slipped away.

"A bobcat is about twice the size of a housecat," says Kate Pipkin, public information biologist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Males weigh 20 to 25 pounds. Think of Tabby, your basic fur ball cat, with broader shoulders and an attitude.

"I wouldn't want to hold it on my lap and pet it," Pipkin says.

If a bobcat fought a panther, who would win?

Wouldn't happen, says Pipkin, at least not in Mecklenburg County since the nearest panthers are in Florida.

But let's say a panther were passing through Charlotte and stopped to fight a bobcat. Because of the difference in size, says Pipkin, the panther would prevail.

Bobcats eat rabbits and rats and small birds.

Do they eat hawks?

"They're too difficult to catch," Pipkin says.

Bobcats live among us. They live in New England, in the southwest and the southeast, including urban areas such as Charlotte. So why don't we see them? Like many NBA players, the bobcat goes out primarily at dusk and dawn.

How does it talk? What kinds of sounds does it make?

"I've never heard one," says Pipkin. "But a biologist who did says it sounds like a baby screaming. It's a terrifying sound."

What kind of sound do you think a Charlotte Bobcat will make if he fails to get a call or is yanked from a game prematurely?

The more I learn about bobcats, the more appropriate the name becomes.

[99Glymo]

근데,울 나라 말로는 마치 '바부캣츠' 발음 되는거 같아서 좀 그렇네여...머 크게 상관은 없지만여..^^

[*Jumping Kim*]

대학 농구 팀 이름 같네여..~

[Bergkamp]

...얼핏 보고 '밥고양이'로 인식했더라는... 쿨럭~ 쿠울럭~

[StroMILESwift]

오렌지라면.. 앤써니 델구 왔으면.

[StroMILESwift]

오렌지라면.. 앤써니 델구 왔으면.

[╋houston #20╋]

오.. 오렌지다.. 네덜란드.. -.-;

[Bergkamp]

오.. 오렌지다.. 쌕쌕 오렌지.. -.-;

[빈스 카터]

이름..괜찮은거 같은데요..영어를 보면 알파벳의 배열이 괜찮은지 많이 보는 편인데..(해석을 못하니까 그거라두..ㅡㅡ;) 밥캣이라는 단어 알파벳 배열은 유니폼에 새겼을때 꽤 괜찮을거 같다는 생각이 듭니다.

[A.Houston]

바뀐 클블 로고와 같이.. 왠지 WNBA 틱할 거 같다는-_-;;

[王벤치캡틴터클루]

살쾡이 ㅡㅡ ㅋㅋㅋ

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