Should the Carolina Panthers be the "North Carolina Panthers"?

[Panthers_Lover]

OMG ... can this perennial discussion NOT continue to devolve into a SC vs. NC pissing match????? Ridiculous.

[teeray]

Oh and by the way the Triangle, triad, and Charlotte area continue to come up on every "Best Places to Live in America" list.

Blommberg BusinessWeek's 50 best cities to live list included Raleigh (#1), Charlotte (#20), Greensboro (#31), Durham (#37), and Winston-Salem (#46).

South Carolina had zero on the list.

Just for the record that means that DURHAM is considered a better place to live than any city in South Carolina. That is sad.

http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/slides/51

[Panthro]

If it was a pissing match it would actually improve the smell that emanates from SC.

[teeray]

No self respecting local would ever go to Wet Willie's if it's still open.

which is why us tourist always got there. We know all the white trash locals won't be there so it is our safe haven.

[Delhommey]

Oh and by the way the Triangle, triad, and Charlotte area continue to come up on every "Best Places to Live in America" list.

Blommberg BusinessWeek's 50 best cities to live list included Raleigh (#1), Charlotte (#20), Greensboro (#31), Durham (#37), and Winston-Salem (#46).

South Carolina had zero on the list.

Just for the record that means that DURHAM is considered a better place to live than any city in South Carolina. That is sad.

http://images.busine...ities/slides/51

Scottsdale, AZ is # 4?

lol, OK.

[SCP]

the name is fine. the fact that there are two states supporting is fine.

the fact that little carolinians use things like tax rate to support the argument of which state is better says all the rest

I lived in Charleston and worked the state on the road for more than two years..boo SC most every part

I married a girl outta Hilton Head Island ... now there is never a reason to go back to that place

I'm from New Bern and grew up in the state of NC. The only good thing about SC is that it borders NC.

We used to make that drive up 17 and kick New Bern's ass in football every year. Ask Brian Simmons about me.

Oh yeah, I went high school on Dat ass.

[carolinarolls]

We used to make that drive up 17 and kick New Bern's ass in football every year. Ask Brian Simmons about me.

Oh yeah, I went high school on Dat ass.

lmao

I moved out right before High School and played ball in Davidson County. We did not kick anyone's ass. Ever. So I'm technically not a Bear.

I am kinda glad it happened that way looking back.

[jtnc]

fug South Carolina.

[Panthers_Lover]

fug South Carolina.

Say it all you want, but there would be no NFL team in North Carolina without South Carolina.

[Cary Kollins]

Say it all you want, but there would be no NFL team in North Carolina without South Carolina.

Right because professional sports are lining up to start franchises down there.

Just because JR has ties to SC.... If he never started the Panthers, I would suspect someone else would have had a NFL team in NC by now.

[Panthro]

Say it all you want, but there would be no NFL team in North Carolina without South Carolina.

lol sure

[teeray]

Scottsdale, AZ is # 4?

lol, OK.

Just so we are clear you are against a city with very low unemployment, highly educated community, with little crime, one of the best school systems in the country and 93% of its inhabitants above the poverty rate.

South Carolina logic is South Carolina logic.

[Panthers_Lover]

Right because professional sports are lining up to start franchises down there.

Just because JR has ties to SC.... If he never started the Panthers, I would suspect someone else would have had a NFL team in NC by now.

No. It's not "just because JR has ties to SC."

Mr. Richardson and his partners had to prove to the NFL that a franchise located in the region would be able to draw enough fan support to be sustainable. Demographics and data were drawn from a region within a radius of Charlotte that included, of course, portions of South Carolina. One of three exhibition games was played in SC (Columbia) to demonstrate the enthusiasm. U.S. senators and governors from both states provided support to the NFL selection committee. I saw presentations by Max Muhleman, the consultant who worked with Mr. Richardson, showing the data ... he was emphatic that without both states being included in the bid, it never would have been successful. Someone doesn't just decide to create an NFL franchise ... a city and owner have to be selected by the NFL, which must see proof that it likely will be successful.

[Peppers90 NC]

the question be answered by aksing: does this sound better than Carolina Panthers?