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The MLS Team That Lost Its Name to an Electronics Store
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The early days of the MLS are filled with embarrassing moments, but none may be as embarrassing as a franchise being forced to change its name because of an electronics store.
Before they were Sporting Kansas City and before they were the Kansas City Wizards, they were the Kansas City Wiz. In hindsight, that entire 1996 MLS first season was nothing but awful team names and brutal jerseys that we now look back on fondly for those very reasons.
Apparently neither the owners of the Kansas City nor the league did any research about the Wiz. If they had watched a New York Yankees game, they would have seen advertising for an electronics store brand known as The Wiz, or technically, Nobody Beats the Wiz, on the outfield wall.
Founded in 1977, the electronics chain clearly had the rights to the name. If anyone had bothered doing even the slightest amount of research, the franchise would have discovered that fact and not used the name to begin with.
The Wiz were forced to change their name to the Wizards, an improvement but not by much. Ironically, Kansas City could have probably waited out the Wiz for the name. The brand filed for bankruptcy protection in 1998, nearly going belly up before being rescued by Cablevision.
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Komentáře

  • @mosinc7388
    @mosinc7388 Před 6 hodinami

    Nobody goes to the electronics store

  • @honahwikeepa2115
    @honahwikeepa2115 Před 8 hodinami

    AB dominance in Rugby is the result of their physical and mental approach to the contact area. You have to dominate your opponent. Impose your physicality on them. AB dominance in Rugby is second to none. Razor will ressurect this legendary AB tradition. Its been missing a while. Super Rugby player's will learn history.

  • @honahwikeepa2115
    @honahwikeepa2115 Před 8 hodinami

    I tune in from New Zealand 🇳🇿. Some of these guys could play 2nd division provincial rugby in NZ. It would revolutionise their thinking game. I played against Tri-Counties (California) in NZ. My brother toured the USA in 1977. Played 5 won 5. The NZ mentality towards Rugby is a war mentality. You must win. To do this you must dominate and intimidate your opponent for 90 minutes. NZ are second to none. American's coming to NZ will have this effect. You'll learn haka and own it. You'll take it home to the USA as your Poutokomanwa (staff).

  • @joelpocalips
    @joelpocalips Před 9 hodinami

    Funny how these lowlifes make these types of videos. The results revealed by the people that have followed his advice tell all. Ofcourse, one has to do their own research for their own health, but thetouchback is an idiot lol

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před 9 hodinami

      If I am a lowlife for simply speaking the truth, what does that say about Eric Berg, a man forcing employees into Scientology and charging patients for fake tests? Better yet, what does that say about the person desperately trying to defend him?

    • @joelpocalips
      @joelpocalips Před 9 hodinami

      @@thetouchback how many people hae followed his advice with preferable results? I can only speak fr myself, but it's not hard to simply look around.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před 8 hodinami

      ​@@joelpocalips You didn't answer my question which further validates this video as being true. In fact, your only move is invoking Mussolini defense for Berg which is not a great sign.

    • @joelpocalips
      @joelpocalips Před 8 hodinami

      @@thetouchback you didn't address my other points either, so nice try.

    • @joelpocalips
      @joelpocalips Před 8 hodinami

      @@thetouchback and how does your question address his medical advice? It doesn't. In all fareness, I'll have to look into it myself, and if what your saying is true, that's definitely fucked up. But I'm not going to simply go by the word of you, a person that resorts to slander and nae calling at the beginning of the video. You hae made your decision on what to believe, and it's beyond you to consider that his advice has actually helped people...and it on youtube...for free lol

  • @fevernova89
    @fevernova89 Před 9 hodinami

    so dumb

  • @mbappevspsg
    @mbappevspsg Před 10 hodinami

    This wiz name was a werid team name yes this video and the MLS had the team also the MLS Still has werid teams names i tink sorry for miss

  • @MrOctober44
    @MrOctober44 Před 10 hodinami

    I don't think Olowakandi's mother would defend him this much. Wow. 😂

  • @MrOctober44
    @MrOctober44 Před 10 hodinami

    When you're a number one overall pick and never come close to an All star game you're a bust.

  • @derrickctv1820
    @derrickctv1820 Před 11 hodinami

    He had soggy knees, why draft a big man who couldn’t move fluid

  • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
    @usarugbyleagueunionfan Před 12 hodinami

    MLS logo is absolutely horrible.

  • @Barbara-te7xz
    @Barbara-te7xz Před 14 hodinami

    All the info she gives is readily available from other legitimate sources. Are you a plant for big pharma or the ama?

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před 11 hodinami

      She doesn't understand those sources or misrepresents the findings to create alternative conclusions. Try watching the video next time so you don't expose yourself as a tool.

  • @DangleFront
    @DangleFront Před 15 hodinami

    One and done from Pacific University does not make you great. He also followed Tim Duncan from the year before. It further makes you bad.

  • @carpetsnake83
    @carpetsnake83 Před 15 hodinami

    Broncos it’s actually more common in Australia to call broncos brumbies why not just go with that Also Penrith is up in the blue mountains where there is a myth that a circus went bust and let their panthers go up in the mountains It’s an urban legend that they bred and still up there hunting roo Also across the bay from red cliff is tangalooma where you can go and feed wild dolphins that show up to be feed every day by humans

  • @DatBoyBlue91
    @DatBoyBlue91 Před 17 hodinami

    They should’ve ease him in the starting job. He should’ve came off the bench instead. Lorenzo Wright should’ve started.

  • @albertpringle4918
    @albertpringle4918 Před 19 hodinami

    Never heard of this guy

  • @Bl_Radio
    @Bl_Radio Před 20 hodinami

    Minor league baseball was so much better when the players were treated as chattle. Stale bread and $5 per diems RULE!

  • @dreamcage1801
    @dreamcage1801 Před 20 hodinami

    Comple dookie

  • @selfishstockton6123
    @selfishstockton6123 Před 22 hodinami

    I’d hazard to say that he just wasn’t an “athlete”. Starting late in life doesn’t help his case but being 7 feet doesn’t always lend to aptitude either. All things considered, I think he made the best of his opportunities at every stop along the way and probably outdid even his own expectations, so there was less risks to lose. Had he been drafted to a different team, I’m sure he’d have carved out a longer more productive career

    • @fraz72
      @fraz72 Před 21 hodinou

      Facts 💯

  • @kgizzle92
    @kgizzle92 Před dnem

    Another thing to recognize is that Hakeem and Dikembe made it so that NBA thought every 7 foot tall African that showed up would immediately be impactful!

  • @00RussellSlimerson

    Kandi Man

  • @foxfire1112
    @foxfire1112 Před dnem

    These are pieces to make you feel sorry for a player but regardless, he's a massive bust.

  • @wochaoainigejiba1211

    we should all aspire to be 7 foot and athletic.

  • @catchnkill
    @catchnkill Před dnem

    Not a bust. Just not a star. Good enough for the sixth man. His best season avg 12.3 pt per game and 9.1 rebounds. Pretty solid for a sixth man.

  • @HighpointerGeocacher

    Arizona would be a great hockey area, but the Coyotes had terrible ownership over its 28-year history in the greater Phoenix area. It is absurd to claim the hockey cannot be successful in a warm climate or in the "desert" when three of the last five Stanley Cups have been won by teams from near-tropical Florida, and one Stanley Cup was won by the Vegas Golden Knights, located in an even drier desert climate than Phoenix.

  • @rapalbumdepot7648
    @rapalbumdepot7648 Před dnem

    We all know that Sacramento's best shot at being big league is attaching themselves to Athletics 👆

  • @rapalbumdepot7648
    @rapalbumdepot7648 Před dnem

    First off Sacramento is putting in synthetic grass to be able to host two teams 👈 Anyways I think the Athletics playing in Sacramento is a fun idea for BOTH baseball fans and citizens of Sacramento at large. This could be a big win for Sacramento if Vegas and Fischer can't get it done in the desert. My guy this is a ridiculous video and I disagree with all of it because many cities that have whiplashed between different levels of ball have continued to be good baseball cities !!!!

  • @rapalbumdepot7648
    @rapalbumdepot7648 Před dnem

    Sacramento State baseball is no joke 😎👍💯

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před dnem

      And it's free if you want to watch from Parking Structure I over left field. They don't charge for parking during night/weekend games. Sure, I could go into the stadium, but I like the view from there.

    • @rapalbumdepot7648
      @rapalbumdepot7648 Před dnem

      @@thetouchback I am currently a non-driver

    • @rapalbumdepot7648
      @rapalbumdepot7648 Před dnem

      @@thetouchback also I meant to say that the hypothesis of video is dumb. Sacramento is one of the best baseball cities in America and hoping for something to percolate with A's seems to be their best shot for MLB since the eighties.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před dnem

      @@rapalbumdepot7648 You can also walk up there and post up on a ledge. Seating inside John Smith Field is a little cramped, and I enjoy just standing and watching since the parking garage is right behind left field.

    • @rapalbumdepot7648
      @rapalbumdepot7648 Před dnem

      @@thetouchbackLets be real- Sac State baseball is only ballclub going for the chip

  • @bornfrompainjb
    @bornfrompainjb Před dnem

    can you do marcus fizer?

    • @DatBoyBlue91
      @DatBoyBlue91 Před 17 hodinami

      Fizer problem was Bulls had too many players that was similar to Fizer.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před 11 hodinami

      I was such a big Marcus Fizer guy when he was at Iowa State.

    • @bornfrompainjb
      @bornfrompainjb Před 10 hodinami

      @@DatBoyBlue91 plus injuries

    • @DatBoyBlue91
      @DatBoyBlue91 Před 9 hodinami

      @@bornfrompainjb I wish he went to another team in that draft.

  • @jsports2665
    @jsports2665 Před dnem

    God the clippers were such a trash organization

  • @wowreally6451
    @wowreally6451 Před dnem

    He used to live 5 houses down from me when he went uop in stockton ca when I was younger I thought he was Shaq haha

  • @aaronwoliczko1916
    @aaronwoliczko1916 Před dnem

    No one can EVER attack Michael’s work ethic during his time at UOP where coaches & teammates alike helped towards his improvement! I appreciate you telling some of his story! As with anything, there are some items not known…BUT I will say someone with 1st hand knowledge of Michael’s 1st day to last day at UOP he is one of most athletic, strongest & naturally gifted humans I’ve been around! In terms of basketball, I will share a 1st hand story that on Michael’s very 1st evening of playing open gym he was running 3pt line to 3pt line in which we told him to post up on the block, he said “but what is the block? I do not know what the block is!” So he went from that to being considered then drafted as #1 just 3 years later. Dude worked his tail off in basketball from 1995-98…no one can EVER convince me otherwise!

  • @omarbahrour
    @omarbahrour Před dnem

    Front offices in multiple sports still love the ol’ high ceiling gamble it blows my mind

  • @c.simmons2147
    @c.simmons2147 Před dnem

    LOL More like FBS vs NAIA.

  • @harlemsown2725
    @harlemsown2725 Před dnem

    A guy wearing a Jets jersey with a vlog that big ups the Jets more than the Giants. This vlog wasn't bias at all 😂

  • @davidrivera9743
    @davidrivera9743 Před dnem

    All hail the Preki's.

  • @CyroAsseo
    @CyroAsseo Před dnem

    Big fan of this channel, recently found it during one of my work trips and it's been great to watch videos when editing a video or writing an article.

  • @dickoon
    @dickoon Před dnem

    Raise to 2011 Women's Professional Soccer team the Washington Freedom, who were in 2012 relocated to Boca Raton, FL and renamed to... magicJack, without any geographical clue in their name at all, after the name of a product by the owner's company.

  • @alyzimm1741
    @alyzimm1741 Před dnem

    The only thing crystal clear here is the fact that you don't know what a chiropractor is.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před dnem

      A chiropractor is an individual who studies an entirely made-up practice created by a drunk in the late 1800s to con marks out of money like various other snake oil salesmen of the time. It's really not that hard to understand.

  • @HollyKost
    @HollyKost Před dnem

    Only talents were height & his ability to get injured

  • @Z64sports
    @Z64sports Před dnem

    How would they think a store would own the rights to use the name for a sports team though?

  • @creepofreek4853
    @creepofreek4853 Před dnem

    I think this league has tremendous potential. It’s different from other brands of football.

  • @willijs8
    @willijs8 Před dnem

    Did the store ever have any issue with Biz Markie?

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před dnem

      It is an interesting question and I couldn't find anything on this. My belief is that there weren't ever issues between the two. Biz Markie was not shy about making his lawsuits public, so I'd think he would have said something publicly if the Wiz did sue him.

  • @artistjim114
    @artistjim114 Před dnem

    Candyman- what have you been up to, my friend?

  • @kibitznec700
    @kibitznec700 Před dnem

    mls is a third division league. In other words, minor league soccer.

  • @Phil-S8
    @Phil-S8 Před dnem

    He was already rich before he got to the league. There was no incentive to work hard.

    • @jamesbernald2850
      @jamesbernald2850 Před 55 minutami

      Grant Hill and Bill Laimbeer were rich before the NBA, so it’s not just that.

  • @lottanerve1777
    @lottanerve1777 Před dnem

    Oh, you actually have subscribers. This guy is a complete duche

  • @benficademacaufan
    @benficademacaufan Před dnem

    Make it like the usl where they try to put new franchises where there aren’t mls teams

  • @HaHa-gy5vg
    @HaHa-gy5vg Před dnem

    Say his name 3 times

  • @gakster29
    @gakster29 Před dnem

    I still can't believe The Wiz store was actually called Nobody Beats the Wiz in my lifetime, and I lived in NY! Nobody (ha) called it that in regular conversation when I was a kid.

  • @3D80sKid
    @3D80sKid Před dnem

    I’m a 97 Pacifc grad who got season tickets to watch his senior year. Great work presenting it all. I always thought he got screwed by being drafted to that team, not unlike Lions or Browns picks in the NFL for a long stretch of years.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback Před dnem

      I was born and raised in Sacramento and I remember thinking just how wild it was for the first overall pick in the NBA Draft to be playing in Stockton. It's a shame UOP basketball wasn't able to capitalize on all the media attention that came with Olowokandi.

    • @ehrenthompson7891
      @ehrenthompson7891 Před 6 hodinami

      I watched him play in college. Long Beach State was in Big West Conference with the University of Pacific.