Tennessee Summitt

[mcannon1]

Tennessee Summitt WNBA: How Candace Parker, Peyton Manning factor into expansion team bid

Nashville is trying to land an expansion WNBA team named the Tennessee Summitt in honor of Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt. Here are the details.

www.knoxnews.com

 

[mcannon1]

"There’s a bid for Nashville to land an expansion WNBA team named the Tennessee Summitt in honor of legendary Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt and facilitated by Candace Parker and Peyton Manning."

Bill Haslam is the leader. Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are also on board.

 

[Ladyvols4ever!]

Love everything about it!!

 

[SGMVols]

Seems kind of silly that it took this long for TN to get a team. There should’ve been one here from the inception of the league. The Connecticut Sun exist almost entirely thanks to the success of UConn.

 

[mcannon1]

Why Bill and Crissy Haslam, Candace Parker and others put in WNBA bid for Nashville team

Bill Haslam, Candace Parker, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have bid for a WNBA franchise. Here's why they want to bring women's basketball to Nashville.

www.tennessean.com

 

[Ladyvols4ever!]

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[GleasonVol]

I like it. Solid looking owner group.
Nashville is an excellent location as well.

 

[Ladyvols4ever!]

Tyler Summitt: Nashville WNBA bid 'perfect way' to honor Pat Summitt Why Tyler Summitt said Nashville WNBA bid is 'perfect way' to honor Pat Summitt's legacy

 

[wuwh_08]

Honestly. Sounds like an absolute waste of money. Subsidized by the NBA. Hope there isn’t a new arena in the idea. Nashville taxpayers pay a lot to fund these projects. Though if it does happen, love the name and very appropriate.

 

[woodpusher]

I think it would be better with just one t.
Other sports franchise I can think of named after a person:
Cleveland Browns....although the uniforms have plenty of the color brown in them.
Buffalo Bills...not the same thing though.
Miami MagicJack (women's soccer team) comes to mind too.

 

[Ladyvols4ever!]

Honestly. Sounds like an absolute waste of money. Subsidized by the NBA. Hope there isn’t a new arena in the idea. Nashville taxpayers pay a lot to fund these projects. Though if it does happen, love the name and very appropriate.

Nope, they'd play at Bridgestone mostly. But, also travel to Knoxville and Memphis for games.

 

[therickbol]

Tyler Summitt: Nashville WNBA bid 'perfect way' to honor Pat Summitt Why Tyler Summitt said Nashville WNBA bid is 'perfect way' to honor Pat Summitt's legacy

Bring him in as the first head coach...... who is with me?

 

[LadyVol1908]

Bring him in as the first head coach...... who is with me?

Nobody!

 

[nickp91]

If the WNBA is choosing between Nashville and Houston for its next franchise

 

[Ladyvols4ever!]

If the WNBA is choosing between Nashville and Houston for its next franchise

Cleveland, Kansas City, St.Louis, Denver, Philadelphia and one of Jacksonville, Orlando, or Miami are also in the mix.

It'll be competitive .

 

[MAD]

I think it would be better with just one t.
Other sports franchise I can think of named after a person:
Cleveland Browns....although the uniforms have plenty of the color brown in them.
Buffalo Bills...not the same thing though.
Miami MagicJack (women's soccer team) comes to mind too.

Curious why you think it would be better with one t when her name is spelled with two?