An article in the Daily Oklahoman published today, July 24, 2004, said the Oklahoma City YardDawgs (yucky name) have reached such a plateau on attendance that the AFL has placed Oklahoma City on TOP of the expansion list.

That means the AFL will return to the Ford Center and we will be featured on NBC with the other large major league cities. Time table was not announced.

Also, recently, one of the Oklahoman's sports columnists said we should now seek the NHL since they are in financial trouble. Sounds like an oxymoron. However, what he meant was the franchise fees are lower as well as wages and ticket prices. So, that places Oklahoma City back into contention.

I wonder if Funk will still give the NHL the naming rights to Blazers. I hope so.

Any thoughs?