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2001
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Sacramento Attack, Miami Hooters
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The was an
Arena Football League team that competed under that name in the
1992 AFL season only.
The were a relocation of the
Sacramento Attack Arena Football League team which had competed in the
1992 season. For the
1993 season the team was relocated to
Miami and renamed the "
Hooters " in an unusual
Marketing arrangement with the Florida-based
Restaurant chain which was ordinarily more noted for its buxom waitresses than feats of athletic prowess. Natually, the team adopted the restaurant's owlish logo and trademark colors as its own for three years, until this unusual arrangement terminated after the completion of the
1995 season. Desirous of staying in the general South Florida area, the team relocated to
West Palm Beach as the Florida Bobcats. Subsequent linking of team names with products was to occur, notably the AFL's own
New Jersey Red Dogs and the
Detroit Neon of the
Major Indoor Soccer League . Originally the team was to be named the Miami Toros or Miami Bulls, with a similar logo for each name having been created.
The were an
Arena Football League team from
1996 to
2001 . When the
Miami Hooters team discontinued its connection with the Hooters Restaurant chain after the
1995 season was completed, it developed both a new identity (the Bobcats) and a new color scheme involving teal and black as opposed to the former orange and brown associated with the restaurants. It also moved north to
West Palm Beach in an attempt to reduce overhead. This proved to be a mixed blessing at best, however, as the relatively tiny
Seating Capacity of the
West Palm Beach Auditorium (ca. 4000) made profitable operations essentially impossible. In the
1997 and
1998 seasons the team played a total of five official league games (and several exhibition games as well) at what were charitably called "neutral sites", lesser venues in what were at best secondary markets, where, however, even a less-than-capacity crowd could result in greater revenues from ticket sales than would a home game sellout — were there to be one. This development led to them being referred to by some of the league's pundits as "America's Team", a not-unironic comparison to what was then the
National Football League 's premier organization, the
Dallas Cowboys . This situation was used to an advantage by the league to determine support for the sport in parts of the country where it had previously had little exposure, and should be credited at least in part for the development of the sport's
Minor League ,
Af2 .
In
1999 the Bobcats moved into the far more spacious confines of the National Car Rental Center, now the
BankAtlantic Center , also home to the
Florida Panthers of the
National Hockey League . They remained there until the team was folded after the completion of the
2001 season. One of the notable facts about this team is that they were quarterbacked through the majority of their existence by
Fred McNair , the original "Air McNair" and older brother of
2003 NFL co-
MVP Steve McNair .
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"6" align="center" '''Sacramento Attack'''
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Massachusetts_Marauders" class="copylinks">Detroit Drive )
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"6" align="center" '''Miami Hooters'''
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Orlando_Predators" class="copylinks">Orlando Predators )
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"6" align="center" '''Florida Bobcats'''
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"2" (including playoffs)
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