The New Orleans Hornets are aiming to change the name of the franchise. Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints recently purchased the team and, when he did, he made it clear that he wanted to change the name of the organization. A name change is said to take up to two years in the NBA, which means by the time the name is changed the nickname would have been tied to New Orleans just as long as anywhere else. Now the question is: Why? Why change the name of an organization that has fans all over the world just to make it have local appeal?

As a Hornets fan, I was kind of ok with the rebranding when I first heard about it. But then I thought about it. Why change the name? Many people are saying the Hornets name has a lot of baggage and still has ties to Charlotte or that there are no hornets in New Orleans. Well, my argument to that is this: The Utah Jazz are named the Utah Jazz. There

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