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Oakley Thump

In 2004, Oakley created MP3-player sunglasses that people didn’t want to wear indoors.

Butcher Playset

In 2012, the trouble started when Jeffrey asked if we could disembowl a hog.

The Seattle Pilots were a short-lived MLB team that played for just one season, 1969. The team’s demise was mostly due to financial troubles and poor stadium conditions. The team lost money rapidly due to low attendance in their small and incomplete stadium with only 18K seats. Ownership couldn’t find local buyers to keep the team in Seattle and finance a new stadium. Thus, they were purchased for $10.8M and became the Milwaukee Brewers, but MLB later returned to Seattle with the Seattle Mariners in 1977.

XFL & San Francisco Demons

In 2001, NBC dropped the XFL after one season due to dismal ratings. After an opening night with a 9.5 Nielsen rating which was 86% higher than the Saturday night average, by week 9 the XFL set the record for the lowest rated TV show in prime time. Although they branded themselves at the “extra fun league” (XFL) vs. the “no fun league” (NFL), poor onfield performance led to the significant drop in viewership. The league didn’t return for a second season.

Montreal Olympics

The 1976 Montreal Olympics, which had a $300 million budget left the city with a $1.5 billion deficit mainly due to poor planning and corruption. The deficit took 30 years to pay-off.

California Seals

The San Francisco Seals were a minor league hockey team from 1961 to 1967.

The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 National Hockey League (NHL) expansion. Initially named the California Seals, the team was renamed the Oakland Seals during the 1967–68 season and then the Bay Area Seals in 1970 before becoming the California Golden Seals the same year.

The Seals were the second professional sports team in Oakland after the Las Vegas Raiders arrived in 1960, while the Athletics arrived in 1968 and the Golden State Warriors arrived in 1971.

The Seals played 10 seasons in Oakland and never won a Championship. The owner lost patience with the struggling franchise and ended up selling the team back to the NHL. They ended play in 1976, 15 years before the San Jose Sharks.