31.   Expansion franchises were created in Chicago and Nashville, but ticket sales have been slow.

32.   Factions there warred about control of a franchise, and the NFL wound up giving an expansion franchise instead to Richardson.

33.   For another, the NFL owners had planned to sell a Los Angeles expansion franchise and divide the cash.

34.   First, McNall and his cronies awarded expansion franchises to Miami and Anaheim, Calif.

35.   Four years after the Rams and Raiders left, the city was outbid by Houston for an expansion franchise.

36.   Gary Bettman, the National Hockey League commissioner, said Nashville might be considered for an expansion franchise sometime in the future.

37.   He was instrumental in helping Houston get the expansion franchise.

38.   He still believes he can win the expansion franchise.

39.   However, if an expansion franchise is awarded to Los Angeles during this period, the Rams would receive their share.

40.   I really thought we would come back with the expansion franchise and Houston would get a relocated team.