sports.espn.go.com — It's about caring, and joy, and memories, and what a franchise can and should mean to a city and a fan base. It's about the infantile and ignoble joy that causes people to drown out the PA announcer before Game 3 of the '96 Finals. It's also about naivete, for better and worse, and it's about greed and ego above everything else.
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notqueFeb 29, 2008Submitter
Official thread soundtrack, Kemp at his best.<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ALdNck0f2o">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ALdNck0f2o</a>
mrclutchFeb 29, 2008
Shameful, I feel horrible for all those long time Sonics fans who have to watch their team get ripped from their hearts.
kamelFeb 29, 2008
Please read the letter that Save our Sonics sent to the NBA:<a class="user" href="http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/sonics/2008/02/save_our_sonics_letter_to_nba.html">http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/sonics/2008/ ...</a>
blackglennFeb 29, 2008
I'm torn on this issue. I think that cities either fully paying for or heavily subsidizing new stadiums/arenas is a form of corporate welfare, but on the other hand I think that pro sports team fall under the category of "culture" and open up communities to greater business investment and national recognition.This sort of thing never happens with soccer/football teams, except for the whole Wimbledon AFC/MK Dons fiasco.