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[Seattle Times] 15 years after moving Sonics, now it’s the Thunder asking for publicly funded arena (www.seattletimes.com)
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[–] GardenDesign23@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let’s be honest - it’s because they can. People lose their mind when sports teams leave. They have leverage

[–] Yommination@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Bread and circuses

[–] Fuckface_Whisperer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The people have the leverage if they made it an issue. All that it requires is a stroke of a pen by Congress and the President to make it illegal to give any kind of benefit or subsidy to a team that leaves the state.

[–] SolarClipz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Oakland told the Raiders to fuck off

And they did