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Originally Posted by ACBboyz84
What ? If they sold out every game and if fan continue to support (by paying $ to go to watch the game) then they wouldnt be in a financial deficit. Cheap fans=empty seats. Owner see no financial benefit. Force to sell. Pretty self explanatoryOriginally Posted by Elpablo21
If the team got a new arena deal...our attendance could have been still been #++* and everything would have been gravy.Originally Posted by ACBboyz84
It's not the deciding factor but it was one of the main reason why they end up selling the team. PROFIT wasn't there. It wasn't profitable enough to stay in Seattle. If the fans really care about the team . They would have sold out every single games.Originally Posted by Elpablo21
If you think that was the deciding factor on the team, Then that's on you for being misinformed
Riiiight, that was the last straw...attendance.
You know how many teams have %@%+** attendance...how often does #++* like this happen?
Absolutely wrong.
Seattle's city government backed down in a game of chicken they were going to win.
The Sonics contract clearly stated they couldn't leave until the lease was up, which wasn't for another year. The US economy collapsed a few months after the move was official. Had Seattle's government stood firm Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon would've had to stay that extra year. Except McClendon is the big money guy between the two and he lost most of his money in the collapse. The writing would've been on the wall: Bennett would've had to sell, and the Supersonics would be playing in the NBA Finals not the Thunder.
Fan Attendance doesn't bring nearly as much dollars as TV Contracts. I'll give you this much, though...Fan attendance is due to bad product, but that's not the fault of Clay Bennett. He inherited a mediocre team whose previous owner made the fans sour against him by running out the most popular Supersonic of all time.