http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:30:37 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/08/114458.php#comment-732209 Well, very true. But that is what I figured actually. Should the Sonics leave, the Trailblazers attendence figures will increase. Of course, you are in PDX, so why should you care? Well except for the fact you cannot drive 180 miles north to catch the Blazers vs. the Sonics. PDX does have the Rose Garden. Nice venue. As an example of the state of things, about a mile north of me in Seattle (Lake City neighborhood, generally nice, medium income place) there is a tavern called the Rose Garden. Problem is that it is basically an open market crack den/free market prostitution house. In an analogic way, so is the business model of the NBA. Hopefully this whole incident will trigger changes in business procedure. Right now pro sports in general operates on a carpet-bagger mentality. At least the Seattle Sonics will be back at some point. And Bennett will have to lobby his ass off to avoid paying up $30,000,000 if Seattle does not have a team in 5 year window period. Hopefully the example set by the Cleveland Browns will apply to Seattle in this case. DM 732209@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:30:37 EDT