NBA • Seattle SuperSonics

You Might Be a Redneck If . . .

You boast to the world you duped the world after buying a major sports franchise.

Aubrey McClendon, a billionaire oilman from Oklahoma and part of the group that purchased the Seattle SuperSonics last year, told The Journal Record today that Clay Bennett and Co. had no intention of keeping the team in Washington state. “We didn’t buy the team to keep it in Seattle; we hoped to come here,” he was quoted as saying, adding some compliments to Bennett for negotiating the deal: “To the great amazement and surprise to everyone in Seattle, some rednecks from Oklahoma, which we’ve been called, made off with the team.”

So you feel pretty good about yourself, huh? I guess you’ve earned the right. But I’m not sure how much business sense it makes to broadcast to the world that you basically misrepresented yourself to everyone in a major American city, the commissioner of the NBA, and all the other owners when Bennett told the world, “It’s not our intention to move or relocate the teams as long, of course, as we are able to negotiate a successor venue to the current basketball arena.”

You do realize that the other owners have to approve any relocation, right? How many friends do you think you just made? And what kind of reception do you think your team is going to get from the fans in Seattle now? It would serve you right if the NBA denied your petition to move.

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