Re: Sonics to OKC? Seriously?

" bozak" <________bozak1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> bozak wrote:
>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Why? Same size and only pro s****ts team  as ****tland, SLC and San
>>>> Antonio. And like ****tland and Utah it will be a state wide market.
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>>> not to mention wichita, amarillo, and springfield mo...
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>> NBA will likely not let them have TV rights in any or all those
markets.
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> i wasnt talking about tv rights... im talking about the arena is within
a
> close enough distance for fans of those cities to identify with... which

> also
> brings forth sales of plenty team merchandise and an occasional game
every
> now and then...

Springfield, Missouri is 300 miles from Oklahoma City... Springfield is an

equal distance from St Louis.

Amarillo, Texas is 260 miles from Oklahoma City...

Wichita is 160 miles...

Count maybe 10 people at most who would travel that far to see a team that

they were unfamiliar with.... or yet alone who could afford the occasional

drive and good enough tickets (worth it) to see the team play. People from

two cities would have to stay over night, and the third city would be a 2 
and half to 3 hour trip back home.

By those standards... Oklahoma Cities population could just as well drive
to 
Dallas and watch the Mavs play. Just does not work that way.