I am taking my comment from the bottom of the last thread and putting it up here as I kind of went on a rant, and we need a new thread anyways. :)
Some folks have expressed fear at having both the NHL (as in relocating the Phoenix Coyotes here) and the NBA enter the Seattle market next year. Something about it makes them nervous. I was found here making a simliar argument a week or two ago.
…unless you pretend it’s for scientific research?
Meanwhile some folks are making hay about a clause that is allegedly in the current Kings partnership agreement. They say a buyer who was not ROFR’d over must then buy a percentage of the minority owner’s shares of the team.
I don’t read it that way. It seems people read whatever they want into these things.
I want a Coyote sandwich with NBA bread and SODO spread. Ok, sorry folks, it’s late, that’s all I got.
Edit: Here’s something for all you fantastic researchers to look into. Seems we have a difference of opinion, and/or a mountain of disinformation, or something. What we hear from the sactown side is that their EIR would take far less time than our EIS. Thoughts? Who has time to track this down and get the real skinny?
Sac Bee says they have a source with inside knowledge of the the NBA’s thinking.
“A source with inside knowledge of the NBA, who declined to speak for attribution because the NBA has called for a no-talking policy, said the league is clearly signaling it wants a proposal from Sacramento.
“Sacramento has a real fighting chance,” the source said. The NBA “knows how the community has responded to the team. If a deep-pocketed group buys, if the Maloofs get the same amount of money, and an arena set up, it will be difficult for the board of governors to just dismiss that.”"
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/30/5150772/how-nba-would-evaluate-competing.html#storylink=cpy
“Multiple interviews and a review of an internal NBA document suggest Sacramento will get a private vetting by the league long before Mayor Kevin Johnson makes his planned public pitch to NBA owners in New York in April.”
I mostly think this is just cheer leading and tunnel vision, but never really thought about the fact mentioned that Sac proponents only need to convince 8 owners to vote against the Seattle deal, to breathe more life into their own wishful plans.
I propose a new soap opera “As the Aircraft Carrier Turns” :)