City files lawsuit to keep SuperSonics in Seattle - NBA

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Its About to Get Real Ugly in Seattle - City Sues Sonics
Published 9/24/2007 by Berger at Sports Business Radio blogs
... Well, this battle between Bennett and the City heated up today after the City of Seattle filed a lawsuit against Bennett's group to keep the Sonics from moving at the end of the upcoming season. In a nutshell, Bennett and Company thought that they'd pay off the remainder of the arena lease (expires in 2010) and head on down the road to OK City. Not so fast Clayton. The City of Seattle says that the team must play in Seattle for the duration of the lease and that paying it off and skipping town goes against the terms of the lease agreement. ...

Seattle is fighting back
Published 9/25/2007 by The Cavalier at YAYsports! NBA
... Anyway, since the Knicks are what they are, we’d rather take a stab at this Seattle situation, where the city is finally pretty much calling out Clay Bennet’s group as the scammers they are. ...

Monday Tuesday Sonics News
Published 10/2/2007 by Paul Merrill at Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
... Last week, the city of Seattle sued the Sonics. This week, ...

Is Herb Kohl Part of the Problem?
Published 3/24/2008 by Brett Boyer at The Bratwurst - Milwaukee Bucks Blog
... annoying when we invest financially and emotionally in a product that doesn’t deliver. If Bucks tickets were a gallon of milk, we would have returned them — because they were spoiled. But that’s not Herb Kohl’s fault. Most of all, he’s been screwed over by the people he’s hired. You want bad owners? Here are some bad owners: Donald Sterling Glen Taylor George Shinn Howard Schultz/Clay Bennett The truth is that there is only one way to win in the NBA: get lucky and draft a ...