seattlepi.nwsource.com - 4/24/2008
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In order for Howard Schultz to fight Clay Bennett in court, the city of Seattle needs to do its part by pushing ahead with its own lawsuit to keep the team in Seattle another two years, says Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis.
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Ciess Not Gonna Settle
SonicsCentral.com - Massive Monkeys Representing —
We need a new thread. Take a look at Greg Johns article today.
I am not certain how, even if they wanted to the city could accept a cash buyout now. I would have to think that given the pending litigation if they agreed to take $100M to settle, and made that conditional upon Clay having legally established control of the team that they would then have to put the money in escrow and have it sit there pending the outcome of the Schultz case.
Would you want to be the mayor that played Judas, sold the team, then never even collected a dime of the blood ...
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