Nothing Green and Gold Can Stay.

As a long time Blazer fan and a native to the PNW (pacific northwest). I am absolutely devastated, angry and down right sick to my stomach over what has happened to the Seattle Super Sonics.

Why should a city be stripped of it's team because it refused to give into demands of an unnecessary stadium. We see it all to frequently in professional sports. Stadiums that are just over a decade old are for what ever reason no longer suitable. I struggled to understand what some of these arenas lack that is so important to the game of basketball. Where there is a court and a sufficient amount of fan support and pro team should be allowed to thrive. 

David Stern, the NBA's Commissioner, release a statement today explaining that the NBA could explore options to bring a team back to seattle with in the next five years. This feeble attempt to reach out to a angry disenfranchised city will, I'm sure, fall on deaf ears. Stern has repeatedly proven that he is not capable of facilitating a league. Whether it is ridiculous demands for salary increases for players, referee scandals, or the infamous "new ball". I am calling for the immediate resignation of David Stern. How can you expect a city, that just had it's team of 41 years ripped out from under them, with all the support in the world from the commissioner of the league to actually support another franchise.

What can we do? Some of you may be asking. Well growing up in Portland, Oregon, it is in our nature to protest. 

The first home game the Trailblazers have against the new OKC team, we need everyone to show up to the game in green and gold. Not to rout for the Sonics but to show solidarity with our North West brothers. Also feel free to bring signs that protest David Stern as well as Clay Bennett. During the introduction of the Oklahoma City TBA's will commence the loudest longest boo session known to man kind. I am talking world record long. After which sporadic chants of Bennett Sucks or Impeach Stern will take place.

If this can happen to a team with a loyal fan base, it can happen to you too. It doesn't matter how long your team has been around or how much history it has, it is in danger of moving to a distant land in search of a bigger wallet for the owner. Now I know this is a business, but there should be better controls in place. Re-location is not good for the sport, the team, the players, or the fans involved.

Please encourage other fans of other teams across the US to participate as well. This is not a simple protest for the Sonics, it is stop the all to frequent and usually painful re-location process. 

And David Stern Sucks.

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