The debates in Oklahoma City over the wisdom of coughing over arena money while other pressing issues exist is painfully familiar to longtime Seattle residents.
The people have the leverage if they made it an issue. All that it requires is a stroke of a pen by Congress and the President to make it illegal to give any kind of benefit or subsidy to a team that leaves the state.
Let’s be honest - it’s because they can. People lose their mind when sports teams leave. They have leverage
Bread and circuses
Oakland told the Raiders to fuck off
And they did
The people have the leverage if they made it an issue. All that it requires is a stroke of a pen by Congress and the President to make it illegal to give any kind of benefit or subsidy to a team that leaves the state.