Seattle SuperFAIL

Of course, I took my holiday vacation too early. Late last night, Clay Bennett, the current owner of the Seattle SuperSonics announced that his franchise will pay $75 million to leave Seattle and move to Oklahoma City. Bennett has stated that the franchise will have to start anew in Oklahoma City, as Seattle was allowed to keep the "SuperSonics" logo and colors, in case someone decided to revive a future Seattle basketball team.

Now, if you haven't been following NBA lately, here are the reasons for this move:

1. It's Business: The KeyArena, where the SuperSonics had their home games, has becoming the smallest venue of a professional NBA team (according to wikipedia, it's can only hold 17,000 fans) and is currently 46 years old (was built in 1962). Bennett claims there was so much "miscommunication" with the city of Seattle about building a new arena that it just wasn't worth the effort. So, with this move, the franchise can get a better stadium in Oklahoma City.
2. It's Personal: Oklahoma City is Bennett's hometown. So, why not relocate your crappy team closer to home? In addition, Oklahoma City's The Ford Center (which was the home of the New Orleans Hornets during Hurricane Katrina) received a $121.6 million bond in March of 2008 to expand its arena. The Ford Center is building up its potential, and there's no better way to do that than with a professional sports team coming to town.

In conclusion, if you're a Seattle sports fan, you should probably go cry in the rain -- the Mariners have the worst record in the American League, the Seahawks might be able to win the crappy division they're in but lose the first playoff game, and now they have no NBA team. To Seattle, you just experienced what the internets like to call EPIC FAIL.