Microsoft wants to save the Sonics

March 7th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

I feel for the residents of Seattle and its greater metropolis: yes, some may say it is just a sports franchise and what does it really matter if the Sonics fly the coop and head to Oklahoma City. I say: they are part of the city, its identity, its people. It’s more than just a team, man. So it’s perhaps fitting the a group of investors lead by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer are making a last ditch effort to try and buy the team — even though it’s not for sale. The last time the Sonics made the finals was ‘96. The last time Microsoft truly ruled the PC game was around that time, too. (Or at least that was when they where incredibly monopolistic in practice.) Parallels, people.

Under their plan, the group would buy the team and then pay half the $300 million proposed cost to renovate and expand the KeyArena, where the team plays its home games, the Times said.

Sonics owner Clay Bennett, whose hometown is Oklahoma City, has repeatedly stated that the team is not for sale. And the Washington Legislature doesn’t seem warm to the idea of pushing through a funding bill when it begins session next week.

“They do the same thing every year. They come in at the last minute,” House majority Leader Lynn Kessler told the paper. “I don’t see it happening.”

Meanwhile Steve Jobs plans on reducing an NBA roster’s size by four players and then charging more for their services when they really do the same damn thing. That bastard is always one step ahead.