David Sampson

Oh, no, you you want people fighting against each other as much as possible.

And when you can have two different state legislatures who are each fighting to give you money or a local municipality versus a state really for teams, it's just dollars.

And the more competition, the better.

And so the interesting thing about the Chiefs is Kansas.

It's like the person at the prom who is the last one.

and she's just or he's just standing there and then all of a sudden in baseball they used to be called slump busters and so what that means is it's sort of last and that's just what you're doing that's what kansas is to the chiefs it's a slump buster and that's what indiana is to the bears it's just not going to happen

Remember, I had some experience with Oklahoma City, and that is there was a minor league team there called the Oklahoma City 89ers.

I didn't work for Jeffrey Lurie at the time, but I went to Oklahoma City and was a part of that city many, many times.

And it was not a big league city by any stretch.

It was a straight minor league town.

And there was so much going on with the Seattle Sonics.

And I was a fan back in the downtown Freddie Brown days, you know, and then up toward Jack Sigma and then Kevin Durant comes.

But what happened is that team got sold to someone who it was clear they had an interest in moving to Oklahoma City.

And it turns out it was an amazing move.

It's one of the great dynasties potentially in NBA history.

But now Adam Silver is bending over backwards.

to get a team back in Seattle.

And the irony is the city of Seattle is gonna pay more to get the team back than they would have paid to keep the original team there.

And that's what I try to explain to cities all the time.

So no, Oklahoma City is not a big league city, but again, does it matter?