Scribe, you may stick by your claim about limited financial resources in Oklahoma to support a team, but I disagree. Look at Utah, a sparsely populated state, and one of the five poorest states in the country, have been supporteing the Utah Jazz for a long time. Even more, Salt Lake City is a less affluent metropolitan area than Oklahoma City, and has less corporate presence. Yet, Utah manages to keep its NBA team. You cannot pin a negative on fan base, because as an Oklahoman, it is a given fact that if a professional franchise were to locate here, loyal fan base grows quickly. Really, it is the American way, no matter how many statistics that are thrown into the argument.