I don't get why Tulsan's keep trying to portray that they are paying for things in OKC.

They keep saying that the Tax breaks come from state coffers. Excuse me, the money doesn't currently exist. ... There are no NBA players in OK right now, so there's no money coming from them right now. The only thing the tax break does, is CAP the NEW Money that would come in. So, the state still gets some NEW money, just not as much.

I don't understand why this is so difficult to understand. Oklahoma City (and I mean CITY) residents are paying for this team - through the temporary MAPS 2.5 tax and certainly OKC residents will make up the bulk of the daily attendance. OKC metro will make up MOST of the rest, then followed by Tulsa, then Wichita, then the rest of the state, then the region.

Furthermore, I don't understand why Tulsan's want to think of OKC as blue collar (when Tulsa has WAY more blue collar jobs than OKC, which is predominantly White Collar).

I also don't get why they think they should be entitled to some regular season games. In all honesty, I think having one reg game in Tulsa would be a great act of kindness for this first year, but it is not required nor should it be. In fact, I think having that as a permanent fixture actually does OKC more harm than good.

I definitely think Tulsa should get some preseason game(s), add Wichita as well - once they get their new arena. The Sonics used to have preseason games in Spokane, and Boise IIRC - so this explains why they had a large geography for their market. But nobody in Spokie or Boise mentioned that the Sonics should have a regular season game.

No doubt about it though, Tulsa should get at least one preseason home game; absolutely. Im thinking Lawton and/or Enid as well. I also think Wichita is a natural (you guys just may not realize how much wichita supports OKC now days), Ft. Smith or Amarillo are also possibilities.

Of the 6 preseason games, I'd say Tulsa 2, Enid or Lawton 1, Wichita 1, Ft Smith or Amarillo 1, OKC 1 (and it should either be the first or last, not one in the middle). That should do fine to suffice our region and make sure there's support.

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