Hotdog & Friends

Sager Bombs

The announcement that Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen is reitiring next summer means we can start speculating like a sewing circle for jocks (right? nothing but a bunch of jocks around here?) when it comes to the future of the Pac-10.  Will the league pony up with Fox Sports again for tv, a move that many claim has hurt the league’s reputation and visibility?  Will the league consider starting their own television network like the Big 10?  Will they continue to drag their feet when it comes to the evolution of the BCS?  No one knows. 

Arguably the biggest topic of debate will be expanding the league to 12 teams.  Doing so would allow the league to add a conference championship game for football, expand the basketball tournaments, and build a lap pool at conference headquarters for which executives could lap swim in all the new money they make.   Whether or not it will happen is another debate for another time, but there are lots of potential teams that could be added to the mix.  Let’s look them over shall we?

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Fig Jam

I hope, in a year or so, when the initial sting and sadness over losing the Sonics has faded a little, that the people of Seattle (especially the diehard fans) adopt the appropriate attitude towards the NBA.  In two words: Fuck you.  While I do not doubt that many Sonic fans are heartsick over losing their franchise and are hopeful that they will one day get that uniform in action again, I believe the terms under which a team returns to the city ought to be a little different than the current path that has been laid out.

Because to be frank: I cannot stomach the current path that lays before Seattle to get back into the NBA.  It is a pride swallowing, get-on-your knees and beg, pay for whatever I tell you to procedure that will be ruled by an arrogant and conceited commissioner who does not deserve it.

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