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"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't following you."
It almost stands to reason, when you step back and look at the big picture and the powerful motives at work, that (A) serious attempts have been made, both episodic and systematic, to rig major sports so far as possible for the financial and political benefit of those in a position to do so, and that (B) there are times, just how many we have no way of really knowing, when those attempts succeed.
This is not just in sports, it is in politics, business, and international relations. The differences are only in scale and sophistication.
We know these things happen because of the percentage of times when the attempt or the success is revealed at some point. People go to jail for bribing officials, sports scandals erupt, later history reveals the unspoken codiciles between heads of state that belie or fundamentally alter the public statements made at the time.
Most Seattle sports fans I know are convinced that among cities eligible for the favor or disfavor of the powers that be in pro sports, we are routinely disfavored and at best ignored.
It makes me wonder if we REALLY should seek to get back into the NBA game, because all we're asking for is more resentment and grief. The miracle of Oklahoma City is unlikely to recur with a team that's originating and staying in Seattle, whether we call them the Supersonics or the KickusintheButts.