Bring Back the Detroit Shock

To:  WNBA

A source speaking on condition of anonymity says that the Detroit Shock are moving to Tulsa to play in the BOK Center, as has been reported in the Detroit Free Press and the Tulsa World.

What the WNBA doesn't know is that they're leaving behind one of their more successful franchises, which has bred several superstars and at points has played better than their brother team the Pistons...At the 2006 WNBA Finals deciding game, moved to Joe Louis Arena (because of the Palace's booking conflict) the Shock drew a women's pro ball record of 22,076 to see them win their second of three titles. Even this past year, they drew 8,004 fans-good for fifth place in the league (especially in perhaps the biggest victim city of the USA's economy woes)

So, the support is there-but unfortunately, so are the shenanigans. We, therefore, urge the WNBA to make sure the Shock name, logo, colors, and history (including its three WNBA titles) stays behind in Detroit, and that they work as hard as they can to make sure that Detroit gets a team again probably as soon as the 2011 WNBA season! Then you'll once again see what a great sports city Detroit can be!

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Bring Back the Detroit Shock Petition to WNBA was created by SOS (Save Our Shock!) Facebook Group and written by Michael Burmeister (mburmy@djbooth.net).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.