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Philadelphia resident \u2014 and retired Eagles center \u2014\u00a0Jason Kelce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is not on board with the prospective plans to move the 76ers basketball team.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be clear, I would absolutely support the Sixers building their own arena in South Philadelphia. The renting thing isn\u2019t fair to them,\u201d Kelce, 36, wrote via\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, September 19. \u201cI just hate the strong-arming of the city to force an inevitable move into an area that the local residents, and vast majority of Philadelphians don\u2019t prefer be in center city.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cIt just pisses me off now, with the way it\u2019s happening, and I\u2019m gonna be pissed for the foreseeable future at how this is being forced currently.\u00a0 The threat of moving the team is bulls\u2014, I hate it.\u201d<\/p>\n New Jersey officials recently expressed interest in relocating the 76ers from Philadelphia to Camden, New Jersey, where the team already has a practice facility. The 76ers currently lease Philly\u2019s Wells Fargo Center, and the agreement ends in 2031. The team is also looking into building a new arena in town.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, we will all love it in 5-10 years when we have a beautiful new stadium in the heart of the city,\u201d Kelce added in his social media post. \u201cAdmittedly I was scarred growing up in Cleveland by\u00a0Art Modell<\/strong>\u00a0and the Browns, which the city of Cleveland messed up on, but it doesn\u2019t change that I have a strong disdain for owners making these threats with zero care for what the fans or residents who support the team want.\u201d<\/p>\n Kelce, who was born and raised in Ohio,\u00a0moved to Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0when he was drafted by the Eagles in 2011. He retired earlier this year after 13 seasons.<\/p>\n