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Sports Franchises and Stadium Deals

by John Cole|  August 11, 20054:13 pm| 5 Comments

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    ET

    August 11, 2005 at 4:26 pm

    I have to agree as well.

    I live/work in D.C. and was never against the idea of MLB in D.C. – just the idea of getting hosed/blackmailed by MLB and the mayor who wants a legacy.

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    Don

    August 11, 2005 at 4:43 pm

    Amen. I’d like to think there’s something about sports that makes all the politicians starry-eyed and it’s not a pure, cold-hearted selling out of our money to these interests but I have a harder and harder time being optimistic about it by the day.

    The Nationals stadium might have been the stake in my heart on that issue. The proposal (which I presume went forward) to add an energy tax to pay for it which would be waived for residents and businesses, leaving only the Fed to pay for it (and therefor THE ENTIRE US TAXPAYING PUBLIC) was so horrid I almost fell over. People in Iowa will buy our stadium through increased A/C bills for the Senate building? Unbelievable.

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    jg

    August 11, 2005 at 5:21 pm

    Wasn’t there a line item in the defense budget for money for the Nationals stadium?

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    DougJ

    August 12, 2005 at 9:15 am

    What’s wrong with a city spending money on a sports franchise? If it were a museum or a symphony orchestra, the loony left would be all for it. But when it’s a regular sport that regular working Joes enjoy, then it must be a big waste of money. Talk about cultural elitism.

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    gswift

    August 12, 2005 at 9:47 pm

    What’s wrong with a city spending money on a sports franchise? If it were a museum or a symphony orchestra, the loony left would be all for it. But when it’s a regular sport that regular working Joes enjoy, then it must be a big waste of money. Talk about cultural elitism.

    Is this really that difficult? You can’t see the difference between a museum and an NFL team? A. Museum. B. a for profit corporate football franchise. One and the same. Really?

    As a Los Angeles native, I can attest that Ezra and Villaraigosa are dead on. Jone’s and the NFL’s threats that a team might not go there are laughable. Guess what, L.A. hasn’t had a team in years, and NO ONE GIVES A FUCK.

    It’s Los Angeles. Year round sun, beaches, mountains, two NBA teams, two MLB teams, and an MLS team. The soccer team averages over 80 percent attendance, and sells out several times a year. Soccer! Who do they think they’re dealing with? Does the NFL really think Angelenos are sitting at home wondering what to do in the absence of football? Winter is L.A. means 70 degrees. There’s ALWAYS something to do in L.A. Like Villaraigosa said, it’s the entertainment capitol. No NFL? Oh well. It means nothing when there’s always a thousand other things to do.

    It’s about time someone told pro sports and their public ripoffs to shove it. I couldn’t be happier that it’s my hometown giving them the finger.

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