If owners are not loyal to the fan, why are the fans so loyal to them?
By Brian Tuohy
February 3, 2011 | Alternet
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
No more debate: Pro stadiums & teams a net economic drain
Tuohy and other writers like David Cay Johnston are too hard on pro sports teams and the gullible, cash-hemorrhaging cities which support them. For a big lefty-lib like me, pro sports prove that deep down Americans can't get enough of their socialism and wealth redistribution. (This is not even considering all the joy and meaning which state-funded university sports teams provide to Americans' lives.) Unfortunately, Americans like it when their wealth goes from public coffers to private oligarchs' pockets instead of to help the poor, unfortunate, and lazy -- but still, the mechanics are the same. We just gotta work out the kinks and... voila! Socialist utopia!
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