Ah, spoken like a true NON sports fan. I have no convincing arguments. The only argument i've got is "I love sports". I absolutely love having professional sports teams playing in professional sports stadiums in my city. I love going out to the games, or watching them on TV and being proud of our first class accomodations.
You may not think that's a return on the investment, but I do. I wish I could direct that ALL my tax dollars be given to building sports arenas! > > Nobody has ever explained to me why the public should subsidize > milionaires. You've got billionaire owners, that pay hundreds of > millions to players, but can't afford a stadium? > > Even though I disagree with it, I could understand Washington tax > payers buying Microsoft's new campus or Mr. Gates' home. MS employs a > lot of people, etc. > > You can't say the same about professional sports though - I've never > seen any convincing evidence that sports brings anything to an area > except cost. Basically the stars have asked for more money so the > owners went to broadcasters, then sponsors, and now taxpayers. Once > they get stadiums, then it'll be equipment, then facilities, then the > players' salaries. > > Why should the government, and therefore taxpayers, subsidize this > entertainment business that returns so little? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168548 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
