Re: [Marxism] Politics & the Super Bowl

[Jim Farmelant]

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On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 14:44:14 -0600 Gulf Mann  writes:
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> Only 1 team in the NFL ain't owned by Rulingclass kazillionaires: 
> the Green
> Bay Packers, who instead are municipally owned by the citizens of 
> Green Bay.
> The Packers thus represent ordinary Workingclass stiffs, like the 
> big
> majority of Americans. Like us. They have the only valid claim of 
> being
> America's Team.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers)
the Packers's ownership arrangement
would be in violation of current NFL rules for any other franchise in the
league.
In the case of the Packers, they were grandfathered in when
the NFL set its current ownership rules back in the 1980s.

The Packers's ownership arrangement is structured so as to preclude them 
from ever being sold and moved to another city.  Something, which would
almost
certainly happen if they were, indeed, ever sold to a
Rulingclass kazillionaire.

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> 
> A further attraction with the Packers is that Green Bay is by far, 
> far, far
> the smallest city in the nation to field an NFL team. Imagine plucky 
> little
> Green Bay going up against the largest, wealthiest cities in the 
> land. It's
> a David vs. Goliath contest. In other words, no contest all all for 
> me to
> pick sides.
> 
 


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[Marxism] Politics & the Super Bowl

[Gulf Mann]

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How do people decide which athletic team to root for? Most people prolly
root for the home team or the team closest to home or the team with which
they have some biographic connection. That's the majority way of deciding. A
part of the minority--the Ann Randites and their cousins--commit to
individual players they favor and side with them regardless of which team
they shirt up for. Another part of the minority, more rational, scientific,
and prolly gambling addicted, bet the Vegas line. It's head over heart for
them.

For me this Super Bowl, it's politics. NFL teams are all owned by
Rulingclass kazillionaires who use them as toys for amusement or as
investments to make $$$. If teams don't make $$$ or fail to amuse by losing
too much, Rulingclass kazillionaires either move them to a larger, more
profitable venue or sell them in disgust to another Rulingclass
kazillionaire looking for a play toy or a cash register.

Only 1 team in the NFL ain't owned by Rulingclass kazillionaires: the Green
Bay Packers, who instead are municipally owned by the citizens of Green Bay.
The Packers thus represent ordinary Workingclass stiffs, like the big
majority of Americans. Like us. They have the only valid claim of being
America's Team.

A further attraction with the Packers is that Green Bay is by far, far, far
the smallest city in the nation to field an NFL team. Imagine plucky little
Green Bay going up against the largest, wealthiest cities in the land. It's
a David vs. Goliath contest. In other words, no contest all all for me to
pick sides.

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