the sports-entertainment complex

[sd'sker]

apparently, the nfl is a non-profit organization.

 

How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers

Taxpayers fund the stadiums, antitrust law doesn't apply to broadcast deals, the league enjoys nonprofit status, and Commissioner Roger Goodell makes $30 million a year. It's time to stop the public giveaways to America's richest sports league—and to the feudal lords who own its teams.

 

i always knew that taxpayers got a raw deal when funding stadiums, especially because the owners are perfectly capable of funding them. but this goes into much more depth of these issues.

[carlfense]

i always knew that taxpayers got a raw deal when funding stadiums, especially because the owners are perfectly capable of funding them.

In fairness . . . without those tax payer funded stadiums where would we hold our "We Built This!" rallies?

[sd'sker]

i always knew that taxpayers got a raw deal when funding stadiums, especially because the owners are perfectly capable of funding them.

In fairness . . . without those tax payer funded stadiums where would we hold our "We Built This!" rallies?

that is funny, because technically "we" (as members of a self-representing gov't) did build it, but i do not think that is the point the "we built this" crowd is getting at.

[carlfense]

. . . but i do not think that is the point the "we built this" crowd is getting at.

Shhhhhh. Don't let them in on the joke.

[TGHusker]

i always knew that taxpayers got a raw deal when funding stadiums, especially because the owners are perfectly capable of funding them.

In fairness . . . without those tax payer funded stadiums where would we hold our "We Built This!" rallies?

Good one