In addition to the extreeeeeeme political correctness such as threatening to keep the Super Bowl out of states which prevent (tranny) boys from using the girls' room, the NFL has a well-earned reputation for greed.
And that isn't ending any time soon.
...The NFL has come out against House Republicans’ tax cut bill, putting
the league out on a political limb even as it deals with the fallout
from national anthem protests.
Other big pro sports leagues are staying out of the fight, but a
spokesman for the National Football League said teams don’t want to lose
a special tax break that allows them to use tax-free bonds to build
stadiums.--quoted at AOSHQ
Remember that the NFL is a "legal" monopoly in the USA, and that it has so much money that its commissioner can demand an annual salary of $50 MILLION plus a private jet plus lifetime health-insurance coverage for his family......because $50 MILLION can't take care of those premiums.
(Since the Missus is from Green Bay, the religion demands that we watch 1 game/week. But we're not likely to watch the WHOLE game until (maybe) next year.)
Schadenfreude is a sin.........
ReplyDeletebut man am I enjoying watching the NFL getting their well deserved just desserts.
I have been maintaining a two decades long boycott of the local NFL franchise
I can not buy anything in Hamilton County and not feel I am getting screwed for something I voted against.
Read: The staggering taxpayer costs of Paul Brown Stadium
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/18/the-staggering-taxpayer-costs-of-paul-brown-stadium/
Read:
Bengals' deal with Hamilton County will cost you $1.1 billion by 2025
County has spent $920M in deal to keep team here
http://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/county-has-spent-920m-in-deal-to-build-stadium-keep-nfl-team-in-town-since-2000
Yes I am resentful and I want to get even. I admit it. Yes this is not good.
Is there a way for the taxpayers to renig on this deal they voted in?
I really want to see the Bengals bleed.
Ticket Prices for Thanksgiving NFL Game Tumbling to Less than $15 as Anthem Protests Continue
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/11/21/ticket-pricesthanksgiving-nfl-tumbling-less-15-anthem-protests-continue/
Even if the prices fall, I am simply not interested.
We got the same screwing here for the Brewers' new playground. There was at least ONE big beneficiary: Bud Selig, the ex-owner of the Brewers and commish of baseball. Rammed through by Tommy Thompson, a GOP-E of the first water. He didn't give a shit about the tax because he DOES NOT PAY IT.
ReplyDelete1/10th of 1 percent on everything I have purchased for about 25 years and it ain't over yet.