The Sports-Fascist Complex - Why No Smart City Would Want the NFL

The Government Crony thieves get these government funded stadia built to fill the pockets of team owner billionaires. It is one of the biggest public theft since the days of the Caesars. Go away Government! 

If these fascists want a team, let the owners build it themselves! m/r


Why No Smart City Would Want the NFL - Reason.com

Alexis Garcia | January 31, 2014

The NFL is good at fleecing taxpayers,” says ESPN columnist Gregg Easterbrook, author of The King of Sports: Football’s Impact on America. “It’s about a billion dollars a year I’ve calculated in public subsidies to NFL owners and this is a group that consists almost entirely of billionaires and yet receiving significant public subsidies every year.”

The NFL raked in over $9 billion in revenues last season and the league is pushing team owners to triple that mark over the next decade. 

With the league’s overwhelming success, many cities are eager to get a piece of the action, often offering billions in public subsidies to attract (or keep) football in their localities. 

But with the NFL making record profits, is it right for cities to spend public money on these type of projects? Especially when over half of NFL team owners are ranked on the  Forbes billionaire list?

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