Sports teams are set up using revenue sharing models and collective bargaining between the players union and owners, something I though TNF would love...
Most teams are self sufficient, and if not, they receive help from the league from other more wealthier teams, and they typically benefit local economies, not hurt them. The same goes for the arenas they play in, which are used for more than just sports in many cases.
Anyway, continue with your discussion.
Well, I certainly don't support the nationalization of sports, but I will say that quite a few arenas are a huge expenditure sinkhole. Take the Marlins' new stadium in Miami; the city got taken to the cleaners in that deal, because Loria refuses to keep the team competitive, and yet the city footed almost the entire bill.
On the flip side, AT&T Park in San Francisco is completely privately financed, so it's essentially creating jobs and tax revenue for the city without any real expenditure, besides the (very profitable) public transit needs at gametime and whatnot.
Really, a reasonable goal from this bill would be to heavily curtail municipal and public funding for sports arenas. One of my first bills (or it might have been my very first bill) in the Pacific Council was to that end, so I've already done a lot of the necessary research on the topic.
