Ghost wrote:
Pro sports, as a for-profit entertainment business, can bloody well pay > for its own stadiums. If it can't, it needs to cut salaries and > readjust its business model until it can. No argument here. I'm reminded of day several weeks ago - I was getting ready for work and the morning news shows were on. Bryan Gumbel was fawning over a baseball player who had just scored a record breaking contract in the tens of millions per season - alot of zeroes - way too many - on this guy's paycheck. Turning the channel, I found a local newscaster reporting on a slew of state budget cuts for education across the country. Extra-curricular sports were on the chopping block, and the reporter sadly droned on about how numerous schools were either forced to hike their student fees for extra-curricular sports or cut sports from their budget altogether. An undeniable connection between these two stories? You bet. (Sometimes it takes a little channel surfing and a few random juxtapositions to get the real story.) Here, a blatant illustration of how the transfer of wealth from the many to the few operates in the US. From genuine need to bloated greed, in all its grotesque glory. Bottom line: team owners and players should get their damn hands out of the public kitty. Somebody get an axe! Now! Chris Beckwith Ward 6 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
