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Originally posted by widebody911
But is it really? Seriously. Who is really the end beneficiary? It's the stadium/team owners who take home the lion's share of the cash generatedm while the people get the 'right' to buy expensive tickets and $5 beer.
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Excellent point/Q.
I seriously do NOT understand how so many can continue to follow "professional" baseball, basketball ...
THe amount of tax dollars shelled out under the guise of "for the puplic-sporting-good" is huge.
I suppose they have to spend it somewhere. .. I mean how else would the govt officials be able to whine about needing more tax hikes (for starving/unsafe/un-ejukated CHILDREN) . .. if they don't go and blow the wad on a place to watch over-paid men in short pants standing in fields waiting hours to catch a little white ball? --impotant stuff there.
Weather is far more interesting, if you ask me.