[TheMentat]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Yes, me too. Even more than that, public funding of sports facilities piss me off. Baltimore gave millionaire Art Modell a bigger welfare check than Cleveland would, so he moved his team. Mikey Brown threatened Cincinnati so the city raised taxes in order to built him a stadium to make his millions in - "helping the homeless."
I'm pretty cynical about pro sports. They say it's a business, but its run more like a welfare scam.