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Originally Posted by yawgmoth
Speaking of editorializing... Where are your getting that publicly funded stadiums generate nothing for the city? In Baltimore, the stadium was a major part of the Inner Harbor revitalization plan in the late 80s and early 90s. When I travel for business I always try to take in a ballgame. That usually involves a host of other activities (parking, dinner at a nice restaurant) that involve paying sales tax. Last I checked that generates income for the city. Even if I am the only person partaking in these activities, which based on the packed restaurants and bars I am not, it is generating something. Not to mention jobs for the ushers, concession workers, parking attendants, restaurant workers, etc.
Worse than editorializing is using generalities to try and drive home an off topic point.
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there are economic studies that prove what i say. due to tax breaks and public money being spent, it is easily a net negative on the cities.
it also raises costs without increased revenues -- i.e. increased need for police protection, increases water/sewage cots, increased cost on their infrastructure with most vehicles commuting form outside the city.. .the list goes on and on...
it's a boon to the business owners... who make up a very very small fraction of the population.
sales tax disproportionately hurts people with less income, too. so, it's further shifting burden to people that can least afford it, lol. plus, this is a guess, but i doubt state sales taxes go directly to the local cities. more likely goes into general budget and then alotted by the state? no guarantee that gets farily distributed to the cities that likely have greater contribution.
those percentages are based on whether someone calls themselves a sports fan... not if they spectate or actualy partake in watching them in any way.
even if i'm wrong, you'd have to look at each individual sport, not in total, too.
why is baseball simple? it's stop-and-start with realyl simple action between, so there's no reason not to understand all "24" contexts that are possible and have a plung-n-play strategy for the variables for each opponent when you face them with up-to-date relative information.
sayint it is more or less complicated compared to other sports is an argument not worth having. it's more about personal feelings and likes/dislikes than anything else. whatever is more familiar or recent in memory will be the favorite.
also, i am not pawning myself off as a "journalist" so i can opine to my heart's content becuase it's not my job to be unbiased.