There is no need to taxpayers to subsidize the mega-millionaires and billionaires who own sports teams. It’s sickening to see how coddled these people are. If they want a stadium, they can build it with their own money.
While we’re at it, I would appreciated it if sports teams could make all their money from ticket sales and revenue produced by sports channels that are paid for by sports fanatics. Once upon a time, professional athletes had “real” jobs during the off-season because they weren’t making millions from advertising revenue (which is where most of their money comes from). So people like myself have to support athletes and franchisees whenever we buy a car, or insurance, or household cleaners, or food/beverages, etc. I wouldn’t mind if it were an essential service that they were providing, but running around and chasing after balls will never be an essential service in my book.
