tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post1232505628668402899..comments2024-03-15T23:25:52.517-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Internal MLB Financial Documents Leakedallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-46349641023001578312010-08-27T08:20:16.327-07:002010-08-27T08:20:16.327-07:00It's not the money as much as the principal.
...<i>It's not the money as much as the principal. </i><br /><br />Is that a pun? <br /><br />It is most definitely the money. Taxpayer money. <br /><br />Toronto got screwed, but the city had it good compared to many others. After financing the building of Camden Yards, Baltimore taxpayers guarantee the house. That means the city - the taxpayers - buys all the unsold tickets, so the owners always sell out the house, no matter how bad a team them field. There are many similar examples. <br /><br />As always, see Neil deMause's <a href="http://www.fieldofschemes.com/" rel="nofollow">Field of Schemes</a> for the 411.<br /><br />Dave Zirin's new book also sounds very interesting: <a href="http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781416554752" rel="nofollow"><br />Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love</a>.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-10552339807804234082010-08-26T20:26:59.909-07:002010-08-26T20:26:59.909-07:00This is good.
Now, can the City of Toronto can g...This is good. <br /><br />Now, can the City of Toronto can get back that $500,000,000 that we paid for the Dum; that we then gave to the franschise owners at that time, Labatts, who then sold to Interbrew, who then sold to Coors? ...Well I thought I'd ask. <br /><br />It's not the money as much as the principal. Major League baseball has been running a shell game with cities that guarantee franchises never pay for their stadium. Public money finances every MLB Stadia built in the last 20 years as far as I know. And these Stadia are the centre piece of the business model - a model that is obviously working REALLY well.<br /><br />It would be really interesting to see some Expos books as well...Michael Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569272458580142677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-3295135753500330952010-08-26T12:14:59.925-07:002010-08-26T12:14:59.925-07:00I understand now why terrible GMs are able to keep...I understand now why terrible GMs are able to keep their jobs for so long.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444146300029158202noreply@blogger.com