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Brandon's avatar

Sports teams are the final form of the leveraged buyout nonsense that killed things like Toys R Us and nearly killed Caesar’s Palace. The cost will go up, the experience will crater, and as long as it is marginally better than not having it at all, it will continue.

I really wonder if the next generation will fade away from sports, since it’s no longer the freely available filler content of our (at least, my) youth. There’s no long view to bring in fans and allow them to form an attachment to the team, it’s demanding the attachment and letting the worst of fandom dole out guilt for not being a real fan.

(Lest anyone think this cynical bleeding of devoted fans is sports specific, [looks side-eyed at Disney]...)

(Also, totally shocking that an NFL owner would basically shrug off these allegations but would blackball a player for doing something completely legal they didn’t like)

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Jessica Kirsner's avatar

Also, cities should start only publicly funding stadiums if they get a percentage of the team ownership. Watch the asks dry up really quickly.

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