"A rare bit of candor from a corporate welfare recipient"

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Talking about the secret deal to move the Braves:

During his speech, Schuerholz admitted that the deal to move the Atlanta Braves into a new stadium in Cobb County, which was announced without warning back in November, would not have been possible if the public had gotten wind of it. From 11 Alive:

"It didn't leak out. If it had leaked out, this deal would not have gotten done," he said.

Schuerholz told press and business leaders in Atlanta that he couldn't have completed the Braves' deal with Cobb County in public.

"If it had gotten out, more people would have started taking the position of, 'We don't want that to happen. We want to see how viable this was going to be,'" Schuerholz said. "We were able to get that all done."

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/27/braves-president-we-couldnt-tell-anyone-we-were-moving-to-cobb-county-they-may-have-opposed-it/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

And http://deadspin.com/braves-president-stadium-deal-had-to-be-done-in-secret-1582023678