The modern ultra-wealthy team owners ALWAYS shake down the local communities for money in the form of massive tax breaks. tThis tends to leave the local communities even more impoverished than before the big team came to town.
Being a fan of professional sports to me always seemed like getting addicted to the opiate of the masses. We're all so dumbed down the only common subject we can all speak with passion about is pro sports!
When we desperately need a debate about how the people that we elect to represent us screw us over and favor the wealthy and corporate.
I would really like to hear about big sports moving in and making the local community better. Perhaps in Green Bay, where they seem to run the Packers like a public utility?
-90% Jimmy
DISCLAIMER - I am a fan of big league pro nitro drag racing, which is about as corporate as you can get. What's cool about it is that there are still privateers out there that occasionally take on the touring pros with their fleets of 18 wheelers and WIN! for example
http://www.bobbode.com/ I also occasionally serve as pit gopher for a nostalgia nitro funny car, owned by a working man that just loves nitro drag racing!