Editorial: Team owners tell their fans to show them the money – Champaign News-Gazette

"In their book Fields of Failure, authors Ryan Lanier and Thomas Schatz argue taxpayer-subsidized stadiums 'often have a negative impact on taxpayers' and have become a 'scourge on this nation' that cost 'billions of dollars each year in new expenses and lost revenues.' Fans do get to keep their teams, but at a cost to all."
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sue
2 years ago

Greedy pigs

mqyl
2 years ago

I used to be a fair-weather White Sox and Hawks fan, but now I’m in whatever category is below that. As I age and understand better what’s important in life, I realize how trivial professional sports should be to most people. I wouldn’t care less if one or more Chicago professional sports teams decide to move out of state.

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