Quote:
Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth
Well, technically the fans didn't vote for them to move. They voted to not give a handout to a billionaire who owns one of only 32 teams in the most profitable sport in North America.
I am proud of SD drawing a line publicly for refusing to be held hostage of doling out corporate welfare in exchange to ransom demands by some obscenely rich prick trying to force their hand by threat of taking away the team.
|
Yeah San Diego looks like the noble city that did not blink to this kind of corporate welfare. Except you have the case of the Padres. Who are the Padres you say? They are a MLB franchise that NOBODY in the US, let alone Southern California, even knows exist. Yet when the Padres were crying for new digs, the city ponied up. To me this looks like a repeat of Cleveland. Cleveland took care of the Cavs and Indians, but neglected the Browns. Modell left and the city paid twice as much to get back into the game than they would have had they met reasonable requests earlier. San Diego can do what they want. Many believe they care less about any sports team for the most part. However, if a city outside the huge metro areas want the prestige and exposure that comes with major league sports, they need to keep reasonable care of their home teams. On the principle I totally agree that this stadium extortion is BS, but that is how the game is currently played. If history is any indicator they will feel good about flipping the Chargers the bird then be lining up for a new NFL franchise in 5 years IMO.