The NFL - Welfare Queens?

[Panthro]

I understand the sentiment, but you also have to look at the revenue NFL teams bring to the governments that are subsidizing them. In the case of the Panthers, the money they asked the city/state for doesn't even amount to what the players and coaches paid in income taxes last year and a study by USC showed the Panthers were responsible for 700 million in revenue per year to both the city and state. 

 

Link to study please.

[Kurb]

Schools and roads dont make profit.

 

 

Is this sarcasm or something you actually believe?

 

You like Naruto (OMGZ ITS BEEN GOOD LATELY NO?) so one has to think you are a smart person.

[Kurb]

Cooporate Welfare is quickly becoming the problem that the "Crackhead 4kid welfare Queen" is believed to be, if it already isn't but worse.

[intangiblejohnny]

Welfare Queens? Really?

I think a more accurate comparison would the banking establishment who took Goverment funds and used large sums of that money to pay ridiculously large bonus to executives who participated in creating a financial crisis in the first place.

[Panthro]

Cooporate Welfare is quickly becoming the problem that the "Crackhead 4kid welfare Queen" is believed to be, if it already isn't but worse.

 

It is much more costly

[Kurb]

It is much more costly

That's what I was saying.

 

YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME :'''''(

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

But who will build the escalators?

[Panthro]

http://thinkbynumbers.org/government-spending/corporate-welfare/corporate-welfare-statistics-vs-social-welfare-statistics/

[intangiblejohnny]

If they take away the tax shelter from NFL teams that will cause them to immediatly pass the buck to fans in the form of higher ticket prices, higher concessions and higher merchandise prices.

I'm not defending their nonprofit status. I'm merely reminding people that the obscenely wealthy always find a way to make their money regardless of who gets hurt in the process.

[Panthro]

If they take away the tax shelter from NFL teams that will cause them to immediatly pass the buck to fans in the form of higher ticket prices, higher concessions and higher merchandise prices.

I'm not defending their nonprofit status. I'm merely reminding people that the obscenely wealthy always find a way to make their money regardless of who gets hurt in the process.

 

Yeah....or people wont go and the prices will come down

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Link to study please.

 

I've seen that number and study thrown around a few times but cant find a link.  I did find out that the study was commissioned by the Panthers.  I am sure some of the findings are credible I just wonder what assumptions were made in calculating the 500 million.  I have seen other studies (no link) showing there is a positive economic impact but most of it goes to the owner.

 

I guess at the end of the day it is probably better and more beneficial to throw tax money at an NFL team than it is to study the decay of rat urine

[Panthro]

I've seen that number and study thrown around a few times but cant find a link.  I did find out that the study was commissioned by the Panthers.  I am sure some of the findings are credible I just wonder what assumptions were made in calculating the 500 million.  I have seen other studies (no link) showing there is a positive economic impact but most of it goes to the owner.

 

I guess at the end of the day it is probably better and more beneficial to throw tax money at an NFL team than it is to study the decay of rat urine

 

That is precisely why I wanted to see it.

[Panthro]

Yeah....or people wont go and the prices will come down

 

and there costs go down as well.

[intangiblejohnny]

Yeah....or people wont go and the prices will come down

What I wanted to get was: I think it's horrible for the NFL to make insane profits with our tax dollars but what worries me the most is the unforseeable reactions the league will take to ensure rising profits.

What do you guys think the NFL will do to maximize profits if they lose their "charity" status?