Greitens: 'I have completely ruled out state funding for stadiums'

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. Good!

It's ridiculous that citizens pay for stadiums, especially when the sports teams usually aren't publicly owned! I think the NFL doesn't even allow public ownership of their teams... with Green Bay being a partial exception because they were "grandfathered" in.

Arguments that they help the local economy are silly. Building the stadiums would help the local economy even more if the revenue didn't mostly go to a few owners, right?

It reminds me of people arguing that paying immigrants less than minimum wage is "good" because it keeps consumer prices down. Sure, it also means more money going to a few owners rather than being better distributed to local citizens. If low wages are good, what next? Arguments for the "low consumer prices" under slavery, which also benefited owners far more than others?