That’s a government problem though, not a sports problem. State and local governments have a long history of bending over for high profile corporations, and not just sports, look at the bidding wars car companies get when they start talking about building a new factory. If government keeps wanting to bend over I don’t blame corporate leaders for taking advantage of the situation, it’s just plain good business to not pay for you don’t have to.
Thhe team owners go to the politicians and they threaten to leave if they don’t get a subsidy, and they leave for a better subsidy, like the Browns/Ravens did. You don’t blame them? Do you blame welfare recipients? Public employee unions? They all use political clout to get government subsidies. So do professional sports team owners.
We fought off a government subsidized stadium for ten years until the local muck mucks caved. Pittsburgh and the surrounding counties voted down a sales tax to build a new sports complex, after which the owners (Obama supporter, I’ve heard) went to the governor, and got the whole damn state to pay for their playpen.
You ant to call me an ass, go ahead, knucklehead.