mikey

http://www.nysun.com/article/41838


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jczxohn1

I'm from the government and I'm going to help you....

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RayClay

I thought they solved this crap.

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psychoPat

Justice

not that I want to get political, cause we're not in that forum, but doesn't Congress have better things they need to be working on?

njpatsfan

It's "Chucky Cheese" Schumer - a classic Manhattan liberal - what do you expect ? They LIVE for this stuff. This is just the tip of the iceberg if Dems get Congress.

Oh, and the NY (really NJ) teams are looking for a new stadium. Chucky Cheese is looking for someone else to pay .... and now it looks like it will be the fans of the 20 other franchises with higher value than the Jets/Giants.

If Congress DID want to address 'imbalance' in professional sports, the place to logically start would be in BASEBALL, which has an exemption from anti-trust regulations by federal law. But of course, that could ONLY hurt the Yankees ......

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njpatsfan

Not to mention that this would kill the Pats, who have a huge debt to earnings ratio (~50% as I recall).

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upstater1

I'm glad they're doing this.

I WANT football to be socialist.

I just want to concentrate on which team is the best on the field.

I have no fun watching Steinbrenner destory to Devil Rays. Baseball is done.

Schumer is saving the game from the greedy owners. That is, if he actually accomplishes anything.

njpatsfan

Umm, clueless, that's why there is a SALARY CAP in the NFL. 'Revenue sharing' will have little impact on parity.

'Revenue sharing' is just a fancy term for plundering those franchises that have been successful in managing their team as a business. It isn't even about size of market or quality of team - the Cleveland Browns often crack the top 5 valued franchises, and the Houston Texans had the second highest operating income last year.

In this case, Chucky Cheese is trying to get a new stadium financed (in Manhattan, of course), and even lib New Yorkers are choking on the bill. So they are doing what libs usually do - get someone else to pay for it.

I'm just glad for my own tax bill that none of our NJ politicians sold us out to the NY teams (so far).

I just find it outrageous that a NY politician would have the balls to complain about sports revenue - in any sport.

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alamo

Not really, it's fall and the pages are back in school.