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Today is just another in a series of dark days for the NFL. Today the Nevada legislature OK'd a $750,000.000 gift to build ANOTHER albatross of a stadium so a wealthy winner of the genetic lottery can make even MORE money. So even though there are still a lot of details to come before it will be made final, Mark Davis today thanked the legislature he bribed, and the Governor he bribed for building him a new home for Raider Nation.
So at a time when school funding is being cut, medical costs are rising, the middle class is shrinking, and the LAST thing so call "public servants" should be doing is giving away 3 quarters of BILLION dollars to another billionaire. What an unnecessary waste, when that kind of money could do so much. Especially when we know so well that if you really WANT to, an owner can build a stadium with his own money and not only survive, but thrive.
Now the other owners are probably going to give him the 24 votes to move his team simply because they will get THEIR pound of flesh to watch their league become the WWE of football, and god knows no one will ever question the results of an NFL game, just because they have a team in the gambling capital of the world. The credibility of the NFL has never been higher.
Davis' remarks seem to indicate that the owner's vote is already a done deal. HOWEVER, I would like to think that the guy who built his own stadium WITHOUT taxpayer money would at least symbolically cast a no vote when the time comes. So to that end, if some knew how to put together a petition to ask him to vote against the move, I'd be the first to sign.
So at a time when school funding is being cut, medical costs are rising, the middle class is shrinking, and the LAST thing so call "public servants" should be doing is giving away 3 quarters of BILLION dollars to another billionaire. What an unnecessary waste, when that kind of money could do so much. Especially when we know so well that if you really WANT to, an owner can build a stadium with his own money and not only survive, but thrive.
Now the other owners are probably going to give him the 24 votes to move his team simply because they will get THEIR pound of flesh to watch their league become the WWE of football, and god knows no one will ever question the results of an NFL game, just because they have a team in the gambling capital of the world. The credibility of the NFL has never been higher.
Davis' remarks seem to indicate that the owner's vote is already a done deal. HOWEVER, I would like to think that the guy who built his own stadium WITHOUT taxpayer money would at least symbolically cast a no vote when the time comes. So to that end, if some knew how to put together a petition to ask him to vote against the move, I'd be the first to sign.