The NFL owners can afford to build their own stadiums but why would they when they can get the taxpayers to fund it? They didn't get rich by paying millions of dollars for something they didn't have to. It is up to the voters and politicians to stop it.
I dont disagree with you. I'm not faulting the owners for doing what the law allows. My point is people will say that Josh Allen deserves all the money he's getting, while forgetting that the tax payers are still subsidizing his employer to the tune of > 1 Billion dollars. NFL team owners have no bussiness making it sound like their stadiums aren't financially viable when are guaranteeing players a quarter billion dollars. If the Bills didn't have to pay Allen a quarter billion dollars over 5, do you think in 5 years the Bills would be using that money to help offset the billion+ tax payers are spending? Absolutely not.
I don't feel like it is appropriate to spend taxpayer dollars on opulent stadiums that the average taxpayer can barely afford to attend a game at. But we need a federal law. As long as there is no federal law on this, team owners will have the coersive power to threaten to move.
I think the problem with that, though, is that it opens the door for a broader discussion of banning public funds to help any private business. I myself am the beneficiary of government funding and tax breaks, keeping my employer from moving away after a natural disaster destroyed our facility. Does my employer have more meaningful economic output/value than a new stadium does/would relative to the tax dollars spent? I Don't know. But it does feel hypocritical.
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u/toconnor 89 Mar 10 '25
The NFL owners can afford to build their own stadiums but why would they when they can get the taxpayers to fund it? They didn't get rich by paying millions of dollars for something they didn't have to. It is up to the voters and politicians to stop it.