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NFL opposes U.S. Republican tax plan on stadium funding
(Reuters) - The National Football League said on Tuesday it opposes a tax bill proposed by U.S. House of Representatives Republicans that could force teams to put up more of their own money to fund stadium construction.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taxes-nfl/nfl-opposes-u-s-republican-tax-plan-on-stadium-funding-idUSKBN1D72PP

Kraft paid for most of Gillette Stadium. The state did supply some needed infrastructure/road work etc, but I don't believe taxpayers kicked in for the stadium at all.

Oh, I'll bet they are getting some sort of tax break or tax deferral meaning the tax payers are supporting the stadium. The city/county/state will also be spending a lot of money to cover that stadium.

the stadium and the acreage surrounding it cost multi millions to develop and nets tons of money yearly (there are tons of acres developed all around the property) that have probably generated many times the cost to taxpayers for the roadwork, not to mention the thousands of year round jobs in the shops/restaurants/hotels/function rooms/offices/health care sites/etc etc that are all on Kraft's property surrounding the stadium, paid for with private money

...while 98.2% of the NFL's owners hold guns to the heads of local citizenry and threaten to move if they don't pay for virtually every seat.

The road improvement was likely a pittance, we aren't even talking about a new exit ramp from the existing route 95...but actually good old 2-lanes each way route 1.

wicked smaht move by the taxpayers. and Kraft did not behave like any other owner.

I'm with MACS, fk the NFL.

Nice to see you cacman Get any snow your way yet?

I know, I know. But most of you guys here incorrectly assume normal libs hate capitalism. I am all in. I am not unusual that way. Most here do not get it.

Most of youse guys speak for "the other side" in your arguments rather than reply to the reality and have no idea why there is an other side that also loves our system.

This particular billionaire used his own money, made a deal for the locals to kick in a fraction of the cost to create what we all claim is how it should work...that is: give something to the 1%ers and the rest will happen. And now the farthest righties here kick the one owner who does it in the teeth?

Kick the other owners in the teeth!

Not really,

John Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs

Reason TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1LDjTgMEGU&t=3s

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-the-truth-about-football-stadiums-20160219-column.html?barc=0

https://psmag.com/economics/america-has-a-stadium-problem-62665

Yup....F*ck the NFL and it's players. It's one thing for the State / City / Counties to bare the cost initially but then IMHO based on cost of venue...it gets rented to the teams to recoup the costs to the taxpayers.

Don't miss watching them @ all, amazingly I easily found other things to bide mt valuable time. After all we only have So Much Time here....why give it away wantonly to an organization that cares NOTHING for / of it's viewers short of what's in their wallets.

we are in total agreement.
Spanos is one of the worst. He deserves what he is currently getting.
The Vikes threatened to leave in recent years, others do the same.

I am with Frank, he was simply stating that the NFL owners can build their own stadiums with minimum help from tax dollars and the other side of the argument seems to have misunderstood because of the red they see when NFL and money are mentioned in same sentence.

I think it is a disgrace to this country and every hardworking blue collar American that politicians allow the NFL to dictate government funding. This is not what a democracy was supposed to be and I can see why other governments and realist say that it will fail over time. We made it last for a long time but there is too much interest in money with politics today then there is in doing the right thing for the people.

I get it the NFL is a hot topic right now but this mentality of you don't believe in the right thing because your a conservative, liberal, or whatever other category they use today boggles my mind. We preach open minded mentality in concerns with gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity but not with politics. It is like we are rooting for a team instead of the best thing for the country anymore with politics. No longer do we have candidates with different beliefs but parties with a goal. We are losing the power in this country and nobody seems to care anymore as long as their team wins.

I stopped watching after the drunken drug abuser and spoiled rich kid Jimmy Irsay was picked up yet again. And their separate laws they enjoy from the rest of us put him right back in his comfy drug addled place in line. And almost unbelievably that stadium was being REPAIRED right out of the gate @ a significant cost to taxpayers, and on top of that the long term overview doesn't look very positive. ( and thatwas before the kneelers started their sh*t.

http://www.theindychannel.com/money/lucas-oil-conseco-draining-millions-from-city-officials-say

Victor....^20

I'm not sure I care enough to look into it, but I venture a guess that it has to do with the way earnings on municipal 'stadium' bonds get treated in fed tax code...nonetheless, I agree that this seems like it should be a local-rights issue more than a federal case

Perhaps when / if those in the business of managing state tax dollars feel compelled to INCLUDE taxpayers in Big Ticket Items such as the building of entire football stadiums for professional teams....the Feds won't have to get involved.
The NFL IMHO is the modern day equivalent of the Coliseum during roman times...something to entertain the masses while the governing bodies steal the taxpayers blind.

And more importantly... if your local government is building a stadium without including the taxpayers then vote them out of office. If you are unable to vote them out of office then perhaps more people in your local area want said stadium than dont... If it isn't your city/state then butt out of other people's business.

This is kind of hilarious to me (someone who would be happiest with zero stadiums)...determining spending of public money is one of the few things we can usually all agree is a function of politicians. Yet here they are doing their job... and if they do it in a way that you're not personally happy with you run to try to get a federal law.

If you don't like the job they are doing vote them out. If you can't vote them out then going up a few levels to a level of politics where you may currently have a majority and getting them to dictate alllllll the way down to the local level is a really dumb thing to do.

Victor republicans haven’t been acting like republicans for a long time.

The irony is the new “republicans” call the traditional republicans RINOs or liberals lol.

The party of small government and fiscal conservatism is gone. They still throw the words around when it’s convenient but it’s no longer really part of their fabric especially when inconvenient. I’m talking in here as well as out politicians which reflect the public no matter how much we scream they don’t.

Attacked from behind and ^ this is what you post.

Rand Paul is a lightweight

WE want to run rampant in our states, not the other way around.

Yet Victor regularly got his starfish bruised by 160 pound guys in scrums.

https://youtu.be/yJoJSp7PtLo

Can’t do Youtube easily from here. Maybe later.

But I’m sorry for making fun of beaker and stuff no matter how bad he got his ass kicked.

And it sounds like he truly got it handed to his candy ass.

Z... 300lbs... in multiples... and yet my ribs never broke.

Rand Paul needs to look into osteoporosis.

I bet his hair was still perfect though