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Yavin4

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12. I think that pro sports leagues should be nationalized.
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 05:11 PM
Mar 2019

Let the city/states own the teams instead of billionaires. Imagine if the people of Cleveland acutally owned the Browns.

Mega Big Time! Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #1
Absolutely not! Strelnikov_ Mar 2019 #2
Public money for a few wealthy, claimed to be for public good, but less thasn 50% like football. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #22
Of course and that is their new model malaise Mar 2019 #3
Double Socialism, too. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2019 #7
But the jobs they bring to the community! Peanut, popcorn, pizza slice, and beer NCjack Mar 2019 #20
And Robert Craft, the owner of the Patriots, MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #25
And as another DUer pointed out recently, after taxpayers fund the buildings malaise Mar 2019 #23
and when the owners need a new paladium, they leave that hunk of concrete erronis Mar 2019 #34
Indeed malaise Mar 2019 #36
Nope, Grand Theft. dogman Mar 2019 #4
Totally agree! BlueJac Mar 2019 #5
Exactly Horizens Mar 2019 #31
No because stadiums and arenas aren't social. You have to be human for that. defacto7 Mar 2019 #6
This Would Make a Great Dem Talking Point dlk Mar 2019 #8
Support the right Mendocino Mar 2019 #9
I think that pro sports leagues should be nationalized. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #12
baltimore would own the browns. Mosby Mar 2019 #15
baltimore would own the Colts Yavin4 Mar 2019 #17
I met Johnny Unitas Mosby Mar 2019 #19
The history of Baltimore, MD. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #21
Oh, come on. What about the Murder Capital of the US? Where The Wire was filmed? erronis Mar 2019 #35
THAT is correct MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #27
No, MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #26
No. It is what Roman Emperors did to deflect from the fact that... OldEurope Mar 2019 #10
It's not Socialism if public money goes to rich White guys. See the Wall Street bailout. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #11
are baseball stadiums different? Mosby Mar 2019 #13
No, they're boondoggles and giveaways JHB Mar 2019 #14
Lawrence O on MSNBC has mentioned more than DURHAM D Mar 2019 #16
What do you call it when the franchise loans the city the money to do the legally required... Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #18
There is Definitely Room for Creative Solutions dlk Mar 2019 #24
I think it is more like blackmail than socialism. First the team owners get a stadium or arena dameatball Mar 2019 #28
That's the point where they should be evicted. "Find someone else to fleece, ya bums!" NBachers Mar 2019 #39
The American way of socializing the costs and privatizing the profits. Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #29
Green Bay is the only stadium watoos Mar 2019 #30
Socialism is fine for th rich and connected. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #32
No. I wish I could blame socialism. former9thward Mar 2019 #33
Only if it comes from the mouth of a liberal...if it is said by a repug Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #37
Socialize the costs, Mendocino Mar 2019 #38
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