Just another reason NFL owners are parasites

[theHandpuppet]

Just keep this in mind as the dispute between the NFL owners and the Player's Union continues.

Here's a losing team in a county represented by Republicans(including Jean Schmidt and John Boehner)and Mike Brown wants the taxpayers to pay for his instant replay equipment? Oh -- I forgot -- according to the GOP, the Brown family are among those wealthy folks considered to be "job creators" so they shouldn't be expected to pay their own way! Is this how they will spend the taxpayer money they're saved by passing the bill onto the citizenry?

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110713/NEWS0108/307130063/
Commissioners balk at Bengals' request

Hamilton County Commissioners balked Wednesday at using taxpayer money to pay for new instant replay equipment for the Bengals, delaying their vote on the contract that approves the $300,000 purchase.

Instead, they’re asking their lawyer Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters whether buying the equipment is actually something the team lease requires the county to pay for.

The Bengals say the lease is clear – it is a county obligation – and even Hamilton County Commission president Greg Hartmann said he was worried that refusing to pay for the repair could land the county in court.

Lone Democratic Commissioner Todd Portune -- who has long publicly challenged the lease -- said he won’t vote to buy the equipment. He said if team wants it, they should buy it.

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[WCGreen]

1. The biggest welfare queens are the Professional Sports...

They have diverted millions of dollars away from the inner city so that the rich people from the suburbs can come down town a few days of the year.

[somone]

2. Where one in seven people lives beneath the poverty line

16.4% of the county budget goes to the stadium. Truly obscene.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704461304576216330349497852.html