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    How would you define success for Macdonald’s first season?

    That season, ie 2010, was an anomaly. We were one of the few teams, if not the first, to qualify with a losing record. Our division the worst in the league, with 4 of those 7 wins coming from NFC West teams. The majority of losses we lost big time. We also have to keep in mind that Pete got...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    As the article states, the Hunts have very little allegiance to the Kansas City area and would move the team in a heartbeat if the league will let them. In this situation, Kansas City has some leverage over the team in that it would be a huge black eye for the league if the team that has had...
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    How would you define success for Macdonald’s first season?

    I can't put a W/L number on what I would consider a 'successful' season simply because I don't know what to expect. I do think that there's a possibility that we could be SB competitive much earlier than we've all anticipated, perhaps even this season. But I won't be disappointed if we end up...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    OMG! That would be a disaster if the Hunts had to pay money out of their own pockets! Say hello to the Oklahoma City Chiefs!
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    Here's an interesting article about the Chiefs attempts to blackmail the taxpayers into building them a $3B stadium: Kansas makes first steps in trying to get Chiefs to come play in their state The proposal says it will be a combination of a sales tax increase, as well as a 30-year bonds to...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    LA's ability to build SoFi with 100% private funding is an anomaly. A couple of things influenced this that aren't present in nearly every other city: There was no existing team that could threaten to move and thus blackmail the voters/politician into helping them build their desired facility...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    When what is now Lumen Field opened in 2002, it cost $430 million and even today, is widely considered to be one of the better facilities in the league. A dollar in 2002 is worth $1.74 today, so if you take $430m and times it by 1.74, you come up with $748M. Today's NFL stadiums, even when...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    Here's a proposal for you, @Bear-Hawk: In addition to an admissions tax, let's add a 10% concessions tax for any food, beverage, or anything else sold in the stadium on game days, a 10% tax on stadium parking, a licensing fee for the NFL to sell any paraphernalia such as team jerseys and bobble...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    I agree. You said something about forming another league to compete. What could scare the NFL into adapting a policy of at least limiting the amount of taxpayer money that can be used in stadium construction would be the threat of an anti-trust lawsuit. Declare them a monopoly and break up...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    I thought I did answer it, but since you're having a hard time connecting the dots, I'll spell it out for you: Yes, I'd rather see the Seahawks (Or KC if I were a Chiefs fan) move to Sacramento (or Siberia, as I said in my previous response) than to give them public taxpayer money, which...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    Yeah, that's the problem. The sport is popular, so much so that there's always going to be at least one community, or politicians of a community, that will be willing to pay the ransom.
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    I don't care if it's a hotel tax, a tax on cigarettes and liquor, or a tax on soda pop. A tax is a tax. It's public money. Besides, in a hotel tax, you're taxing people the majority of whom won't be using the facility. If you're going to tax someone, levy an admissions tax and hit up those...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    That's pretty much where I'm at. I love the Seahawks, just like I loved the Sonics. The Sonics moved to OKC and I swore off NBA basketball and haven't watched a full game since. If my favorite team, of whom I've been extremely loyal to, financially as well as emotionally, for going on 48...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    "Extremely small"? How much revenue would they be reaping? If they're going to use a relatively small amount, in the neighborhood of a $100-$200M on infrastructure improvements or tax breaks on construction costs, then I'd likely be good with it. But $1B on a $4B stadium? That's money that...
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    Bears, Chicago at Loggerheads Over Proposed Stadium

    First of all, I wish you would quit referring to me as an anti-tax purist that wants to see teams move out of long-established cities. That is not what I am saying. My position is that there should be some sort of law or national policy against public funding for any professional sporting...
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