Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday she may introduce a bill requiring local officials to approve if a sports team tries to leave town with the city's name still attached...Nice to see that both sides of the aisle have such a healthy respect for the principles of federalism and enumerated powers.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said he was sympathetic to Feinstein's concerns, noting that he fought the proposed move of the Philadelphia Eagles to Phoenix in the 1980s.
When you can usurp and trample with impunity, is it any surprise they also treat the Bill of Rights--and particularly the Second Amendment--with such contempt?
Traitors have NO convictions, or conscience for that matter. Scum will do what scum does best.
ReplyDeleteBipartisanship toa Demoncrat means, "Do it our way, or else!"
ReplyDeleteI don't know exactly what the proposal entails, however, if a professional sports team has relied upon public monies for its stadium and tax and other incentives in the locale it resides, it should have restraints placed upon it that protect that public's investment.
ReplyDeleteIf the team owners pay their own way, then the decision should be entirely theirs with no interference.
Once they accept public monies and accomodations they are morally bound and should be legally bound to honor the contract. No such strictures are acceptable if the business stands or falls on its own.
We have seen instances where teams have taken "sweeter" deals to the detriment of the current venue of operations while that venue was still paying off the bond issues that attracted them. Make a deal, keep it. As for me, I would prefer that a team that cannot pay its own way would fail, no bailouts, no public funds. The present system is nothing more than taking money from private citizens to give to other private citizens for their profit.
From Cleveland, I know what it's like to have to pay for the damn stadiums and stuff. I say let's outlaw professional sports, especially "America's pastime" which is now more appropriately central America's pastime.
ReplyDeleteThe law is another of the hundreds of thousands of pointless laws proposed. As seen elsewhere on the internet...
"The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance." RAH