The Ol’ Ball Game

Christopher Law September 23, 2015

  Football, baseball, basketball – these professional sports, and many… References and FootnotesChris Isidore, “Scott Walker OKs $250 Million in Taxpayer Dollars for Sports Arena,” CNNMoney, August 12, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/12/news/companies/scott-walker-tax-dollars-milwaukee-bucks-arena ↩Aaron Kuriloff and Darrell Preston, "In Stadium Building Spree, U.S. Taxpayers Lose $4 Billion," Bloomberg.com, September 4, 2012, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-05/in-stadium-building-spree-u-s-taxpayers-lose-4-billion. ↩ Tom Sabulis, "Pro/Con: Public Funds for Sports Stadiums?” Atlanta Forward Blog, May 22, 2014, accessed September 20, 2015, http://atlantaforward.blog.ajc.com/2014/05/22/procon-public-funds-for-sports-stadiums ↩Jolie Network, "Taxpayers on the Hook for Stadium Costs," USA Today, November 25, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/11/25/stadiums-taxpayers/3663541 ↩"The True Economics of Taxpayer Funded Stadiums," Americans for Prosperity Florida, April 18, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015, http://americansforprosperity.org/florida/article/the-true-economics-of-taxpayer-funded-stadiums ↩James Brady, "The NFL Brought in Enough Money Last Year to Pay for 10 Pluto Missions," SBNation.com, July 20, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/7/20/9006401/nfl-teams-revenue-tv-deal-7-billion. ↩