The start of a new professional football season Thursday night provided a stark reminder that taxpayers have contributed heavily to the success of the National Football League, with billions in subsidies for new stadiums and even more construction projects on the horizon.The people who worry of inequality seem to never worry about this looting of the taxpayers.
The public funding of the stadiums has helped push the value of most NFL teams well above the billion-dollar mark, while putting little back into the hands of taxpayers, according to critics of the practice.
Friday, September 05, 2014
Golden Hammer: Many NFL stadiums built on the backs of taxpayers
The Washington Times reports: