Sometimes the folks on this VC-funded tech forum sure do love to demonize making money. Half the comments in this thread are some flavor of "it's horrible that this person is making money from something that was subsidized" or "even if they make money..."

Professional sports is incredibly lucrative, and college sports are incredibly lucrative for the coaching staff and some college administrators that don't have anything to do with it. I would much prefer tax money to go toward endeavors and projects that aren't completely self-sustaining and profitable, but until localities are legally prohibited from negotiating tax breaks in this manner, it's not going to happen.