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Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by runevault on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @05:47PM (#32489417)
The stadiums yes (and that's a rant I could go on for hours) but the salaries are based on the actual money coming into the league. And if you argue that isn't the same thing, what makes it any different from Kings funding patrons using tax money?
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Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by texaslonghorn5 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @06:56PM (#32490078)
I draw the distinction because the fans themselves are (at least in theory) voluntarily choosing to support their hometown team, whereas the decision to apply taxes towards patronage is unilaterally made by the king. Though we could probably debate over whether the descriptor of a "hometown team" is truly honest, since it's more accurately a wealthy owner's team that happens to be located in / named after a city which benefits very little from the team's success.
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