MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has similarly pressed state officials to honor their obligations.
Prior rumors of the Brewers potential relocation have been dismissed as overblown brinkmanship, but efforts by Wisconsin Gov.
Tony Evers to secure $290 million in funding for stadium improvements continue to run into political resistance.
But I actually like Milwaukee the city.
I like it a lot.
And I like the people there even more.
Because we continue to let these jerkoffs get away with it.
The new location being floated?
Nashville is like the new girl in school who wears the tennis skirts and knee-high socks.
People forget he pulled this same bullshit back in the 90s with Tampa Bay.
Tennessee is also a baseball hotbed and the state could use more pro sports teams.
It makes perfect sense.
But for an expansion franchise.
Let the billionaires with tiny pp’s fight over who gets the expansion team and give them Nashville Manfred.
Be a good commissioner for once and nip this in the bud now.
Tell them to do what Bob Kraft did back in 1999, and personally fucking finance the stadium themself.
Yah, no joke.
Probably the rarest thing to happen in sports these days.
A billionaire using their own money to make even more money.
And before you jump to tell me, “that’s what taxes are for stupid.
They already pay taxes"spare me.
It’s all a farce.
Remember, there’s a reason billionaires are billionaires.
Either because they’re born into it, aka they hit the sperm lottery.
Or because they’re a lot smarter than you and I.
They’ve somehow managed to sell this story that new stadiums are amazing for tax bases and local economies.
The reality is it’s bullshit.
It’s good for them and their bottom lines.
Which is why they should be the ones paying for them.
And what about all that “job growth”?
Im at a loss.
Im really at a loss, Leeds said.
I cannot think of any reasonable argument to justify a billion dollars going towards this stadium.
The bulk of that money $19.5 million is state income tax paid by players, coaches and staff.
Milwaukee baseball fans already lost the greatest home run hitter of all time and The Braves.
(now named American Family Field).
It’s an amazing place to see baseball.
And it only opened in 2001.
How does that make it “old” now?
Since when did 20 years become old for sports stadiums?
What am I missing here?
