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The Iconoclast said:Why is it that the PA set thinks its okay for businesses and corporations to lose money on sports? I don't understand this mentality. Should these ventures not be self sustaining or cease to exist? Shouldn't the creation of environment where all can make money (player, owner, sponsor, broadcaster, etc.) be the prime directive of the governing bodies? This whole attitude of "its okay that the players demand more money than the industry can support because its okay that the businesses bleed huge amounts of money, its a tax write off" drives me up the wall. Guess who gets it in the keister when the "tax write off" takes effect? All of us. The goal should be to make these enterprises self sustaining or run them out of business once and for all. Millionaires should not be getting a handout from the general public. Corporations should not be getting a handout either. This mentality is what is killing our society. I wish people would wake up!
I didn't suggest that networks lose millions of dollars on NHL hockey, and lose money becuase it doesn't make good business sense.
My post was directly related to the NFL and the NFL only. Sometimes it actually makes sense to LOSE money. Networks realize that they lose tens of millions a year on the NFL, but they feel they make it up and more in regards of lead-ins to prime-time programming, as well as using the NFL games as huge promotional tools for the netowrk.
This has nothing to do with the PA ... and if you could take your antiPA blinders off for a second or two you'd see that.