Happy Pointsball season!
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Here comes the wrath of Ithikial but .....
Had to have been made by some cranky soccer (excuse me, Futbol) fan.
Although harsh, it's not too far off is it now?
Although harsh, it's not too far off is it now?
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I'm just mad cause my FFL team is 1 and 2.
Have to entertain the masses somehow, eh?
Please note that I myself am not above being entertained by violence. I think it's part of human nature.
Please note that I myself am not above being entertained by violence. I think it's part of human nature.
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To be fair football teams are hardly the only sports teams to demand taxpayers pay for their stadiums. I live in Columbus and the local MLS team is threatening to move to Austin if the city doesn't buy them a new stadium.
I've seen your MLS team play. No loss. Of course, I get to watch Sporting KC in the best stadium in the league, but hey...
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Yeah, I don't really give a crap about the Crew but a lot of people here are really upset.
No man, I was a little harsh on the Crew, but yeah, people get wrapped up in the whole sports as the civic pride thing. The owners have a gravy train. City's will spend a billion dollars on a stadium, the major leagues get tax breaks and it's just a meal train for the rich bitch club. The problem in America is the 200 wealthiest people pretty much dictate what the hell is going to happen, from elections to economics. If you think your vote matters, it does, at the local level, but from state level on up, it's the rich boys that buy the politicians.
To be fair, I don't think that problem is isolated to the US. Down here in Australia, our recent change of Prime Minister (internally be his won party) has been largely attributed to one man: Rupert Murdoch. Enough said....
Proud of the San Francisco Giants. They needed a new park so in 2000 they built/opened what is now called AT&T Park all on their own. No public money, although the City may have donated some land, not sure. Cost $357 million (chump change nowadays) and now its all paid for. It was the first privately financed baseball park since 1962 and by all accounts one of the prettiest and most successful parks in America.
Here's the low down: https://www.mlb.com/giants/ballpark
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x808f7fd770b93dfd:0xce4f29ed1da6117a!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4shttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNkdxwPxixSkzOP9JOPkXiC-TrYo_SmMRgr-m3p=w320-h240-k-no!5sat&t+park+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNkdxwPxixSkzOP9JOPkXiC-TrYo_SmMRgr-m3p&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT6OuL3tzdAhVeFTQIHUzaAUcQoiowGnoECAcQCQ
Here's the low down: https://www.mlb.com/giants/ballpark
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x808f7fd770b93dfd:0xce4f29ed1da6117a!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4shttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNkdxwPxixSkzOP9JOPkXiC-TrYo_SmMRgr-m3p=w320-h240-k-no!5sat&t+park+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNkdxwPxixSkzOP9JOPkXiC-TrYo_SmMRgr-m3p&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT6OuL3tzdAhVeFTQIHUzaAUcQoiowGnoECAcQCQ
Yeah, I forgot about that. But it is the exception to the rule.