Reply #26: There should be a "team has to win" clause

[Bill McBlueState]

At least in Arrowhead, the Chiefs have managed to put together one of the better home-stadium win-loss records in the NFL. So people in KC who like the Chiefs are getting something in return.

But then you have the situation in Pittsburgh, where the baseball team got a new stadium in 2001 and hasn't had a winning record since. It's especially irritating that the major reason the Pirates don't win is the owners' refusal to spend a reasonable amount of money on payroll.

There should be a clause in the stadium agreement that the tax subsidy is annual. If the team has a winning record, they get it. If they have a losing record, they don't get the tax subsidy and it comes out of the owners' pockets instead.