Sally jenkins article- Washington Post

[wilt the stilt]

After a bloated Super Bowl in Dallas, it's time to rein in big game





By Sally Jenkins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 8, 2011; 12:06 AM

It's a rough morning-after for the NFL. The Dallas Super Bowl was a bender, but now that the confetti has fallen, it looks like litter. The hangover has hit, a splitting headache and a sour stomach from the $19 margaritas and the $12 wine and the $10 beers and the rest of the fiscal insanity. Is this really what the NFL wants to become? A divorced-from-reality debauch?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/07/AR2011020705610.html

pretty good article

[HuckleB]

1. Indeed.

The fans need their own organization. Heck, even non-fans need to organize. There is no justifiable reason for taxpayers to subsidize these businesses.

[PVnRT]

2. Maybe it's just me

I'd rather pay more for the ticket than get slammed with ridiculous prices for food and drinks. Furthermore, when building stadiums, why do so few teams fail to put up a thing called a "parking garage" as well?

[Auggie]

3. Great example of a values system really out-of-whack...

obsessed with the acquisition and/or admiration of wealth, influence and fame.