Should the Province, City subsidize the Jets?

sputnik wrote:

Triniman wrote:Buying good snipers is a way to help a competitive team, no?

How many available snipers are worth the money these days?

Kane is having a great year and has as many goals as Tavares and Ovechkin and more goals than the likes of Iginla, Kovalchuk, Nash, Alfredsson and Lecavalier with less games played.

Winnipeg will do much better developing their talent and finding young or under rated hard working players (i.e. Wellwood, Wheeler etc) to create offense.

The last thing the Jets need is some overpaid "superstar" stinking up the dressing room with their long term $7+ million salary without the offense to justify the cost.

grumpy old man wrote:In the ops view it is pragmatic thinkers that can agree that investing in the Jets, the arena and the stadium is good. Those same pragmatic thinkers can't possible agree with more controversial investments.

EdWin wrote:

Triniman wrote:Chipman should explain things, rather than have people speculate.

I say that we don't bother wasting time with that. Chipman is a LYING SOB!!! He is stealing hard-earned money and putting it towards something that will show little benefit for the community. How DARE he be so selfish??? He doesn't care about Winnipeg, he only cares about lining his pockets and nothing more!!!! Grrr.

This whole thing is a SHAM!! This team, these tax back-room deals, the supposed SHED development; SHAM!!! None of it will ever make a difference to the city in a positive way! You want to talk about crime downtown, well this bilking of the Manitoba tax payers is the BIGGEST crime of all!!! I want this scum-sucking tax scam-artist team gone soon! That money can then be redirected to important things like more Manitoba Housing downtown, going straight into indians pockets because, you know, we DID steal THEIR land afterall, filling up potholes, more police to fight crime because THAT will do the trick yessssssirrrrrrr!

Again, the Jets and Chipman are bag eggs in a piss-poor town. Nobody will support this team come two years from now and then they will be gone again!!!! Let's just get rid of them NOW and save the city more embarrassment!!!!

grumpy old man wrote:Ummm, sure. Whatever. Perhaps the lamest comparison yet. Silly troll... Hundreds of millions has been donated. Not everyone is a racist.

grumpy old man wrote:Not everyone is a racist.

JT Estoban wrote:Seems we're not the only ones:

"The Liberal government has said it wants to end a policy allowing businesses to write off as much as 50 per cent of tickets and luxury suites for sporting events.

The writeoff, which also applies to other live performances like theatre and concerts, costs the cash-strapped province about $15 million a year.

Senator's president Cyril Leeder says his team operates in a smaller market than other teams — such as the Toronto Maple Leafs — and it needs the corporate tax deduction to survive."

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/03/05/ottawa-senators-ontario-tax-break-mcguinty_n_1322422.html?ref=canada