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[Catfish Bob]

Republican Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) Wants to Bail Out NFL and MLB Pension Funds

By Dr. Richard Swier | 05/24/10 | 01:58 PM EDT | 9 Commentshttp://www.redcounty.com/themes/redc...es/twitter.jpg

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) has sent a letter to 9 House Republicans urging that they withdraw their support from legislation providing a taxpayer bail-out of labor union run pension funds. One of these Republicans is Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-5). Among the union pension funds in critical danger are those run by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and more than a hundred other union-run funds.




Baseball is the new football

Some are getting worried about economic imbalance in the NFL just as baseball is moving past those concerns.



But the growing disparity is there, and it has teams in cities like San Diego and New Orleans pushing for new taxpayer bailouts, in addition to asking the league's richer owners for a few more million dollars a piece. And if they don't get what they want at home, they'll likely get it somewhere else.
So even if the NFL's economics don't end up playing out in the win/loss columns of a team, fans of poor teams could end up paying higher taxes or even see their team leave town for greener pastures.
And the fact that this baseball season begins with little talk about competitive balance at the same time it is getting more attention in the parity-minded NFL suggests that all the unlevel playing field talk is really about dollars and cents more than it's ever been about wins and losses.







Union: No 2011 NFL season


Ah, the 2010 Super Bowl. For once it has a terrific back story. the Saints rise from Katrina. Archie Manning’s son is torn between the team he grew up loving and the team he plays for. Haitian players everywhere.
What could possibly put a damper on all this fun?
The National Football League’s Players Association.
Will the players strike and wipe out the 2011 season?
“On a scale of 1 to 10,” said DeMaurice Smith, the NFLPA Executive Director, “it’s a 14.”
Yes, because your average player only has four SUVs and a 50,000 square foot house these days. They might have to lose an SUV or two.
I am not begrudging them their possessions. Or their money. They work darned hard for it.
But the story of killing the goose that laid the golden egg comes to mind.
CFL anyone?

[Tim_T]

The first story I the one I found. The second story doesn't read to me like bailouts, it reads, build us new facilities or we will leave. Not sure what the third story has to do with the subject at hand.

[Catfish Bob]

I also heard on the radio today that next year their going to start taxing our fish/hunt licenses..... and their bringing back the DEATH TAX.


But anyways, I've been a Bengals and Reds fan forever....Glad to hear Reds finally doing good. They were slow out of the gate at the beginning of the season, but still played very well.
Like said, I haven't kept up with for last couple months or so.

[Tim_T]

I also heard on the radio today that next year their going to start taxing our fish/hunt licenses..... and their bringing back the DEATH TAX.


But anyways, I've been a Bengals and Reds fan forever....Glad to hear Reds finally doing good. They were slow out of the gate at the beginning of the season, but still played very well.
Like said, I haven't kept up with for last couple months or so.

Who is going to tax our hunting/fishing license? State government or feds?

[Chubminnow]

As some of you here may or may not know, generally speaking I could give a rat's arse less about sports, especially professional sports....but for some reason I've really been getting into watching pro baseball this year. Yep...been a Reds fan for a long time, since the 70's Big Red Machine, Rose, Bench, Sparky, etc...This year the Reds have that Joey Votto Sluggin' machine in their aresnal, that dude was built to swing a bat!

[RoadToad]

I'm liking the Reds more and more, especially now that most of the team are players I watched develop right here in Louisville.

[Catfish Bob]

Who is going to tax our hunting/fishing license? State government or feds?

Don't know. Guess if it happens we'll find out.

After reading some more about the bail out thing... Its basically the MLB and NFL unions trying to get a piece of the pie from the next bail out for their pension funds, which have lost lots of money.

[Chubminnow]

What...I repeat...WHAT in the SAM HELL happened to the Reds tonight when they played the Phillies?!!! I can honestly say I've never seen such a game go down the drain so quickly in all my life!!! Top of 9th, Reds on top 7 to 1...Bottom of the 9th Phillies tie it sending the game into extra innings...top of the 10th Reds don't do anything, bottom of the 10th Phillies score two more RUNS!!!!

Mike Leak had one heck of a game tonight pitching against the Phillies, but it seems to me everyone was feeling a little to comfortable with a 7 to 1 lead. I think they shoulda, woulda, coulda taken Leak out sooner.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

[mhall]

Still one full game up. They need to stay focused till the end of games.

[Tim_T]

Man they played well in all four games and came up short every time. Still leading the division at the break, so I am still excited.