Time magazine has an overview of the trend toward personal seat licenses at NFL stadiums, and while there’s not a whole lot new there — fans resent paying them! but many do anyway! — it does include the greatest paragraph in the history of paragraphs:
During a public comment period after the agreement was reached, critics bashed the project as a raw deal for fans and taxpayers. “This is fricking ridiculous, man,” said Jeff Wagner, one of 35 candidates reportedly running for mayor in Minneapolis. Wagner removed his shoes and tossed them on the table before announcing, “You can keep my shoes because basically you are just stealing from the people.”
Just sit and enjoy that one. I think my favorite part is “reportedly.”
Soaking the taxpayers for a stadium is bad, but soaking the people who actually attend the games is even badder. So we should pay for our stadiums by selling off our unicorns?
That overlooks the opportunity cost of giving up potential unicorn-related tourism.