does A.G. Spanos spend more on GOP donations than it does

[pstokely]

on the Chargers?

[HawkerHurricane]

1. Yes.

He found out he can make more money off of stadium guarentees than going to the Super Bowl.

[pstokely]

2. any other teams got deals like this?

how much in taxpayer money are they spending on tickets?

[HawkerHurricane]

3. Last I heard...

The Chargers have a ticket guarentee; any seat not sold gets paid for by the city.
Now, check out this part of the scam...
NFL rules state that for seat revenue, the home team gets 60%, the visitor 40%, but only counts seats sold. So, say a full stadium is worth $1mil, then $600k would go to the Chargers and $400k would go to the visitors, BUT with the ticket guarentee, if the Chargers sell no tickets, the city has to pay them the full $1mil and the visiting team gets nothing... The Chargers actually make more money with a empty stadium than they do a sell out! Talk about a disincentive to put a winning team on the field!

Welfare for the wealthy Spanos's and thier corperate backers, then they've got the balls to go to a Los Angeles court to weasel out of thier contract because the city won't give them a new stadium with more expensive seats to be empty and a bunch of property around the stadium they can develop tax free (or taxes paid by the city)...

Of course, the Spanos family are good Republicans, sucking money from the city (and preventing the city from buying things, like, say, firefighting helicopters!) while decrying high taxes and welfare for poor people...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. Oh, that's a beuaty... how did this guy not end up in *'s admin?

Holy crap batman! That is better than the deal * hisself wangled in Tejas.

[HawkerHurricane]

5. That's probably why...

He outdid Bushie's deal in Arlington, so he's embarrassed...

Actually, for long term deals, Spanos did better, on the short term it's hard to beat how W. and friends ripped off thier city (which I now can't remember the name of... San Antonio?).