AMERICAN TAXPAYERS SHOULD THROW THE RED FLAG
The article by Jeremy Evans seeks to evaluate sports stadium financing, and thus draw insight on whether American voter should begin to vote to base on their mindset instead of their hearts. Sports have been an important entity in the life of Americans. It is very unfortunate how the sports league have experienced a lapse through the luxury taxes and relocation fee, yet the American taxpayer has no say in the spending of the funds for stadium building. Evans evaluates the challenges accompanied by using taxpayer’s money to support the construction of public grounds and the possibility that the same stadium provides any advantage to the taxpayer (Evans, 2016). Jeremy concludes the importance of subsidization of such public stadium outlines an uneven burden of constituencies that are not prepared to handle such an economic burden. For this reason, Jeremy urges the American taxpayer to be attentive towards the involvement in practical decision making concerning the commercial funding for sporting activities such as the construction of stadiums. Since such expenses stretch towards affordability and practical means.
A taxpayer should have a say towards the spending of sports funding. The example illustrates the minimal impact taxpayer has on the money earned. The article provides a good example of exhausted football players who had to travel through a 12-hour drive to play a match against Arkansas. The deal for the FAMU team and Arkansas was estimated to be 700000 dollars. Milton Overton, the FAMU athletic director, said that all the money obtained were not for him to buy cars however it was used for purposes of supporting the school and paying for the player scholarships. Such is the action criticized by Jeremy Evans in Sports.
References
Evans, J. M. (2016). Stadium Financing: American Taxpayers should throw the Red Flag. Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, 33(1).