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Originally Posted by Notorious Honey Badger
a) There certainly is a moral and ethical issue. Corrupt politicians bilking their citizens with backdoor shenanigans is hardly a conspiracy theory, as it's happened before and likely will again.
b) I was providing a reason why it matters in a business sense in case you want to pretend there is no moral issue or downplay it. Who knows why the NHL wants to stay in Phoenix, but you'd be hard pressed to present me with an argument that makes it seem logical that more money is to be had in Phoenix for the NHL rather than Quebec City.
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a) You're arguing two different things. Political corruption is yet another example of something that isn't the NHL's responsibility. They're supposed to be the watchdogs for every municipality in which they do business now? The NHL doesn't, and shouldn't, have an obligation, moral or otherwise, to police the inner-workings of municipal politics.
These are elected officials, if there decision making is not in the best interests of the local citizens they should be removed from office through political means. Until then their decisions should be assumed to be made in the best interests of the municipality, expecting anyone, corporation or individual, to substitute their judgment in that case is ridiculous.
b) When did Quebec City become a viable alternative? I think you'd be hard pressed that it ever entered that territory prior to the last few months, meaning that any opportunity for a move to even be explored didn't present itself until then. You've already jumped the gun in your argument, for all we know Quebec is a very real player to get a team this off season. If that doesn't happen I'll give you a logical argument for the NHL not wanting to move Phoenix to Quebec City in two words: Expansion Fee.