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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Just as the bankruptcy was bigger than just hockey and the Coyotes, this is bigger than just the D-Backs. Government subsidies (besides providing the facility) in the form of facility operating costs are the way of doing business. Baseball and the other pro sports don't want the D-Backs and the GWI interfering with this golden egg.
Even Katz wants another $6M annual subsidy to offset arena operating costs.
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None of this is news to anyone, but the fact is this particular situation involves direct conflicts of interest, which could have easily driven the agenda GWI was pressing, along with the whole Tea Party ideal. As I said, the D-backs have their deals, they've already claimed their golden egg, keeping other hands out of the jar while they reap the benefits is certainly not out of the realm of possibility.
That said, I'd say more than anything the apparent unwillingness to take action here comes more from a relatively weak legal team at GWI and a deal that was crafted specifically to thwart the few avenues they have utilized to challenge deals in the past.