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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Like the Packers shares it's paying for the right to say you're an "owner", except you have no influence on the team operations and can't make any money. Unlike the Packers though, this is still subsidizing billionaire owners whereas the Packers have no additional owners to subsidize, it's 100% public owned. It's basically writing the Flames a cheque and getting, I assume, pride out of it (and of course the "We won"). If people in this economy have $1,000 to burn like that, good for them I suppose.
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This is why its a terrible idea. Why would I want to line Murray Edwards pockets for nothing in return? Murray
et al. are the only ones getting anything back on their investment, and they can afford the cost of this if they want it so bad.