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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Every city needs to look at their pro sports teams as a partnership - one that goes far more deeper than just how revenues are shared or not shared.
They need to assess the broader economic and societal impacts.
So it is a partnership. Just not under the more narrow definition you are using.
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Partnership is not the word I would use to describe relationship between civic government and pro sports teams. Lots of businesses have societal and economic impacts. In fact they nearly all do, don't they? I think you're saying there needs to be a relationship between the two, but partnership or "partnering" is a word that gets tossed around often in negotiations by people seeking to further their own interests.
At its essence, partnership means sharing power and decision making, and sharing risks and rewards.