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Old 09-27-2017, 07:48 PM   #2685
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Article is fine, but the headline is BS and they should change it. A lot of people are against giving any money to private business for any reason, so obviously bias can be a factor.
I think if Ken King were to have made these comments about the flames receiving revenue sharing at a time when the flames weren't in the middle of a very public stalemate with the city over funding for a new arena, then I might be a bit more inclined to agree with your statement. However given the timing of it, King's statement is clearly the flames attempting to cry poor publicly when the reality is they are currently making a decent profit(especially considering many sports franchises lose money).

Trying to imply to the public that you are struggling financially when you aren't, in an effort to gain public support($) for an arena that you say you need in order to address your decrease in revenue which are more the result of a local recession and weak Canadian dollar than the current arena, fits the billing of being both misleading and disingenuous. Wouldn't you agree?
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