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Originally Posted by White Out 403
I don't view these teams as property of the owners. The owners are simply stewards of the teams and that the team rightfully belongs to the community. The fans and the players on the ice make the NHL what it is, not rich #######s like Katz. Although I guess if you frame it in that way and it's just another business like a Shopper's Drug mart, then why have loyalty to anyone particular store or team.
The Flames have just bilked the city out of hundreds of millions of dollars for a new arena, it's this kind of mindset that allows fans to pay through the nose so already fabulously wealthy people can be even a little bit more fabulously wealthy.
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I disagree, the owners have paid the money, made the investment, pay the payroll. That's not a community team. The Owner owns the team. Its basically pretty much his or her or their right to do with it and run it how they please.
The fans don't own any party of that, they can have opinions on it, they can choose not to support it, or put money into it. But even then they money that fans spend on the team is in no way an investment.
You can have community owned teams, the Eskimos have that, but even there, the fans really don't have a voice into how the team is run.
I can't imagine a greater nightmare then fans having a say in how a team is run.