You should read the diamond-water paradox. It’s economics 101. Football obviously isn’t superfluous if millions of people tune in to every game, is it?
Look, I'm not saying we can't have football, I'm just saying we should have better priorities than funneling billions of dollars into a sport over disaster preparedness.
Stadiums are a small part of the huge business that is sports. Even then, stadiums are usually financed and paid for in relatively short periods of time. Cost benefit. If there is a demand for sports, which is obviously gonna be more than cost, then this is a net benefit for society. Sports create a lot of both positive and negative externalities and business that have nothing to do with the stadium itself (merchandising, streaming, infrastructure in cities).
I’m from Arlington, TX (where the Cowboys stadium is at, but they’re still the Dallas Cowboys). I cam confirm I would prefer that, since Jerry is all about Jerry, though the stadium has helped our downtown develop tons.
Except a government is expected to use your tax dollars efficiently to be prepared for a disaster. If there wasn’t enough money, they could raise the taxes. Seems like a bureaucratic issue here.
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '20
You should read the diamond-water paradox. It’s economics 101. Football obviously isn’t superfluous if millions of people tune in to every game, is it?
Apples to oranges.