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re: Are you happy your tax dollar subsidize the Saints and the NFL??
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:25 pm to LSUnation78
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:25 pm to LSUnation78
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Im particularly salty about the part where our tax dollars go to renting out space in Benson Tower
This is my main issue. The notion that there was no other possible market for that building is laughable. Class A office space in the New Orleans CBD is actually at a pretty good premium.
It was a boneheaded deal, period. What he did with that space is actually sort of terrible as well. It used to be nicely integrated with the Hyatt Hotel and the Superdome. Now it sort of creates a two block wide void of nothingness between the Dome and the rest of town, except for that horrid Champions Square space.
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Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:27 pm to I B Freeman
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Again you people assume that the Saints could not and would not be profitable without the subsidies which I say is BS.
The Saints could be profitable without the subsidies, but them Benson would not be a Billionaire.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:27 pm to doubleb
quote:call me crazy but when i "believe" something, i don't wait for others to look up the data
I don't believe that's the case.
I would like to be proven wrong.
Why "believe" when you could KNOW?
This post was edited on 9/12/17 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:43 pm to ShortyRob
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My back of the envelope VERY conservative estimate for taxes paid by the players is $13M
Quick check
Saints players make roughly 160 million a year. Half the games are played in NO so its all not taxable in La. But even if it were all taxable at a 6% rate it still wouldn't bring in ten million dollars.
This post was edited on 9/12/17 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:47 pm to ShortyRob
Because I'm not the one telling people it's a break even proposition.
I have my opinion but I'm not trying to convince you or anybody else that the Saints aren't a winning deal for the Saints even though all the independent articles I've read clearly state that pro teams are net losers.
Things aren't going to change, taxpayers don't mind propping up the NFL, so I don't try to change people's minds.
I have my opinion but I'm not trying to convince you or anybody else that the Saints aren't a winning deal for the Saints even though all the independent articles I've read clearly state that pro teams are net losers.
Things aren't going to change, taxpayers don't mind propping up the NFL, so I don't try to change people's minds.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The former New Orleans Centre could've definitely been made into something a lot better than Champions Square
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Yup. Its pretty disgusting
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:51 pm to I B Freeman
Such timing brah 
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:52 pm to I B Freeman
I'm cool with it but it's not optimal.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:55 pm to NIH
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The former New Orleans Centre could've definitely been made into something a lot better than Champions Square
The Packer HOF brings in $10's of millions a year. I think the Saints need to look into something that attracts visitors like them not saying a HOF
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:14 pm to I B Freeman
I'm just waiting to see how you blame Jon Bel Edwards for it.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:19 pm to I B Freeman
No. But states have the right to tax as they see fit, hence the competition for businesses.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:28 pm to Ole War Skule
But what's really lol is non city residents pay the freight and we get the benefit, now that's funny.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:30 pm to I B Freeman
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Are you happy your tax dollar subsidize the Saints and the NFL??
Obviously this is directly correlated to their record. So no, this does not look like a good year to subsidize the Saints.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:30 pm to doubleb
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Saints players make roughly 160 million a year. Half the games are played in NO so its all not taxable in La. But even if it were all taxable at a 6% rate it still wouldn't bring in ten million dollars
Lol. Touche'
My dumb arse wasn't thinking STATE tax rates and i was a good bit more charitable about taxable income
Still. 28M ain't a hard bar to reach
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:31 pm to doubleb
quote:Correct. You're saying it isn't. How do you know?
Because I'm not the one telling people it's a break even proposition
I don't know.
But, i didn't start a thread complaining about it
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:33 pm to doubleb
quote:
I have my opinion
If it's important to you, why have an opinion on something you can easily research and calculate and then actually KNOW?
I just find that odd
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:35 pm to I B Freeman
Yes. And all the local business that thrive off of the Saints being located here are too.
What a stupid thread.
What a stupid thread.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:44 pm to I B Freeman
Happier with that than subsidizing the shiftless.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 2:56 pm to I B Freeman
NO 
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