Comment 47522

By slodrive (registered) | Posted September 10, 2010 at 17:37:46

@Ryan

Thank you as well. I do agree that it would be beneficial to all if the Cats released their studies and opened their book. There's no doubt. But, Bob Young, love him or hate him, has been a very successful business person. Wouldn't you think that, if there was a positive case to be made, the team would be all over it?

Many people on this site, and a few on the Cats site, are painting Bob Young as a greedy sports owner. (And, he sure wouldn't be owning a CFL franchise if he were...but anyway.) Going with that label for arguments sake, would that not further validate his claims that the West Harbour is not worth the trouble??

Let's face it, the Riders are far and away the most successful team and its not as if they're swimming in profits here.

I think we all have to take a leap of faith in that, no matter where the stadium goes, no body is going to getting wealthy off of this. And that's fine. The CFL is a community style league that's approachable and inviting to everyone. Thus, it does need some propping. But I think what we get in return is part of our identity -- our civic identity and our national identity. I think we lose some of our soul if we simply walk away from that.

So, to be constructive, I think we have to be a bit trusting here. So far, Bob has only done great things for our city. I think we have to take him at his word that he's fighting for the same things we are.

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