Raise the Hammer

Unprincipled behaviour on the part of the Cats without even acknowledging that both sides, if you are looking this at a side versus side affair, have made errors in this affair, is totally disingenuous and smacks of hidden agendas.

I acknowledge that both sides have made errors in this affair. BY is not without his faults and neither is council, the current Mayor and the past Mayor and council. As well as members of the media etc.

Yes, I'm a TigerCat fan and very proud of it regardless who owns the team. I enjoy going to the games, enjoy spending my money in Hamilton, enjoy it when I see a high school student working at the game and when I buy a drink or hotdog from them, I know this helps one of my fellow citizens get through school. And the TigerCats do employ some 250-300 people in the city, and I like that my purchases help a local establishment. I'm not racing down the QEW every which way all the time to spend my money in other cities. Every city is different and how stadiums are funded and very few are paid for by public funds. This stadium will be owned by the city. And once it's built or rebuilt and BY eventually sells, the city could purchase the team and eventually make money on the team and stadium in the future depending on TV deals, how the neighbourhood develops etc. We don't know the future. New stadiums and refburbished stadiums are happening in the league, this is a positive sign and bodes well for the future. As well the soccer people should be getting something from this with good quality PanAm matches and a soccer academy afterwards. Again, excellent.

And I wish to thank the past Mayor and council for helping to lay the groundwork to get a new or refurbished stadium in Hamilton, kudos to Fred on that. I think this should be gratefully acknowledged.

This is OUR city, OUR team and OUR league. Let's all work together to see the positives even if football isn't your game or you're not keen on the owner etc. We are all in this together here one way or another.

And yes, council should look at this hard and decide for themselves, I won't tell them what they should be doing, I don't have nearly all the facts they have or perspective as someone sitting on council. If they don't like it, they can vote it down or ask for more information. It is their choice how they wish to act. I just ask that all members of council show due respect and try to avoid acting like children and name calling. I don't see the positives in this type of behaviour from professionals.

Comment edited by HamiltonFan on 2011-01-12 08:39:48