Comment 57500

By mb (registered) | Posted January 22, 2011 at 18:01:15

the IW proposal without any firm financial commitment from the Cats

To be fair, the Cats could very well have a financial commitment on the table as we speak. Negotiations are very hush hush, so who really knows. Just because negotiations have been public before, doesn't mean they are public now. We will find out soon. Same goes for corporate sponsorship, and so on.

Very nice comment geoff. Sensible, fair, and doesn't fault the Ticats for just doing business as usual. Like I said, it's not their job to 'city build'. Very few sports teams take on that role, nor should they. If anything, they help to 'build' the city just by being in business.

What I like about the article about Mitchell, is that he admits that he and Bob Young have made mistakes in this ordeal. I've said this all along, and it's great to hear him say it.

Hamilton city council, however, should follow the lead of other major Canadian cities and negotiate to keep the investment of public dollars to line Young's purse to an absolute minimum.

Agreed. As many of you know, I am a Ticat fan and supporter of football in this city. But, I do agree that the Cats have been subsidized for too long. Hopefully, whatever the new deal is, coupled with a new stadium, the Cats can be successful without being subsidized.

Comment edited by mb on 2011-01-22 18:07:04

"If you're 20 and not a liberal, you have no heart. If you're 40 and not a conservative, you have no brain." -Sir Winston Churchill

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