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      <![CDATA[Hey Alejandro, the fact that you got even a few agreements is amazing. Although I am a bit suprised for the readers of this particular paper.
        
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      <![CDATA[This is hands down the worst article I have read in many years. A bias and lack of research hijacks this story from the beginning.
        
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      <![CDATA[What the Mercedes-Benz Super dome deal really means for Louisiana,  is that additional revenues from a major foreign corporation come into the state, they make the Saints more profitable and they trickle down into the general economy. This event is a positive and has nothing to do with the issues raised since the Hotel Motel tax was created to build the dome.
        
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      <![CDATA[@ridiculous (and I guess @ everyone else who has rehashed his points), it's true that all the articles and studies I've pointed to are about sports facilities, but you forget that the state originally built and owns the Superdome and invested $85 million in taxpayer funds to pay for the recent renovations. Also, in many cases, the state subsidies for new parks come after teams threaten to move (much like the situation with the Saints).
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Gary]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The state should have definitely been paying the Saints money before this deal was in place. have you taken into account how much money has been driven into the local economy because of the saints?
        
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      <![CDATA[The author must be new to capitalism.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[NOLAresident]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Perhaps the most poorly researched and biased article I've ever seen in Gambit. Hey Einstein, how much revenue does the state make off the income tax of the players alone (let's see, if the salary cap is around $120million plus probably another 40 to 50 payroll, that would be around $10 million or so in taxes . i.e. half the subsidy just right there).
        
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    <author><![CDATA[seasonTicketHolder]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Way to think outside of the box. I find that the vast majority of people today live by a "belive & don't question" policy.
        
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      <![CDATA[Wasnt trying to get too political, sorry for that. <br>
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However, those two articles that talked about taxpayer subsidies to sports franchises primarily discussed and addressed the issue of subsidizing the SPORTS STADIUMS/FACILITIES not the ACTUAL SPORTS TEAM as the Saints deal includes.
        
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      <![CDATA[I should also point out that none of this is to say that I don't support the Saints in being in New Orleans or that the Mercedes partnership isn't great news for taxpayers that are now off the hook. Professional sports can and do have meaningful and positive impacts on the cities in which they're played.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alejandro de los Rios]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[@ridiculous, first off, I'm gonna point out this is shouldn't be treated as a partisan issue, because it's not. I would've written this post whether Jindal was a Democrat, Republican or Anarchist.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[ridiculous]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[No i never said the Saints werent turning a profit here in the city. The way the NFL is structured its really really hard to lose money anywhere.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alejandro de los Rios]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[@Ogden, whoops, that was a typo. It's been corrected.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ogden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[This just in - Rita Benson LeBlanc is not Tom Benson's daughter. She's his grand daughter.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[DiamondDave]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[This is a win-win-win for all involved; there are no losers. So why not accept it for what it is and quit dredging up the past?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alejandro de los Rios]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I'm not sure where you got your information on the Bengals, but it's inaccurate. It's true that the team received public funds to build their new stadium, but they do not receive direct payments from their state.
        
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      <![CDATA[Gambit - Worst of New Orleans<br>
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ridiculous]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Actually, many other states pay subsidies to their sports teams. See Oklahoma City Thunder, Cinncinati Bengals just to name a few.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alejandro de los Rios]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[It's absolutely great news that the Saints aren't getting any more taxpayer money and I say as much. But my point is that the state should never have been paying the Saints in the first place and, no matter how you slice it, the primary beneficiaries of this deal are the team and Mercedes, not Louisiana (which, by the way, earned plenty of free advertising and name recognition when the stadium was called the Louisiana Superdome)
        
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    <author><![CDATA[inetnawlins]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Way to spin something positive into a negative. It is a good thing that the state will no longer have to pay the Saints to keep them here.
        
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