Comments on: Long Odds http://blogs.wishtv.com/2009/02/12/long-odds/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:11:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Howard http://blogs.wishtv.com/2009/02/12/long-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 John Howard Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:26:59 +0000 http://blogs.wishtv.com/?p=7726#comment-1484 It's a really simple problem to solve. Player salaries are sucking too much money out of the revenue stream. The businessmen running these teams would have no problem at all slashing the payroll of their administrative staff, but the players are untouchable and that's where the real problem lies. Player salaries are negotiated on the premise they are worth whatever they demand. Their agents threaten to move their player to some other city if their demands aren't met. Gee, doesn't THAT sound familiar? Unfortunately, taxpayers can't play that card. It's completely impractical for them to move to another city, so they get stuck with the tax bill to pay the extortionary demands. It’s a really simple problem to solve. Player salaries are sucking too much money out of the revenue stream. The businessmen running these teams would have no problem at all slashing the payroll of their administrative staff, but the players are untouchable and that’s where the real problem lies. Player salaries are negotiated on the premise they are worth whatever they demand. Their agents threaten to move their player to some other city if their demands aren’t met. Gee, doesn’t THAT sound familiar? Unfortunately, taxpayers can’t play that card. It’s completely impractical for them to move to another city, so they get stuck with the tax bill to pay the extortionary demands.

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.wishtv.com/2009/02/12/long-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 Bob Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:12:53 +0000 http://blogs.wishtv.com/?p=7726#comment-1449 Indiana's Casinos are not the revenue generators they once were. The politicians have completely tapped out gambling in Indiana when they legalized gambling in every restaurant, bar, and lodge and turned the Horse Tracks into Casinos instead of letting them fade away. Indiana would be well advised to stick with the plan to have casinos located on our state borders across from large population centers like Chicago, Louisville, and Cincinnati to attract out of state tourism and new tax revenue than moving casinos to Indy or Fort Wayne which would just shift existing entertainment spending away from the Colts, Pacers, Indians, museums, etc.. Casino lobbyists are like cockroaches. You just cant get rid of them. The only angle they haven't explored YET is adding prostitution and drug dealing to drum up more tax dollars. Indiana’s Casinos are not the revenue generators they once were.

The politicians have completely tapped out gambling in Indiana when they legalized gambling in every restaurant, bar, and lodge and turned the Horse Tracks into Casinos instead of letting them fade away.

Indiana would be well advised to stick with the plan to have casinos located on our state borders across from large population centers like Chicago, Louisville, and Cincinnati to attract out of state tourism and new tax revenue than moving casinos to Indy or Fort Wayne which would just shift existing entertainment spending away from the Colts, Pacers, Indians, museums, etc..

Casino lobbyists are like cockroaches. You just cant get rid of them. The only angle they haven’t explored YET is adding prostitution and drug dealing to drum up more tax dollars.

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