What ‘funding’ do you think the SF Giants are getting aside from revenues? DO you guys have a stadium tax out there? If so, I’d be highly surprised if it wasn’t a tax passed by voter referendum. The people get what the people want and they pay for what they want. Is the sports (and entertainment industry in general) ridiculously well compensated? Of course they are. But the average Joe’s like you and me that keep coming back for more.

From just this little article it is hard to say for sure, but it sounds likethey haven’t included all the real costs to the city, such as how much time was lost for workers like me who sat in traffic because streets were closed all over downtown. This wasn’t clear to me: the local police were billing $500,000, but sheriffs, coast guard, ATF, and homeland security details only added another $200,000, or were those costs not included at all? Either way, the math isn’t adding up.

I would like to know the percentage of money Major League Baseball earns the city versus itself. And remember, citizens (tax payers specifically) give MLB the opportunity to earn that money.

One last question. Does the SF MOMA get equal funding as the Giants?

At the same time, the All Star game brings plenty of cash to the hosting city. It’s a horse a piece, in this case.

Someone once told me that, historically, civilizations are ripe for collapse when their heroes become the likes of sports stars. Seems we’re ripe for the plucking…