SOCI 3670 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: George Lipsitz, Trans World Airlines
28 Jun 2016
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The silence of the teams: how st. louis school children subsidize the super bowl. No one publicly recognized the contributions to the ram"s victory made by the 45,473 schoolchildren enrolled in the st. louis city school system. 85% of these students are so poor they qualify for federally subsidized lunches. Revenues diverted from the st. louis school system through tax abatements and other subsidies to the rams made a crucial difference in giving the team the resources to win a super. Clearly shows that subsidies for professional sports teams and other corporations do not. Trickle down" to the majority of the population but instead function largely as a means for transferring wealth and resources from the poor and the middle class to the rich. Thus the team plays its games in a publicly funded stadium on a virtually cost-free basis: rams receive all revenue from ticket sales, concessions, and luxury seating.
