{"id":42390,"date":"2016-05-25T22:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T02:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=42390"},"modified":"2020-07-19T22:24:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T02:24:35","slug":"lets-hope-the-ravens-arent-good-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=42390","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s hope the Ravens aren\u2019t good in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Because the Super Bowl will be back in Atlanta<\/a> then, and the last time it was here, Ray Lewis murdered two guys.\u00a0 And if Ray Rice remains under the wing of big brother, then we may as well start a dead pool of all the people who will probably \u201cmysteriously\u201d die during that weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seriously though, I know there are a lot of people who are excited for this news; they are called NFL fanatics, and corporate stiffs.\u00a0 The NFL fanatics will be out of their minds with excitement at the biggest game of the year coming to their home, with aspirations of getting nosebleed tickets and all the potential for the scenes, celebrity and athlete sightings, and whatever else Atlanta plans on trotting out for the weeks leading up to, and ultimately the weekend of the big game.<\/span><\/p>\n

The corporate stiffs are naturally over the moon with this development, because like most things involving the NFL, these rich people will inexplicably manage to get richer from this whole debacle, at the expense of the rest of the plebes that have the unfortunate misfortune of simply existing in their vicinity.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then there are people like me, who not only couldn\u2019t care less about the most overrated event in the world coming into my backyard, but is instead resentful about it, because I\u2019m a grownup now, that pays taxes and has a general interest in things that might affect me, and I see through the bullshit and rhetoric spouted by sporting-related events and matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Like all the circle-jerking being done by the stiffs, celebrating their win in bringing the Super Bowl to Atlanta; sure, they spout all sorts of rhetoric about all the business and tourism dollars it\u2019s going to bring to the city, but they don\u2019t mention that the majority of it is going to private companies and individuals, yet the cost to make everything happen, is mostly going to come out of the pockets of taxpayers:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral members of Atlanta\u2019s bid committee said they provided the NFL with a \u201cfully funded\u201d bid that estimates the local cost of hosting Super Bowl LIII at $46 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of that total, according to the committee members, $20 million will come from donations that have been pledged by two dozen Atlanta businesses; $16 million from a portion of the Atlanta hotel-motel tax designated for major events; and $10 million from a sales-tax exemption on Super Bowl tickets passed by the Georgia Legislature this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So let\u2019s break this down a little bit:<\/span><\/p>\n