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Highly unlikely yes. But the biggest hurdle of an eager ownership group being in place helps the odds quite a bit. Also, if they build an arena that is privately funded or mostly privately funded, it helps the odds. If the Lindner's own the arena and get an NHL team in place, the economics of the arena work out quite well for them whereas, if the arena is publicly funded, then it is harder to support an NHL team because they are paying rent to the arena and chances are the team's owners have some restrictions on how they can monetize the facility since it would be subject to city/county permission and reviews. As I think about it more, the only real way to make a 4th team work in this market is to build an arena with private ownership who would also own the team. Now, to your point, Cincy is not going to be the belle of the ball when it comes to expansion cities, but if a team like the Jets, Coyotes, Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Panthers come available, there could be an opportunity at an affordable price.

That is probably likely but dont say never. People said the same thing about FCC too at one time. I said that about FCC when they started too. If you have the right ownership group and an arena that is up to standards, it can work in Cincinnati. If you look at the Cin-day Region as a whole, it is larger than Charlotte (albeit slower growing), larger than Nashville, larger than Salt Lake, smaller but still comparable to Minneapolis. All of those markets have or are working to land a 4th or 5th professional team. So I would not say never.

Maybe Choice or Best Western :) (just kidding of course)

It would be interesting to see if there is a carve out on the employment laws for Professional Football players, but in general: If you have set hours where your employer determines when you have to be at work and they provide the equipment that you use to work, the bulk of their income comes from a single source (i.e. team), the person is held out to the public as being part of that organization, amongst a few other factors. It is a balancing test.

As usual, you again know nothing of what you are talking about.

I am pretty confident that athletes compensation for play qualifies as W2 income. Now certainly, their endorsement income is all 1099 but it would make sense that they are employees of their teams. I know from back in my days doing workers comp, NFL teams often had to deal with workers comp claims from injured players while on the job which speaks to the employer/employee relationship. Everyone laughs at the Bobby Bonilla contract, but it appears to be a shrewd move on his part to avoid paying NY taxes on a lot of his income for many years if it was structured as a deferred income.

I thought the "music venue" was more of an open flex entertainment space. Not specifically for concerts, but could still be used as such? Also, is it just me, but it seems like music venues are almost becoming like car washes. They seem to be popping up on every corner and part of every new development. Drive down a suburban street and find a car wash. Drive down an urban ave and find a music venue.

I have never been a troll. Despite what the mods may have thought in the politics thread, I have never trolled. While I may vehemently disagree in many areas and not back down, I do not troll people to get a rise out of them. Disagreement is not trolling. There is a difference. Brian seems to think that engaging in conversation and debate means agreeing with the majority of the forum's positions. There is a difference. As to not get off topic anymore on this matter, I am done defending myself on this issue.

what i said was that you get so caught up in what someone may say on a reddit or twitter feed when it has zero legs to actually create any policy from it and there is almost zero chance it could lead to substantive policy for a number of reasons I outlined above. I do not waste time on what some chucklehead thinks. He or she can think whatever they want. You like to create guilt by association which is disingenuous on your end. You treat all Republicans as evil and that they all think alike. That is not the case, just like there are differing opinions in the Democratic caucus. My point was that finding something in a vacuum on the internet and applying it to all people of a group is disingenuous and wrong. It does not reflect the majority, it does not reflect actual policy positions of a group. It only reflects the opinions of a few chuckleheads. Until it turns into a tangible policy then it really is nothing.

It is illogical and irrational on your end because 1) you take a statement of someone who is pretty right wing made somewhere on the internet and 2) you act like it is the stated policy of the Republican establishment when in fact that has never been the case. 3) you act as if the power brokers are secretly behind this and that there is the support to take such action when in fact, outside of may some small isolated corner, none exists. Just further playing this out to demonstrate how irrational this is, you need to have an idea that maybe a couple of fringe candidates may have be turned into a tangible policy that could garner a majority of support amongst all factions of the Republican Party and maybe some Democrats who may sign on to this. Secondly, it would have to be written in such a way to pass legal muster. You have a blind spot, because in your mind all Republicans are the same, is that there are many competing factions within the party, same with the Democrats. You would need to create a policy that can get a majority of those to rally behind that would ban all transcare for adults who are of an age of consent. On top of that, you would have to not only ensure it complies with the Ohio Constitution, but also complies with the protections of the US Constitution to pass muster. It is just not going to happen. Hence it is irrational to act as if there is any seriousness behind this. There is a key difference between policy designed to protect minors vs policy designed to protect consenting adults.

when you are talking about millions of dollars a year in some cases, I think they would be very concerned about that. Remember they are earning a living too, for the short period of time where they can maximize their earnings. If they can keep an extra $10 million over that period, that can benefit them long term. They are probably the only group of people who can earn 8 figures in a given year and have it all as W2 income. Most other professions, even high paid CEO's do not receive that type of income on their W2. I don't know if you saw the California AG losing her Sh*t over the Ohtani contract because it is structured in such a way that will allow him to avoid California's high income taxes on 99% of the contract.

you're right, i guess it could be done (as long as they have the space to do so). I am not a grass expert, and I imagine the grass in Cleveland is more of a hybrid type grass anyway.

So my only question on the Corryville part is why have a one block loop around University and Euclid? Why not extend it an extra block South to potentially open up a few more ridership options. It is not like there are a ton of businesses on that block. There are a bunch of apartmetns and that area is certainly developing but it does not seem like it would serve an ideal amount of people putting a loop there vs extending it and additional block or two South, or even extending the line to Short Vine and having it loop around on Short Vine?

Then you are obviously not paying attention. If you want examples, look to the push to EV's that is pushed by the left when infrastructure is not there. Look to plastic bag bans that cause more pollution and higher prices that you would have otherwise had without them Look to many of the nonsensical economic proposals by those in the progressive camp (not not democrats) tend to propose with no basis on economic reality. There are a lot more. But when you make such an empty statement like that, you can easily apply it to progressives too. Yes, there are a number of idiots on the far right flank who are detached from reality. There are just as many idiots on the left flank just as much attached from reality. You have a lot of people in the moderate middle on both sides of the spectrum who often have the workable ideas but they both are getting shouted down and shut out by the lunatic fringe on both ends of the political spectrum.

and you could make the exact same statement about the progressive base too.

The conspiracy theory is that you turn a comment from a small fringe and act like everyone who has an R behind their name is guilty of the same ideas by association. You do this all the time. There is a wide diversity of thought in the GOP caucus. Ideas are floated all the time there, just like they are in the Dem caucus. What you tend to do is conflate one small subsection group with the entire organization and act like somehow the entire group is subhuman in your views. It allows you to easily discriminate and certainly you can see that you have a lot of anger and hatred toward an entire group, even when you do not know their views, it is only by some association you feel they have with some fringe poster on Reddit.

When you believe every conspiracy theory because the person saying it may have an R behind their name, that is your issue. I get you are bias, but the outright hatred you have for anyone who may consider themselves and have different political viewpoints from yours is pretty sad, and you seem unable to recognize that. Do not look at laws aimed at protecting children as the same as those limiting adults ability to make such a decision. While there are certainly a few outliers in the GOP caucus that may have concerns about the mental health of individuals who identify as trans, the majority of the sentiment is more libertarian on that issue when it comes to adults. There is a big difference between adult care and minors when it comes to the law and you need to understand those nuances

Understand that Texas "defying" the Federal order is a stage show. When push comes to shove he backs down. The problem is that the Biden Admin has mishandled this in such a way that it allows the TX governor to turn it into a political issue at very minimal risk/cost to him while highlighting the lack of action at the border. It is mismanagement of the message by the Feds is all that is. 1) That is speculation on who the new governor is. THat is still 3 years away, so you do not know. 2) There are people who may push ideas and create policy that may generate appeal to a specific base but not really have a chance at being enacted. Regardless what a certain small subsection of people may think, that does not equal law. You still need to create a majority, and the majority of the Republican caucus would not be behind such a proposal right now.

BUt what about the players who want to play on grass and hate playing on turf? Wouldn't a dome stadium be a negative in their opinion? Unlike Arizona and Vegas, you do not get enough sunshine in the late Fall in Cleveland to have a moveable field that can grow outside when not in use.

I admit when I am wrong. There are idiots in both parties who propose stupid laws and often Unconstitutional proposals (See AOC for example). I do not doubt that you have a few outlier Republicans who may want to ban all gender affirming care. If you read what I said, I was not disputing the garbage you posted. What I was disputing is that you take some outlier comment like that and act like it is the true official policy of the entire party and that the entire party thinks that way. That is why you are being disingenuous.

It is apples to oranges (assuming you are talking about the redistricting argument). Despite what some of the MAGA corner may feel about the courts, if a Federal Court would step in, I highly doubt a low level legislator would put up a strong fight. Look at that county clerk in KY a few years back who would not certify gay marriages. She wanted to play stupid games with a Federal Court order and found out the hard way what happens.

Because you like to believe any conspiracy theory out there? Just because someone with an R behind their name says something stupid? The problem is that you troll Reddit pages for any obscure quote from an irrelevant Republican and try and apply it across the board. "look what this person said, see they all think that way." That is quite disingenuous on your end.

I doubt the legislature would have the power to do so. You have constitutional issues when you are talking about consenting adults. Even if there may be a few legislators who may want to have that happen, it just isnt going to happen.

Do believe any yahoo who has a microphone?

Who controls the Skywalks? I have always thought it was an easement granted to the city for purposes of moving people and that in exchange for allowing the flow of people to pass into the buildings (like Mercantile Center) the building owner gave up rights to control the Skywalk area.