MLB No Longer Recession-Proof

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Nov 05 2008 at 12:38 AM EST
More on: MLB, Stadium Financing, Economy, Sports, Bailout, Government (all tags)

What MLB did not foresee, much like its compatriots on Wall Street who bought up valueless mortgages, and pimped them off as viable commodities, was that such actions would have such a deleterious impact on their baseball revenues come next season, just a few months from now.

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NYC and Yankees Redfine Crookery

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Sun Aug 24 2008 at 9:46 PM EST
More on: MLB, Public financing, economy, taxes, IRS, Congress, politics (all tags)

It was revealed that NYC on behalf of the NY Yankees, is seeking relief from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to receive a special waiver from a law that the IRS amended in 2006 concerning the amount of tax-exempt bonds that may be allotted for the public financing of sports stadium facilities. And any net gains will come at the expense of taxpayers.

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