“So no, nothing would be better without the NFL, it would be all the same problems, only with a different league.”
I failed to add in all the other Alphabet Soup Sports “Associations.” These are private businesses. They should not be allowed to gain access to places to “Play” by having the taxpayers finance them. I like motorsports, but I don’t see anyone getting the public to pay for those venues. Bruton Smith owns the Charlotte Motor Speedway (NASCAR). He came out here to California and bought Sears Point Raceway out of bankruptcy, has spent millions of his own money to make it a world-class facility and had to battle with the local dairies and wineries over the noise. But it’s a big time money maker and no government money was involved.
Companies work deals. Sports teams are by no means the only companies that work deals with local governments to get free or cheap access. Looked at how Toyota decides where to build a plant lately? NASCAR gets plenty of public funding and tax breaks, that’s the nature of business.