[RFC_Gal]

Is the search really causing your rights to be taken away? Yes. Now if this was private property it would be different, but it isn't. The stadium appears to be own and ran by the government so different rules apply. Why not sell the stadium to a group of private investors?

[Sonny M]

Yes. Now if this was private property it would be different, but it isn't. The stadium appears to be own and ran by the government so different rules apply. Why not sell the stadium to a group of private investors?

I'd say sell it, but to me the question is, don't the bucs have a lease, and wouldn't their lease agreement have security measures wrtten into it, allowing searches, if the Bucs have a valid lease, can't they just re-write it, requesting that the cops do the searches, or at least, in their lease, ask for permission to do it themselves?

Leases, if written properly, can effectivly give the power of ownership over to the leasee.(think power of attorney type coverage).

[muawiyah]

These stadiums usually have a "rental/use" agreement that, in effect, makes them "private property" during the period scheduled for the event.

What that means is the judge in this case interfered with the rights of a private party, to wit, the team, to peaceably have and hold its property. I see a 5th amendment "taking" case here that could end up having the federal government pay the team for it's constructively "lost rent" for each and every game conducted under this judge's order.

No doubt the judge had this in mind as is personal donation to Tampa ~

[steve-b]

The stadium appears to be own and ran by the government so different rules apply. Why not sell the stadium to a group of private investors?

*** DING DING DING *** No more calls; we have a winner!

If the NFL wants to do things their way, they can do it on their own property -- and get their sticky fingers out of the taxpayers' wallets.