Common Issues with Revenue Generated from Broadcasting Right
February 12, 2025
The modern banking system is considerably different from what the average person believes it to be. Banks are not institutional moneylenders. They do not simply collect money from people and lend them to others. Instead, banks in the modern world have the power to create money when they lend it out. The process by which […]
All of us have seen movies or have read novels wherein there are several witnesses who are describing the same crime scene. However, each of them describes the scene in different ways. This is because their experiences are colored with their own thought processes. This makes different people look at the same situation in different […]
In the previous articles, we have discussed the concept of convertible notes. We have also seen the various pros and cons of convertible notes. However, convertible notes are not the only hybrid security that can be used by startups if they want to raise funds. A Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator named “Y Combinator” has created […]
Private-public partnerships are a common mechanism used while creating infrastructure projects. In general, a public-private partnership involves a joint venture between a government body and a private corporation. However, there are several different ways in which it is possible for these two types of companies to collaborate. In some types of contracts, the government bodies […]
In many cases, IPOs are thought of as being underpriced. This means that as soon as the IPO is listed in the market, investor demand appears, and as a result, the price of the newly listed shares goes up. This is the situation that the issuing company, as well as the investment banker, wants to […]
In the previous article, we have already come across some of the reasons why the government should not encourage funding of stadiums that are to be used by private franchises.
We have already seen that the entire mechanism of government funding ends up being a regressive tax on the citizens of a particular city who end up subsidizing a particular team.
There are many people who do not clearly understand the economic rationale behind not building stadiums. However, they are well aware of the fact that a lot of professional sports franchises are owned by billionaires and if there was any possibility of obtaining a profit by running these facilities, then the franchise owners have enough resources to do so themselves.
The fact that some of these billionaires are insisting that public resources should be used to build the stadium can be considered evidence that the stadium is not a viable financial project.
However, in order to make the economic logic clearer, we need to spell out the exact logical fallacies in the muddled reasoning and obfuscation provided to the general public. The common arguments given in favor of government funding of such projects have been debunked below.
The bottom-level workers who work in the offices as well as at the stadiums are not paid much. Hence, the end result is that most of the money which is accumulated from fans of the team who are present in the city is sent to the bank accounts of these top personnel.
It is likely that most of the players as well as the management do not stay in the cities in which they play. It is also possible that they do not spend most of the money they receive as remuneration in the local economy. Hence, if a government builds a stadium, it is actually assisting the team in transferring their economic resources to other cities.
In the absence of such a stadium, the money would probably have been spent locally and would have helped local businesses. Hence, it can be said that not only does funding a stadium not help in creating economic wealth for the host city, but it can actually lead to the destruction of such economic wealth.
The additional money that they have not spent keeps on piling up on the balance sheet of these sporting franchises. This increases the notional value of these franchises which many billionaire owners are able to realize once they put the franchise up for sale.
Tourists who watch such matches generally do not visit the city primarily for sports events. Instead, most of the tourists are already in town for business purposes or to visit their family and end up visiting the stadium. Hence, it would not be appropriate to say that any additional revenue is generated on account of the presence of the stadium.
It has to be taken in relation to the other projects. As a result, there is almost no rationale for investing public money in stadiums. Public money needs to be invested either to obtain maximum returns or for social service.
If the money is being used to build stadiums, then the end result is that sub-optimal returns are being generated. Also, the government is not doing any public service by undertaking these projects. Instead, they are helping the rich become richer.
On the other hand, branding and image benefits are intangible and hence cannot be used to quantify the outcomes. The proponents of government funding in sporting facilities end up using this vagueness to their advantage.
The bottom line is that if billionaire owners as well as star players have to hold the local municipality at ransom and threaten to relocate to another city, then the project certainly isn’t a good investment.
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *