| | The suffocating debt left by the billionaire owner of the Rams cuts into things like funding police protection, which St. Louis badly needs. | | The suffocating debt left by the billionaire owner of the Rams cuts into things like funding police protection, which St. Louis badly needs. |
| − | Meanwhile, the Rams' owner declared at the time that his new stadium would not be funded by taxpayers. But since then the costs of the new Rams' stadium have ballooned to $5 billion, for which the Rams' owner has demanded that the NFL help him cover.<ref>https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/05/15/report-rams-ask-nfl-for-another-500m-in-sofi-stadium-financing/</ref> The NFL, in turn, shakes down taxpayers for its monies, including looting them in connection with each [[Super Bowl]], also known as "Super Subsidy.". | + | Meanwhile, the Rams' owner declared at the time that his new stadium would not be funded by taxpayers. But since then the costs of the new Rams' stadium have ballooned to $5 billion, for which the Rams' owner has demanded that the NFL help him cover.<ref>https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/05/15/report-rams-ask-nfl-for-another-500m-in-sofi-stadium-financing/</ref> The NFL, in turn, shakes down taxpayers for its monies, including looting them in connection with each [[Super Bowl]], also known as "Super Subsidy." |
| | Without billions in taxpayer funding to prop up the NFL, it would not exist. And St. Louis could then afford good police protection. | | Without billions in taxpayer funding to prop up the NFL, it would not exist. And St. Louis could then afford good police protection. |