Here is a lovely column by what I would suspect is an intelligent man, he's a professor at George Washington University, but he's a misguided idiot when it comes to his beloved Cubbies.
First off, reading your column makes it sound like you care more about Wrigley field than winning. That's pathetic. If you care more about your stadium than the team, stop caring about sports.
Second, Ricketts only brought up moving because the stupid alderman is being a pain in the ass. Its not Ricketts fault the previous ownership idiotically signed a profit sharing agreement with the rooftop owners. Those owners are paying a paltry 17% to make money off the Cub's product. They're bitching they're going to lose their view.
I say, who cares? Do you want your team to win? Do you want to win a World Series? That takes money.
The Cubs might be the most profitable because they have worked diligently to cut their bloated payroll to build for the future. But profitability doesn't equal success. The Pirates and Royals are consistently profitable and they suck. Though, at least in the Royals case they're trying of late.
But honestly sir, why do you care about a stupid decrepit stadium? The place is a shithole. It was a shithole when I was 10 years old, its a shithole now. You have a history of not winning there that stretches back almost a century and you're worried about a stadium?
Seriously, stop being a Cubs fan. You sum up everything wrong with their century of futility. In fact, stop caring about sports if you don't want your team to win, because that's what the Cubs are trying to do, build a winner.
Oh, and Go Cards and Go Sox.
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