Thursday, September 22
Red River Shootout may depart Dallas
Looks like the Red River Shootout may not be a permanent fixture in Dallas. School officials at UT and Oklahoma have seen repeated requests to Dallas city officials to fix up the Cotton Bowl rebuffed, and are consequently considering a switch from the neutral site to a home-home format.
Nothing would happen until after 2008 at the earliest, and I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this yet. On the one hand, it's true: the Cotton Bowl is a dump. And, to some extent, I'm sympathetic toward the desire to make as much money as possible (don't kid yourself; that's what this is about). Now, on the other hand, while I'm no hyper-traditionalist, I do think it's nice that the game's played on a neutral site, where both teams' fans get to come in droves to see what is usually their team's biggest game of the year. Furthermore, I think it's especially nice that the Texas players only have to travel to that horrid state of Oklahoma once every two years--to play Oklahoma State. Why place undue burden on these poor young kids?
--PB--
Nothing would happen until after 2008 at the earliest, and I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this yet. On the one hand, it's true: the Cotton Bowl is a dump. And, to some extent, I'm sympathetic toward the desire to make as much money as possible (don't kid yourself; that's what this is about). Now, on the other hand, while I'm no hyper-traditionalist, I do think it's nice that the game's played on a neutral site, where both teams' fans get to come in droves to see what is usually their team's biggest game of the year. Furthermore, I think it's especially nice that the Texas players only have to travel to that horrid state of Oklahoma once every two years--to play Oklahoma State. Why place undue burden on these poor young kids?
--PB--
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I dont think they will move it, they are just trying to play hardball to get some imporvments made to the staduim. But if they do, what about playing where the Cowboys play?
I think that the main reason is that voters and there for Politicians don't look at long term benefits. The nationals are in DC, for now, but they are still argueing about who is going to pay for it.
Travis,
The situation is a little more complex than that. Everyone wants their team to win, but no one wants to spend the money to get the best facilities in a salary-capped market. Most teams lose money for their owners, but help the city makes money due to tourism. If a city does like Denver did and help finance a neighborhood with the stadium it will help revitalize the neighborhood and get revenue back from what they paid for. Dallas had a perfect opportunity to help revitalize a neighborhood that obviously needed help. Jones had a desire to move back to Dallas proper, and they could have negotiated a good deal, possibly gotten a BCS bowl, and turned their city around. Now the state fair will probably leave once UT vs. OU and the Cotton Bowl leave and a blighted area will only get worse. No one wants to give tax breaks to people who don’t need it for no reason, although some people where I live might differ with that statement, but some times it is the best way to help start up a stagnate economy, as long as it is coupled with programs to help the surrounding neighborhoods at the same time.
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The situation is a little more complex than that. Everyone wants their team to win, but no one wants to spend the money to get the best facilities in a salary-capped market. Most teams lose money for their owners, but help the city makes money due to tourism. If a city does like Denver did and help finance a neighborhood with the stadium it will help revitalize the neighborhood and get revenue back from what they paid for. Dallas had a perfect opportunity to help revitalize a neighborhood that obviously needed help. Jones had a desire to move back to Dallas proper, and they could have negotiated a good deal, possibly gotten a BCS bowl, and turned their city around. Now the state fair will probably leave once UT vs. OU and the Cotton Bowl leave and a blighted area will only get worse. No one wants to give tax breaks to people who don’t need it for no reason, although some people where I live might differ with that statement, but some times it is the best way to help start up a stagnate economy, as long as it is coupled with programs to help the surrounding neighborhoods at the same time.
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