And the profits privatized.

Just finished writing a post comment about this exactly. That is the problem.

Absolutely tax the billionaires.

The part I hate is that a host city shouldn't have any obligations for a privately owned team. The owners get tax breaks and other concessions for building complexes that will be completely private facilities afterwards. Owners and owner groups can easily afford to fund all of this themselves but gain favors by playing on the opportunity for the city to have a sports franchise.

While area businesses may benefit from the presence of a sports team, the general public ends up financing a good chunk with at best marginal returns.

Minors can legally own shares of a private company.

I'm not saying THIS child does... and out of EVERYONE on the list that kid is entirely morally absolved anyways by virtue of being a little kid.

But, they can own shares.

Are we sure he didn't gift them something like .1% of the team just for this? I don't believe that has to be disclosed.

Don't they remove the strips and add blank ones? Or was that a different trophy.

Edit: it's not even the first time it happened. According to Wikipedia:

Peter Pocklington, then-owner of the Edmonton Oilers, put his father's name, Basil, on the Stanley Cup in 1984. Because Basil had no affiliation with the Oilers or the NHL at all, the league had his name stricken

Ah okay. That really puts the "mildly" in this post, I suppose. 😅

The first time I read this, my brain automatically parsed "metal bands" as musicians. And now I think Gwar should really implement this system to commemorate all of its various lineups.

it's the same trophy, they pass it along every year.

and it's tradition that each player gets to spend a day with the cup. because of this, the trophy has gone through some wild rides... someone got drunk and dented it... someone got drunk and left it on the side of the road. Someone baptised their child in it (and i believe the child peed in it)

crazy stories.