[cferneyh]

man you are a pessimist, the deal to go to kansas was better for mario if he was only interested in lining his pockets. for the team to survive anywhere they needed a new rink, whether it was in pitt or wherever else. mario has staved off extinction of this team 3 times now, so if he finally gets some reward for his risk, good on him. i ask you cfer, if you were mario, would you sell the team now? i thought not

Uh, would Mario own the rink in KC? No. So in PIT he gets a free $300 million rink, courtesy of taxpayers. It was never about Mario "saving the franchise". It was always about Mario getting a fat ROI on his investment.