Should all Professional sports teams be a community owned organization (like The Green Bay Packers)

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Should all Professional sports teams be a community owned organization (like The Green Bay Packers)

Sports teams are owned by individuals who can do what they want with the team, ie. move them or sell them...do you think these teams should be owned by the community that they play in(like the Green Bay Packers) with final decisions made by a group of shareholders and not a individual owner?

| Closed on 07/13/08 at 12:00AM
FanIQ Pts? No | NFL | Multiple Choice Opinion Poll

Tagged as: Fantasy

40 Fans
55%	a. Yes
45%	b. No

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#5 \| 163 days ago skunkymell (+)	+10 Allow the "tiny" city of Green Bay to be the only team in the NFL to be owned by the city. It has proven effective. Unlike the last answer, many fail to realize that the Green Bay Packers have won more NFL championships than any other team. Replace them championships with Super Bowls and there is no denying the fact that being publicly owned is not only a safeguard to prevent a middle-of-the-night move, but puts Green Bay a cut above the rest of the league!
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#1 \| 163 days ago YankeeDudeL (+)	Sure. It'll never happen, but it'd be nice. Yes
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#2 \| 163 days ago derms33 (+)	some teams would be in big trouble Yes
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#3 \| 163 days ago theshrewdone (+)	That would be a lovely thing to spend my tax money on...or maybe they could just not tax me and let Mr. Billionaire pay for it if he wants/thinks he can make money (which he will). No
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#4 \| 163 days ago danny_n94 (+)	Why should all teams be publiclly owned? The Packers have been that way since inception. The rest of the teams have been held by a single owner. I remember when the Nuggets were like that, they could not compete for more than division championships, plus when they were in ABA they could not even play in a big time stadium. Plus with how sports is now a public owned team would need shareholds with cash. I am not surprised the Packers went from 1967-1996 without a Super Bowl appearance because of that. No
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#5 \| 163 days ago skunkymell (+)	+10 Allow the "tiny" city of Green Bay to be the only team in the NFL to be owned by the city. It has proven effective. Unlike the last answer, many fail to realize that the Green Bay Packers have won more NFL championships than any other team. Replace them championships with Super Bowls and there is no denying the fact that being publicly owned is not only a safeguard to prevent a middle-of-the-night move, but puts Green Bay a cut above the rest of the league!
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#6 \| 163 days ago skunkymell (+)	(Edited by skunkymell) +5 So you think being a publicly owned team is why Green Bay didn't appear in a Super Bowl in the 70's and 80's....I thought other teams had dynasties back then....Steelers, Cowboys, 49er's, undefeated Dolphins, and Redskins! There are many teams that have never played in a Super Bowl, so I need to blame that on being privately owned!
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#7 \| 163 days ago danny_n94 (+)	Yes they have the most NFL titles, HOWEVER the majroty of those were before 1940. Being a public owned team has put them at a disadvantage. They are no the only "tiny" city. Green bay use to play half of their home game in Milwaukee. So in effect they were a state team. So dont tell me being publicly owned has not hurt them. If it didnt they would not have had to split their home games. (That stopped in 1993.) Not until the CBA was changed from the 1987 strike were the Packers even in competition for big name F/A's. Plus there are only 6 teams to never appear in a Super Bowl. (2 are expansion teams from 1995 adn 2002) No
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#8 \| 162 days ago fbfan1 (+)	+3 I like that it's just my Packers. Makes them unique! I completely agree with skunkymell! No
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#9 \| 160 days ago vindog (+)	+1 I think it would be awesome if a "community" could invest (buy stock) in their hometown team to the point of owning them. But it shouldn't be forced upon the "community" either to do so. No
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#10 \| 160 days ago taes17r (+)	+3 i speack littel english i need aid
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#	Name	FanIQ	Answer (Red= You Disagreed)
40	Anthonyg7575 07/12/2008 10:02PM		No
39	turfeater77 07/12/2008 07:44AM		Yes
38	Jahiegel 07/12/2008 02:39AM		No
37	BAMA1976 07/05/2008 01:32AM		Yes
36	dippy796 07/04/2008 09:00PM		Yes
35	BestofChicago 07/04/2008 01:21AM		No
34	Variant 06/27/2008 12:18AM		No
33	blocker5005 06/22/2008 05:02PM		Yes
32	dipakmookerjee 06/22/2008 02:07AM		Yes
31	EazyMan 06/22/2008 12:33AM		Yes
30	SignGuy 06/21/2008 12:30PM		Yes
29	bookiebuster 06/20/2008 07:27PM		No
28	Brainiac 06/17/2008 08:11PM		Yes
27	KSbengals 06/16/2008 08:26PM		No
26	mandisdad 06/16/2008 11:57AM		No
25	chino87 06/16/2008 11:12AM		No
24	vindog 06/16/2008 10:50AM		No
23	kain45 06/15/2008 11:52PM		No
22	skunkymel 06/15/2008 09:27PM		Yes
21	knpaulson 06/15/2008 09:22PM		Yes
20	dallasfan27 06/15/2008 06:24PM		No
19	Michael G 06/15/2008 05:03PM		Yes
18	Southern Lion 06/15/2008 03:11PM		Yes
17	Augie 06/14/2008 08:29PM		Yes
16	kramer 06/14/2008 07:45PM		No
15	Yossarian 06/14/2008 06:19PM		Yes
14	fbfan1 06/14/2008 03:20PM		No
13	gretadwards 06/14/2008 12:02PM		No
12	Nick S 06/13/2008 11:44PM		No
11	gau13 06/13/2008 10:15PM		Yes
10	ukcatfan383 06/13/2008 09:15PM		Yes
9	pogoowner 06/1