Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a website of some sort that purports to speak for, well, everyone save for perhaps the owner of Mack & Manco, released a study detailing which NFL teams take the most advantage of taxpayers. Why? Because stories like these get publicity for [insert group] that focuses on [insert issue which would otherwise go unnoticed by everyday Americans]. Sports is usually a good way to get people interested. See:

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Here’s what the study had to say about the Eagles using the citizens of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania to fund their stadium:

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Replacing a ramshackled stadium that was known as one of the rowdiest in all of pro sports and even housed a jail for a time was never going to be easy. But Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie made it particularly hard on taxpayers by forcing them to pay $188 million of the cost of replacing Veterans Stadium with Lincoln Financial Field.

In addition to a handout from the state of Pennsylvania, the Eagles also receive a regular subsidy from city taxpayers to manage the facility.

If Eagles fans are willing to boo Santa Claus while pelting him with snowballs during a halftime perfor- mance, Lurie and the state and local lawmakers who put taxpayers on the hook for nearly $200 million deserve similar treatment.

Poverty Rate before Stadium: 23.8% Poverty Rate after Stadium: 26% Median Income before Stadium: $41,087 Median Income after Stadium: $36,918 Cost to Taxpayers: $188 million

BOOOOOOOOOO.

You know what, though? Seeing the way some people use their government handouts (the bitchy lady last year in Giant paying with food stamps and talking to the cashier about her second home comes to mind), I have no problem when teams use taxpayer money to fund stadiums so long as they put a competitive product on the field for public consumption (which the Eagles do). Hell, I’d rather pay an extra $100 to fund some better food choices at The Linc than the stupid Berkheimer bill that never explains what it’s for.

Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s an Apple Keynote today and I have to go see what Tim Cook has to say so I can throw him GOBS of money that would be better placed in Baby Kyle’s college savings account.