As I digest the departure of the White Sox for Glendale in return for $5 million, as I understand it, there are no teams looking to relocate, so the White Sox promise to look for another team to come here is empty. Besides, what's the penalty? Nada.
And so much for airtight contracts with penalty clauses signed off on by the County Attorney. The Board settles for $5 million instead of the many millions more they owe on paper, and they downplay the financial impact of spring training, claiming now that it's minimal while previously they told us that it was a mighty economic engine worth millions and millions of dollars. Also,now that the county didn't litigate against the White Sox, the Rockies and D'Backs see the county as chumps and will slide on out of here relatively cheaply. As it is, the Phoenix papers are reporting that as soon as the decision was made by the Board of Supervisors, the Rockies and D-Backs were already working together to find a site that would work for both clubs.
Notice, too, that the Supervisors and County Attorney managed to get this decision delayed until AFTER the election.
Finally, Tucson has little to show for its forays into pro sports over the past 15 years. The elected officials and top administrators need to realize that this is predominantly a U of AZ sports town, and if the U of AZ offers the sport, people aren't going to patronize pro baseball, basketball, or hockey. TEP is the largest money pit around here apart from Rio Nuevo.
Memo to voters: Time to hold the elected officials behind these boondoggles accountable.
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