Others have said basically the same thing much fuller & more eloquently than I could, but here's my basic pair of Lincolns on the matter: - A city being allowed to cut public services & bump itself to one of the highest tax rates in the nation in order to subsidise a sports team is stupid. - The fact that this supposed deal that has been agreed relies upon continued subsidies from the city is frankly ridiculous. - The fact that all this effort is being put in to save a team who have NEVER turned a profit, and until this year hadn't ever won a playoff series either is just mind blowing. - This is Gary Bettman's NHL and he will deep in the cold, dead ground before he recognises that his Arizona Hockey ExperimentTM has failed. - IF, & that is one enormous if, they manage to find someone rich/dumb enough to put together a deal which allows the Coyotes to stay in Glendale based on private money & no subsidies, good on them, this isn't a rant about Southern hockey