(09-22-2023, 06:52 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(09-21-2023, 10:36 PM)SamusAranX Wrote: Per PFT, Mark Lamping all but threatened the team would leave without a deal. Hope that was out of context

Mike Florio has been pushing the "Jags to London" scenario for quite a while.  What Lamping said is simply the truth.  To keep our team in Jacksonville, we need to have a new stadium or a major renovation, and it has to be partially funded by the city.  

What Lamping was responding to was a survey, with a question like, "Do you think the city should pay a billion dollars for the Jaguars to have a new stadium?"  A great majority of respondents said no.  Lamping said perhaps they should also have asked the question, "Do you want to keep the Jaguars in Jacksonville?"  Which Florio labeled a threat.  Maybe it was.  Who cares?

Dan Hicken on 1010 came up with a good analogy of that to illustrate what a leading question it was. 

He said, 'What if you asked these people if they no longer wanted to pay their mortgage. All would have answered with an emphatic "Yes". Now, what if they had asked if they wanted to no longer pay their mortgage BUT they would lose their homes?'  The answers would have changed dramatically. 

Yeah, this UNF "poll" is nothing but garbage to stir up sentiments and get their name out there.

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