(09-22-2023, 11:12 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

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

(09-23-2023, 07:39 AM)Mowerguy Wrote: The question was phrased to produce the answer wanted.....simple as that.
Bogus survey 

Exactly correct.  

I live in Nassau County, so I don't think I get a vote in this.  But I just would hate to think that the residents in Jacksonville would be so short sighted to let the Jaguars leave the city, especially when it's clear that the franchise as really turned the corner.  Khan, who I used to be a major critic of, has shown that he's a really good owner.  He's finally got a good team in place that will keep the Jaguars relevant for at least 15 years, and now we want to pull the plug?  

It's just so short sighted.  It's frustrating to see people not understand that, while it kinda sucks that we taxpayers have to put up some investment into our city, the resulting taxes benefits the city in the long run.  This city needs to move into the 20th century, much less the 21st...  Backwards thinking has kept this city from really becoming a special place to live.

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