March 31, 2003

Packers Fans Don't Donate

Wisconsin taxpayers aren't donating their refunds to the Green Bay Packers. A local accountant told S.I. his clients haven't even mentioned it. It must be because few people know they can do it. Packers fans are rather weird. A few years ago a whole bunch of them bought shares of the team that can't appreciate in value. It was, in essence, a donation. Why fans would buy worthless shares but not donate their tax return makes little sense unless fans didn't know about the latter.

This check-off might not have been necessary if the Packers jacked up ticket prices to pay for the renovation of Lambeau Field. We wouldn't have the check-off and the burden on Green Bay/Brown County taxpayers would have been reduced.

"Limit to Their Love"