Mayor Speaks About Mets Naming Rights

This morning on the John Gambling show (an archive is available on the nyc.gov website) Mayor Bloomberg was asked about his thoughts on naming the new Mets ball park after Jackie Robinson.

The Mayor spoke highly of Robinson, and that the honor would be appropriate, but he laid out the simple fact that who ever is willing to pay for the rights to name the stadium will have the final word. Mr. Bloomberg ended the point by saying that if a newspaper felt so strongly about calling the stadium "Jackie Robinson Stadium", then perhaps they should put up the money for the naming rights themselves. Touche Mr. Mayor, touche.