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ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens said Monday he opposes taxpayer money to help build a new soccer stadium in St. Louis, calling the project nothing more than welfare for millionaires.Greitens comments, in an email statement, were made a day before the Missouri Development Finance Board is expected to vote Tuesday on a request to approve $40 million in state tax credits for the stadium.Plans for the new $200 million downtown stadium proposed by the group SC STL were unveiled in November as part of an effort to attract a Major League Soccer expansion team to St. Louis. In addition to state tax credits, the stadium is contingent on St. Louis voters approving $80 million in public funding in an April vote. The city would own the stadium and lease it to the MLS team in a 30-year agreement.Im opposed to spending taxpayer money to build a soccer stadium in St. Louis, Greitens, a Republican, said in his statement. This project is nothing more than welfare for millionaires. Right now, because of reckless spending by career politicians, we cant even afford the core functions of government, let alone spend millions on soccer stadiums. This back-room wheeling and dealing is exactly what frustrates Missourians. This type of politics as usual is coming to an end.Greitens, who defeated Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster in the November election, doesnt take office until Jan. 9. It wasnt immediately clear what action he could take once in office to remove tax credits if they are approved by the finance board. Messages left with a Greitens spokesman were not returned.Outgoing Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, has expressed support for state funding. MLS Commissioner Don Garber met with Nixon and potential investors during a visit to St. Louis last year. MLS has expressed interest in St. Louis as a site for future expansion, though no timetable has been established.A spokesman for SC STL said the group had just learned of Greitens statement and declined immediate comment.The current proposal would mean that taxpayers pay 60 percent of the stadium cost. SC STL has said it would pay the remaining 40 percent, along with league fees expected to be at least $150 million, any construction overrun costs and maintenance fees over the life of the lease. The group has estimated the combined cost of building a stadium and acquiring a team at $405 million.Critics of public funding for stadiums point to the dome that housed the St. Louis Rams during their two-decade stay before returning to Los Angeles this season. The dome, now empty except for occasional convention and sports uses, was paid for entirely with public money, a debt that wont be paid off for several years.A competing group also interested in building a soccer stadium has offered to join forces to eliminate the need for public financing, but SC STL has declined comment on the joint venture proposed by Foundry St. Louis.The open-air stadium would have 20,000 seats with the ability to expand to 28,500. It would sit next to St. Louis Union Station on land currently owned by the Missouri Department of Transportation.Cheap Air Max 95 Free Shipping . - The Washington Redskins have cut defensive lineman Adam Carriker and punter Sav Rocca. 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Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later.The Toronto Blue Jays signed free-agent slugger Steve Pearce to a two-year, $12.5 million deal, the team announced Monday.Pearce batted .288 with 13 home runs and 35 RBIs in 302 plate appearances last season with Tampa Bay and Baltimore. Pearce, 33, was traded to the Orioles in August for a minor leaguer. It was his second stint with Baltimore, having also played there from 2012 to 15 before being released.?He had forearm surgery in September.Pearces best season came in 2014 with the Orioles when he hit .293 with 21 homers and 49 RBIs. Pearce has played all over the diamond, spending time at first base, second basee, third base and both corner outfield positions.dddddddddddd.The Blue Jays had holes to fill since both Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are free agents. Encarnacion, an All-Star who led the AL in RBIs with 127 last season, is drawing the most interest around the league, and sources tell ESPN that the Pearce deal likely shuts the door on Encarnacion returning.Toronto had already signed designated hitter?Kendrys Morales this offseason. ??ESPNs Buster Olney contributed to this report. ' ' '