Final Comments on Tennis Club Prior to RIOC Board Meeting

I am putting this last post on Tennis Club license agreement prior to today's RIOC Board meeting in the hope that some Board members will at least consider postponing voting on this issue if not outright rejecting it. The post consists of two reader comments and my response. I had hoped to include RIOC's response to questions that I sent them last week but they have not been received as of the time of this post.
A reader responds to those who are not satisfied with the tennis club's resident discount policy or lack thereof:

Roosevelt Island has got to be the only neighborhood in the city where residents expect discounts from businesses because they live nearby. Sheesh!

Another reader:

If my understanding is correct, Sport Park was build and should be used primarily for community and by community. For all these years RIOC was managing it by keeping it closed and unused most of the time. Even swim team was organized and run by volunteers if I have my facts straight. And now SP would be given to "tennis" people to add tennis courts? Is that what RI needs or this is what makes their pockets deeper? Are there any conditions being discussed by Board of Directors to protect existing programs and help them to grow and advance?
The reasons provided initially in the blog on why extension of Tennis club is proposed/required are just laughable. New buildings require more courts. Who are you kidding, really?

My response:

To be fair, the discounts discussed in regard to the Tennis courts were first raised by supporters of the tennis court expansion, as well as RIOC, in their attempt to justify what may be a tremendously below market license deal with the current tennis club operators.The complaints by Roosevelt Island residents regarding discounts were done in response to these apparently inflated claims.

Image is from Darwin's Game Closet.