Red Wings Generously Agree to Accept Huge Sums of Money From Public, by Bill Bradley, deadspin.com Jul. 21, 2014. In this case, “the pubic” means Detroit.
Since Detroit is bankrupt, that sounds like an intriguing headline. Check out the article — click on http://deadspin.com/detroit-scam-city-how-the-red-wings-took-hockeytown-fo-1534228789/1608278028/+bradleybill