It's not just sports and it's not just major league. Have you checked out the price of college games lately? They said this morning the cheapest ticket for the Iowa Nebraska basetball game is $531. How many people ( including struggling students) can afford that? Taking the family; not likely. That's more than most people's monthly food budget. The price of supporting your favorite team/ artist is getting pretty high and cuts out many especially those with a fixed income or limited budgets., a big family. Entertainment is becoming more and more something else only for the wealthy and that's sad. My grandkids will never know the pleasure of sitting around on a blanket watching sports or bands. with a weekend pass. We really did live in the best times and didn't know how good it was until it was just a memory
You didn't even mention streaming channel costs. And how the MLB regional teams games are always blacked out! Who wants to watch a Rangers-Rockies game if the Cards-Cubs are on???
Thanks Tim, you are absolutely right, so many ways it's becoming so much more expensive and just plain complicated to be a fan. So bizarre to make a product so hard to consume.
Kathy is so right. I have an idea: profit sharing. Profit-sharing between owners and players is fair—but incomplete. Leagues like Major League Baseball benefit from public subsidies and loyal fans, so communities deserve a share too. Set aside affordable tickets, reinvest in neighborhoods, and cap exploitative pricing. The same principle applies across industries: if profits are shared at the top, they should also flow back to the people who make them possible. The public are like investors: they deserve an ongoing dividend payouts.
It's not just sports and it's not just major league. Have you checked out the price of college games lately? They said this morning the cheapest ticket for the Iowa Nebraska basetball game is $531. How many people ( including struggling students) can afford that? Taking the family; not likely. That's more than most people's monthly food budget. The price of supporting your favorite team/ artist is getting pretty high and cuts out many especially those with a fixed income or limited budgets., a big family. Entertainment is becoming more and more something else only for the wealthy and that's sad. My grandkids will never know the pleasure of sitting around on a blanket watching sports or bands. with a weekend pass. We really did live in the best times and didn't know how good it was until it was just a memory
That’s a really good point Kathy, and those are insane prices. $531!??
You didn't even mention streaming channel costs. And how the MLB regional teams games are always blacked out! Who wants to watch a Rangers-Rockies game if the Cards-Cubs are on???
Thanks Tim, you are absolutely right, so many ways it's becoming so much more expensive and just plain complicated to be a fan. So bizarre to make a product so hard to consume.
Kathy is so right. I have an idea: profit sharing. Profit-sharing between owners and players is fair—but incomplete. Leagues like Major League Baseball benefit from public subsidies and loyal fans, so communities deserve a share too. Set aside affordable tickets, reinvest in neighborhoods, and cap exploitative pricing. The same principle applies across industries: if profits are shared at the top, they should also flow back to the people who make them possible. The public are like investors: they deserve an ongoing dividend payouts.
I like this reinvestment idea! A Pohlad Dividend here in Minnesota would be great. Thanks as always Ralph!