Well, if you can't make money by selling tickets for a perennial losing team, you may as well change the logo so people will go out an buy the new look...
Gosh, I wish they would have saved the money they spent on the new look to buy a quarterback...
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Baseball Ticket Prices
As I read about Manny Ramirez's $45 Mil for two years worth of work I had to wonder how this will affect the average fan who goes to the game. I guess they could bump up the hot dogs to $8, soda for $7, beer for $10, etc, in addition to raising ticket prices. Hey, I am all for getting what money you can, and if the owners think they can afford to pay top dollar for players, that is great for the players.
Not so good for the fans however, but the owners and players are in for a rude awakening when we remember that baseball (and all sports) is a business and we are their customer. What do you do as a customer when you feel you are paying too much for goods or services? Yep, you don't buy it.
They should all heed what Derrick Hall, CEO for the Arizona Diamondbacks said in a recent Fortune Magazine article titled How the Arizona Diamondbacks are coping with the recession. He said "The big difference between now and 30 years ago is the fan has a choice between spending $15 for a ticket plus drinks, food (emphasis mine) or staying at home and having the best seat in the house ... with the high definition tv... that's scary."
Yes, it is. And with my DVR I can pause, rewind and fast forward through the commercial breaks!
Not so good for the fans however, but the owners and players are in for a rude awakening when we remember that baseball (and all sports) is a business and we are their customer. What do you do as a customer when you feel you are paying too much for goods or services? Yep, you don't buy it.
They should all heed what Derrick Hall, CEO for the Arizona Diamondbacks said in a recent Fortune Magazine article titled How the Arizona Diamondbacks are coping with the recession. He said "The big difference between now and 30 years ago is the fan has a choice between spending $15 for a ticket plus drinks, food (emphasis mine) or staying at home and having the best seat in the house ... with the high definition tv... that's scary."
Yes, it is. And with my DVR I can pause, rewind and fast forward through the commercial breaks!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hard to feel sorry for some people
Yeah, I know this sounds bad, but it is hard for me to give a "you know what" when a guy who just signed a contract for $2 mil tells the world he is almost broke Scott Eyre is the latest ballplayer to admit he's almost broke
Because he is a professional athlete, and his problem is due to the ongoing Stanford Ponzi scheme, I am going to state for the record that this guy can call the bank and get a break on his bills.
I am in complete disagreement with the writer of the article. I don't know, maybe I should care, but with lots of hard working people who have lost everything due to no fault of their own, I just have a hard time mustering up the energy to care about a bunch of spoiled rotten, greedy millionaires who are having a hard time for the next several days until their issues get resolved, especially when there are people who may NEVER recover financially from their set backs.
Because he is a professional athlete, and his problem is due to the ongoing Stanford Ponzi scheme, I am going to state for the record that this guy can call the bank and get a break on his bills.
I am in complete disagreement with the writer of the article. I don't know, maybe I should care, but with lots of hard working people who have lost everything due to no fault of their own, I just have a hard time mustering up the energy to care about a bunch of spoiled rotten, greedy millionaires who are having a hard time for the next several days until their issues get resolved, especially when there are people who may NEVER recover financially from their set backs.
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