I would, however, buy Magic tix if I could afford them AND could make at least 80% of the games.

I have a friend who works for them, so it’s usually easier for me to go that route.

can’t wait to see if my work will still have the drawings for white sox, kane county cougar, and joliet jackhammer games. they’ve cut everything else, won’t be surprised if they gave up the tix too

Every league has a salary cap, and no professional athlete playing a team game is allowed to make more than $10M per season. Period. Every year the number would go up or down based on the total league revenues. With players’ salaries dropped, owners could no longer justify ridiculous ticket/parking/concession prices and still expect to see sell-out crowds.

As an added bonus, it would increase competitiveness in leagues, because with a hard salary cap teams couldn’t just go out and get 10 guys at the max contracts if they needed to fill 15 spots.

Now, it’ll never happen without some sort of collusion between the teams owners of all four major professional leagues deciding to lock out their players at the same time (in which case ESPN would implode… so possibly another bonus).

And finally, with all of the money that is spent on sporting events freed up for the “average” consumer could be pumped back into other economic sectors. Sure, people might just save more money, or maybe they’d just goto more games. But the money would move around somehow.

That’s my platform for President in 2020 – I’m running on the Sports Ticket.

When I lived in Boston, if I wanted to catch a game live I’d call some buddies and head for the park. Admittedly, I have a good job with no family to support, so it was easier for me to go scalp some grandstand seats for $100.

But for the average family now, going to the ballpark is a once a year treat – max – because teams keep raising prices to afford players. And they get away with it because they know there’s always somebody willing to jump on that season ticket package if it gets opened up by a fan that can no longer afford it.

Personally, I much prefer sitting at home in front of a bigscreen HD TV, with surround sound speakers and a well-stocked home bar and fridge. The experience is just about the same, especially if you have a handful of friends around. Plus I don’t drop $350 during the day on tickets, transportation, parking & concessions.