March 26, 2009
"Good, because charging full price for preseason games is a total ripoff, man. Those games totally suck!"
Let me be blunt: the NFL will charge whatever they want for the preseason games, and so long as somebody pays it, it's not too much, and the price is not a rip-off. If you feel spending for preseason games is a waste of money, use the tried-and-true method that other consumers use with the Shamwow, New Coke, and the Segway Scooter: don't buy the damn thing.
But please, spare me the faux-populist outrage against "exorbitant" ticket prices. For one thing, most of the simpering nimrods doing the bitching can't even spell exorbitant. For another, nobody forces you to go to preseason games. In fact, if they suck so bad, you should be thankful to have a reason not to attend.
If the NFL started auctioning off used jock straps (complete with ball sweat!) on E-Bay, I'd not only steer clear but have to clean my E-Bay account with bleach. But you know that some wannabe's somewhere is willing to pay $110 plus shipping and handling for a used TO jock strap. Maybe even more if it was worn in a big game, or had authentic "battle stains" on it.
And that is right, and good, and the natural state of capitalism. Exercising our economic liberty to make stupid choices about sporting events and memorabilia is a form of freedom, and we should encourage people to do that.
Because freedom in abundance is never a bad thing.
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Posted by: alexthechick at March 26, 2009 02:09 PM (SHHaV)
My neighbor has a Segway. He used to ride it to get his mail (the mailbox is in front of my yard, and he's my next door neighbor.
...but it was kind of fun to learn to ride it. Not however-many-grand-it-cost kind of fun, mind you. (And NOT to get the mail: just up-and-down the block a few times.)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: fairwhether at March 26, 2009 02:17 PM (uCShA)
I agree with the "looked fun but not in a however-many-grand-it-cost kind of way" statement. That's why I never spent however many grand it cost.
That, and the rollout was just a tad bit overhyped.
Posted by: plebian at March 26, 2009 02:20 PM (7QsPc)
I do find ticket prices to pro sports games outrageous, but only in the sense that I can't believe what people are willing to pay to see one. Same for most concerts. I've long since been priced out of both, but that's the nature of capitalism, and it's not something I'd ever whine about.
Of course, my personal price to go see an NBA game is about $0.75. If I want to see a game with no rules played by a bunch of thugs, I'll just pop in my copy of Rollerball (the original, of course).
Finally, these whiners should shut up, as they all watch ESPN, which is priced so outrageously that it's subsidized by in the overall cable package. One of these days a cable company is going to get smart and break ESPN out of the basic cable package. That'll give them something to really whine about, and the rest of us more options on how to spend our viewing dollars.
Posted by: Hermit Dave at March 26, 2009 02:21 PM (WhFvm)
Heck, pre-season games are the only ones I can afford tickets for. Have been to several and they were a lot of fun.
Got some sham-wows too, so take that for what's it worth.
Posted by: Robert E at March 26, 2009 02:21 PM (13vXO)
Let's focus like a laser on the important part - do they work?
Posted by: alexthechick at March 26, 2009 02:42 PM (SHHaV)
If you have season tickets you have to buy the pre-season games.
And if you want to go to a Giants game in NJ or a Foreskins game in MD, you have to have season tickets or buy from a season ticket holder. And they charge you for the pre-season tickets in the price of the regular season.
There's usually 2 pre-season games, so they take the $100+ and spread it among the tickets for the regular season.
Saying that, I don't know if I like the idea.
It takes a while to get ready for football, so all they're doing is making the preseason games count.
Look for the first two weekends of every season to be pretty darn lame. It'll screw with bettors because the first two games won't necessarily be a good measure of how good the teams are, just like the first game now.
Posted by: Veeshir at March 26, 2009 02:42 PM (zXUuJ)
They work surprisingly well. I like to keep one in the bathroom. It cleans up glass shower doors nicely. They'd no doubt make short work of jockstrap sweat too.
Posted by: Robert E at March 26, 2009 04:16 PM (13vXO)
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