At lunch-time today, I caught some of Mike Francesa on YES (around 12:30 pm). He was going on and on about the football Giants decision to sell personal seat licenses. I have to confess…before hearing Francesa…I had no idea that the Giants had made this call.
To the point Francesa made today: It’s insane to ask some 65-year old fan who has been going to Giants games since 1961 and who has managed to secure six field level season seats at the 45-yard line (as a result of his fan tenure) to now fork over $120,000 just for the right to buy these seats in the future. Basically, you’re just forcing this guy out.
I just hope that the government in New York stays on the Yankees case about not selling personal seat licenses. If not, the new Stadium will truly be stocked – but not with blue collar or middle-class fans. And, that just doesn’t seem right.
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June 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
It stinks, but the reality is that the Yanks are going ot grab as much cash as they possibly can get away with.
Regarding PSL’s, they don’t care where the $$ comes from, as long as they get it. And they will get their $$.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
You can count on the Yanks selling PSL’s or something dangerously close to it.
It does stink but that’s just how it goes. Also, I think you may want to be careful about your assumption that wealthy fans aren’t “true” fans. That’s not a fair characterization.
June 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
MJ – did I say that here, or, are you just beating an old horse to death?
June 27th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
MJ – did I say that here, or, are you just beating an old horse to death?
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You linked to the post (below), didn’t you? If you don’t want the horse beaten again, don’t take him back out of the barn.
http://waswatching.com/2007/12/18/yanks-future-artificial-players-artificial-fans/
I grant that in the comments you conceded the point. But it bears mentioning in case you forgot. After all, you’re always reminding us of things, right? It’s only fair.
June 27th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
~~~I grant that in the comments you conceded the point.~~~
And, yet, you drag up what I said before that. Not really fair, at all.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
And, yet, you drag up what I said before that. Not really fair, at all.
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Sort of like beating the “Cashman/Hughes suck” point over and over isn’t fair?
Come on now, I winked at you and everything.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
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