Are sports actually that enjoyable? Like I can get a lot of drugs for that much.
I have yet to see a sport that would be worth paying even 1/8th that price, even if i made 2x the money
I enjoy the experience of watching a game live. If you’ve never been to live professional sporting event in the states, the stadiums/arenas work really hard to make sure you’re entertained between the action on the field/court/rink. It’s fun once or twice a year, but I would never pay those prices even for pro.
I also like watching live sports on TV. That’s not all I like and I’m not a big SPORTS! guy, but I do enjoy watching my teams and I get excited for opening day in March and the first game of the regular season in September. I dont really follow college sports, and I gave up on the NBA a decade ago, and hockey doesn’t get enough OTA coverage for me to really follow it. My favorite is MLB. NFL is cool after all the Nationalism and Propaganda is over (I skip halftime shows too).
I’ve done lots of drugs in my life. There’s a time and place for those (college). I’m an adult now, so I don’t fuck around with much other than some beers here and there. Drugs have a way of becoming not a special activity and just a habit that needs feeding, at least for me and many others I’ve known (some who refuse to admit it).
The live sporting events that I’ve enjoyed most were when I volunteered to work at them, but they weren’t in stadiums(skiing, running, mountain biking). I don’t drink anymore, but getting stoned and watching nature documentaries has not gotten old, or taking some shrooms and going for a trail run is really fun.
Glad you still enjoy those things. I won’t stop you or try to take it away from you.
I really like minor league ball games – less expensive but still good ball games. And a real americana feel to me.
It blows my mind that this isn’t even for a professional league. College sports in the US are bonkers.
And the players get none of the money are are severely punished if anyone does anything to help them financially.
College sports should pay its own bill and players or it should exist.
That’s actually changed. They can pay college athletes now. UT’s quarterback gets over 5 million a year because of his family name (he’s actually a mediocre quarterback according to the numbers).
That’s no longer true, but it’s also breaking college sports to a degree - https://thenilstandard.com/guides/how-college-athletes-get-paid
To be honest, it needed to be broken. The previous system was terrible.
Born and raised in this country and here’s a whole side of the culture I am only peripherally aware of.
College ball parking spots going for $2500. Mind boggling. They could have built a light rail and had no parking at the stadium, but that would be unAmerican.
EDIT: Oh, I guess these are ticket prices that include a parking spot for one game? That’s even more insane. I thought it was season pass parking spots, like people rent parking spots in NYC.
Also seeing that this is gaining traction, just gonna leave this billboard here:
Thanks for the comm to block.
No way in hell I’d pay more than $100 for a football game, that is just rediculus!
As someone who’s not into sports at all, I’d not pay over $20, even that feels a lot. I do love music live shows and festivals but I’d not pay $100 for anything less than a 3 day festival with lots of good bands.
I’ve never understood how people can shell out that much for tickets to anything. Sit in uncomfortable seats for a couple hours then go home - what the hell is the attraction??
There are enough people for whom $1000 is like $20 for you to fill stadiums.
It’s a good gauge of changes in income inequality, because the supply is inelastic - the stadiums can’t expand to hold more people, but ticket prices can change according to what the top 1% are willing to pay.
Longhorns are a different breed man
yup. this is texas. the longhorns are the pros.
Haha oh let me really blow your mind - this is for an NCAA game. These ticket prices aren’t even for pro team.
There is no sport, pro, college or otherwise that is worth that price to watch a game.
College football is generally only behind the NFL on ratings. This was also in Texas, where some highschool teams get attendance numbers that are comparable to pro baseball.
I live in Indiana. One of our “bragging rights” is that ten of the top twelve largest high school basketball arenas are here. The largest can sit about 8,500.
While I’m having trouble finding a definitive nationwide list, the tenth largest high school football stadium in Texas can fit nearly double that.
‘gas is so expensive 😡’
same people:
‘my brand 🤑’
It’s partially true but this is just the avocado toast “argument” behind a mask
“To the capitalist, every luxury of the worker seems to be reprehensible, and everything that goes beyond the most abstract need – be it in the realm of passive enjoyment, or a manifestation of activity – seems to him a luxury.”
who pays for this
These are last minute scalpers’ prices, so idiots pay for this.
Not poor people
Because of cropping, my brain read the team name as Chungusorns.
The answer is to stop buying them.
I don’t go to these type of events. Can anyone explain me if there is an actual difference between a 1k, 3k or 7k ticket which all seem to be in a similar non centralized area.
Maybe that section is close enough to smell matthew mcconaughey
Gods above, WTF?
