True fans = true dopes
So-called “true sports fans” are fools.If a team sucks for years, fans need to stay away and watch on TV instead of paying good money to watch perennially bad teams if they ever want their teams to improve. Take, for example, the Chicago Cubs, the New York Knickerbockers....or the Los Angeles Kings.
A Facebook fan asked me, if I felt that way about “true fans”, why do I have Kings hockey season tickets? I don't have Kings tickets anymore because it is an economic decision. Just as the Kings feel players such as Alexander Frolov or Michael Cammalleri are too expensive and make economic decisions to subsequently let them go, I have made an economic decision and decided that the 35% ticket price increase the Kings imposed was not worth it for the product I was seeing.
I am still a fan and I have many, many friends at AEG (the company that owns the Kings, LA Live and Staples Center), and I watch the Kings in HD every chance I get, which is most games.The Kings have, of course, every right to make whatever financial decisions they feel prudent and, as a new business owner myself, I totally understand. But, as a consumer, I have decisions to make too, and $7.50 for a hot dog, $11 for a good beer and a 35% increase in ticket prices is just too much to pay, even if I can afford it. I believe that fans should pay up if they are getting a quality product, but one first round playoff exit in eight years does not, in my mind, justify these prices. That doesn't make me a "bandwagoner": it makes me a smart consumer.
My position now is to watch regular season games on the flat screen and then, when they put a superior product out there, reward my teams economically in the postseason. No hard feelings about it...I still love watching the Kings and thinking about my many years of fun going to the games. But it's nothing like seeing the Lakers win still another championship. I paid $900 per ticket to sit in the 2nd row and watch the Lakers win Game 7 and I was happy to pay because I got more than I paid for.
Makes sense, doesn't it?
Bad teams
Dont forget the worst sports team of all time:
Detroit Lions. Go check the records. Of all time of all sports worldwide.
true fans=true dopes
If you haven't already, read Joe Queenan's True Believers: the tragic inner life of sports fans.
Scott A. Willis
Economic Reasoning
Paying for hockey tickets or paying 4 ex-wives? You decide who's the idiot.
lol he didn't have to pay the
lol he didn't have to pay the ex-wives anything. He got prenups by the time he had money. Now who sounds dumb.
Who pays four ex-wives?
Who pays four ex-wives?
Allahu Akbarred
A Muslim man that got divorced in America!
Fans or Dopes
Tom I agree for your reasoning for not spending another dime on the Kings.Unitl the Kings owners prove they are serious about putting a good product on the ice I, wouldnt spend another dime either.
You have owners like Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling. He's a "LA Guy".
The Clippers have to be one if the not "THE" poorest runned professional franchises in sports.
No clear direction whatsoever. They have to overpay to get players to play for them.
They have a chance to get Lebron James arguebly the face of the NBA.who hasn't even entered his prime yet.
They have yet to name a head coach. Hell do they have a GM going into the draft?
I think most Clippers fans are Clipper fans either beacuse they can't afford Laker tickets, Or despise the Lakers much like baseball fans outside on NY hate the Yankees.
Owners Like Jerry Buss and Angels owner Arte Moreno get it.
Sterling needs to pulls his head out of his ass and move to Orange County and establish their own identity.
Why pay for garbage?
I agree. Why reward a franchise when they produce garbage. It only enables them to continue producing more garbage. Reward your team with your attendance when they start putting out a winning product. Look at the Cubs. They could be the worst team in baseball and still sell out that "beer garden" (Wrigley). If people stopped going to the games, then maybe they would be motivated to get a winning team. I am a Wrigley fan, but not a Cubs fan. Love the ballpark, but the whole Cub fan aura is nauseating to a real sports fan. Put out a good product, and people will show up. In the mean time, stay home and watch your Kings on TV (although they did make the playoffs this year). btw..... I can only imagine the BlackHawks won't have any problem selling tickets next season.
MLB
MLB is an illegitimate league, and here's why........ There's no salary cap. Low budget teams can be dismantled by high budget teams. For example let's take the Milwaukee Brewers. Last year they lost Mike Cameron to the BoSox because they couldn't afford to pay him 10 million per year anymore. The BoSox could, and the BoSox can afford a much higher payroll in general than the Milwaukee Brewers. Simply stated, the Boston market is bigger, thus there's more revenue to support higher salaries. Put a salary cap on baseball, and then it will be a legitimate league. Each team will be playing on a level playing field, and the 'way' teams acquire players will be fair and level.
I got nothing against Boston or any other team. It's the league rules that have created an illegitimate league. Going to a baseball game to me is still enjoyable. I still enjoy watching the individual accomplishments of athletes. I also enjoy watching broads walk around in tank tops in the heat of a summer night. ohhh ya!
Cubs
Although you are right, there is, however, a difference when it comes to the Cubs. Chicago Cubs fans aren't really fans of the Cubs, they're fans of spending a precious summer day at Wrigley. They could really be called Wrigley fans. Although, yes, this enabling behavior does support bad baseball, I don't think anyone in Chicago cares. They simply can't believe it's warm out.
Right
You are 100% right and that is why I have never been to a Kings game or Galaxy game, I love soccer its not worth it and the Kings, well you said it.....now Lakers I have gone to regular games and playoffs and if I could I would buy season tickets, LAKERS !!!! CHAMPS THREEPEAT one more time.
See ya
So you have supported the Kings through their worst stretch in history but when they finally have a team that is competitive, you decide to stay home and watch on TV. How many times have you watched them blow leads or just plain suck in the last 10 years? Now that they are finally worth seeing, you will not be there. Sure, you will be seeing it on the big screen but hockey is a sport that demands to be seen LIVE and in peson. Too bad you won't be there. Why not sneak in a flask of vodka and get a free coke from the designated driver lady and spike it? Works for me!
worth
A team is not worth seeing if they have not won anything, I mean come on lets be honest they have sucked for ever......
Sports Tickets
I agree. I haven't paid for any tickets to any sporting event in over 10 years now. During much of that time, I received free tickets with free parking to Clippers, Lakers, Dodgers and Angels games about 10 times per year through our vendors. That is the only time I would think of going. In fact, I usually got 4 game tickets. Yes, I would normally invite 1 person to go and scalp the other 2 tickets at the event site and use that money for food and drink. ... Otherwise, I follow sports via my flat screen HDTV in the comfort of my living room
wtf
You don't make any sense,
I agree!
With how bad the economy hit my family it has made it hard for me to take my son to any sporting event. I can afford the ticket. But I can't seem to leave any stadium without us dropping 100.00 on food and drinks! But hey, we still have fun watching from the privacy of our home. That and I can drink beer while we watch since I don't have to drive home!
ok....
What does the price of food have to do with his post.....................
I know..
.. that was confusing for my friend that I don't know: Lots o' money for those who have none.. (2) Those who have it, need to walk on shells...Friggin', sucks but livin' in the sububurbs makes it easiesr...(3) hope your son/daughter can type because their old man's back hurts....