Bread and circuses. EBT cards and free 24/7 entertainment.
Free?!?! Last Orioles game I went to, $54!!! No, it wasn't a box seat. It was a seat that when I was going all the time in the late 70s-early 80s would have cost ~$5.
another perfect example how baseball same as the NFL is fucked up today by greed.
The NFL is the biggest circus of them all.I mean its one thing for a city like st louis to lose two DIFFERENT franchises but for a city to lose the SAME franchise TWICE as is the case in the OAKLAND Raiders and for it to be ALLOWED when they have the most loyal and dedicated fans in the world? they had a 20,000 waiting list of season ticket holders and have sold out the last several years everygame.
as you can see in this video,st louis is suing the NFL for violating relocation rules.they wont be able to get the team back of course but if they win the case,they will be rewarded millions in damages which i hope they are successful at. matter of fact the cities of san diego and oakland are joining forces with st louis talking to each other about suing the league.
this could be a huge embarrassment for the league if they lose because san diego and oakland have an even MUCH stronger case against the NFL because the NFL rules state the the owners have to work with the city to try and get something done to try and stay in their respective cities.they are suing to keep their name and logo and are prepared to take this to the supreme court if they have to.
the city of OAKLAND has a VERY strong case against the NFL because mark davis never once tried to get anything done in oakland as the NFL relocation guildlines state you have to,same with dan spanos of the chargers,the mayor of SD wanted to talk to the chargers but he refused to ever come to the table.He complained in the papers how he was never coming to the table trying to get anything done in san diego .and Davis was even MUCH worse in oakland.
after the rams left LA in 95 and the oilers a year later in 96 for much smaller markets the NFL in 97 drew up much tougher relocation guildlines you have to follow to prevent a team from leaving to a smaller market,well the NFL has violated that recently approving the raiders move to vegas because they are going from the 6th biggest media market to the 44th.
Just because the raiders have been given permisson to relocate,I would not be so confidant that the move happens. If this goes to court which is what will happen if the owners dont come to their sense and tell davis and spanos to go back to SD and oakland,this will be a major black eye on the NFL because it was one thing to take the chargers out of san diego but taking the raiders out of oakland,thats a crime you just dont do because they have a national following around the country and are only thought of as the OAKLAND Raiders.
the NFL if they dont wise up and change their ruling,are going to find that out very soon that sports fans across the country dont see the raiders as the raiders unless they play in OAKLAND.
and I am not even a raiders fan obviously.
taking the raiders out of oakland,you just dont do that,thats like taking the yankees out of new york or the cowboys out of dallas and moving to florida.you just dont do that.
the identity of the yankees,cowboys and the raiders,teams that are national brands is their CITY. A fact many idiots around here just dont get.
I never once thought the NFL would be stupid enough to approve the raiders going to vegas but i overlooked one important fact.GREED.This was all done just so the NFL owners could line their pockets with a lot more money getting rick from relocation fees they all paid.every owner got 15 million a piece everytime from each location.
the NFL is the biggest circus of them all with baseball not too far behind now as the OP demonstrated so well in his post of tickets that used to be just $5.oo back in the 70's and 80's now being over a &100.00
give me college football and college baseball anyday of the year where the game is not corrupt by greedy selfish asshole owners who dont care about history and tradition.
with universitys,you know THEY wont be moving.
