| The costs to see a Major League Sports Competition | | | | fans see this move a extortion? |
| is getting to be too high and as the United States dollar | | | | Should fans boycott? Some say yes, others say, if |
| slips to all time lows, it is much harder on a family to | | | | they do, that will lower ticket prices, so that is good. |
| frequent these events. Many fans are upset that their | | | | Are professional athletes paid too much money, what |
| tickets cost so much and they realize that a | | | | is the right amount, how can we be sure? Each year |
| percentage of the tickets that they pay for goes to | | | | new records are broken as to the most highly paid |
| the athletes, many of which are obviously worth | | | | athletes, much higher than inflation, are they really |
| seeing. | | | | worth that much? Apparently the free market says |
| At some point however, there comes a time when the | | | | they are, because teams continue to pay more and |
| cost of tickets becomes a factor of the reality of | | | | more for them. |
| supply and demand. Is A-Rod overstepping his bounds | | | | For now it appears that the New York Yankees, they |
| on bowing out of his contract a year early on advice | | | | are telling A-Rod that, he can walk and walk he may, if |
| of a Talent Lawyer? How many other players will | | | | a deal cannot be worked out soon. Will this mean a |
| attempt to follow? How are fans going to justify | | | | different team picks up A-Rod, if they do, some how it |
| paying those ticket prices to watch him? How many | | | | just will not seem right seeing him in a different jersey. |
