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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I agree. Greed will be their downfall. They ignored the regular fans, completely ignored millennials and annoyed the general public by increasing their cable bills and constantly begging for new stadiums. They can't just exist on corporate support.
How do you short sports? I think there's some money to be made there
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This has become my view as well.
Professional sports is rapidly become a game where well off people watch millionaires playing a game for billionaires. As a result, the passion has really been sucked out of the game in all aspects, particularly the in-game atmosphere at the Saddledome. To be fair I've never been impressed by the atmosphere, but it seems so much worse than it used to be. I've also never seen a playoff game live.
As a result, my loyalties have completely shifted to another sport that is essentially the polar opposite of hockey. Do I pay $15 for a ticket and $5 for a beer to stand, sing, chant, yell, drum and watch university level players bust their ass? Or $62 and $9.50 a beer to watch a bunch of millionaires half-ass it through a game while everyone in the crowd talks business or plays on their smartphone?