Video on demand has made watching games unbearable ( 2 minutes of commercial break after 5 mins of game time, or 45 seconds play clocks with commercials at almost every juncture, etc).
Tickets for sporting events is definitely way too high, but living in Toronto, it's clearly a supply and demand thing, as there is always somebody willing to pay.
The players and coaching in most sports has gotten so good that the gameplay itself in most sports is boring. The battle of Alberta used to be a war. The battle of Ontario was nearing the same level. Then somewhere along the way, the fierceness disappeared. Why is that?? Parity was supposed to make teams more competitive to one another, yet for some reason the games themselves seem less interesting than ever.
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