Yep, every major pro sports league made the same decision regarding future growth - That the best business practice is to maximize revenue at all costs. They bet on the idea that sports fandom was forever, with each new generation.
That wasn't the case. I predicted this years ago, that you have to sacrifice the bottom line to some degree to have the next generation of fans in seats with their parents or friends or you'll be sitting with no new fans one day. But sports teams are sports teams, they made their money when they could and now they'll likely start to feel the pain of maximizing revenue.
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