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paying for these guys salaries? With every $8 bud light you buy, with every $6 hot dog, etc. Paying $30 for the ticket is nothing. Once they got you in the ballpark, the average fan, forks out an additional $50-$100 per game, on food, drinks, alcohol, merchandise, etc. You are paying for these guys salaries. I would only go to a game in a small-market stadium, like the Marlins or Royals or D-Rays, where you can probably still find a $5 seat. But the problem is, once you're in there, you're in there for 3 plus hours. That's where they get you, they get to your wallets. Teams make a lot of money on attendance, no doubt, but they make 2-3 times that much on food, beer, and merch. Especially in cities like Boston, Chicago, LA, NY, Seattle, where tickets are expensive. Bottom line, don't complain about player's salaries if you are still going to games, because you are paying for their MTV Cribs, hummers, dvd players in the back seat, home theatre systems, etc, by going to the game

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You're right, of course, but what are you going to do? Go without baseball and then all the athletes will just go into other sports. It's a rotten situation, yes, when teachers can't make enough to live on, but, really, it's going to take a social change larger than just boycotting baseball to change it.

Besides, it's the owners more than the players to blame. Neither group gives shucks about the fans, but the owners have been larcenous since the beginning. I don't mind the players being over paid (they could earn a little less) but I hate when they behave like fans are a necessary evil.

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The demand for baseball in large markets is great that's how fans are drawn to the crowd even though tickets are more expensive. Report It


So einstien , how many DVDs do you rent a month? and how many movies do you attend each month? Do you buy any music, how bout the internet? yep thats right you are helping SOMEONE to get rich by having a internet provider.........Dude EVERYTHING costs money...so dont single out Baseball fans...at least they are spending their money in a Legal way and are not out betting on Dogs!!!!!
You are right that is why i go to very few games these days. last straw for me was when they expected me to pay for a $350 ticket to see a game as if they where doing me a favor.
If you don't like you don't have to go to the game. Just watch it on tv. Go cry somewhere else.

Go Red Sox, The highest priced tickets
Then you have to boycott the movies, televison, and music. They are paid more than baseball players. Reese Witherspoon is payed $30 million a movie!! You figure if she makes 2 movies a year, that is $60 million a year!! Would you say that she is one of the best actresses in the world? I wouldn't. A-Rod is the highest paid player in baseball and he does not get nearly that much. At least he is the best in the world at his profession.
Actually, if you want to have an impact, stop watching the games on TV.

The real money is in TV revenue from ad sales -- not stadium sales.

Additionally, teams share revenue, so player salaries aren't directly dictated by your going to a game anyway. As long as the Yankees are a huge draw, the Royals will benefit, regardless of the payroll disparity.

So, if you are upset about salaries you really have to boycott the game entirely, including TV. This is where the argument of "I refuse to pay to go to games" fails -- many of those fans still watch the games on TV, thus subsidizing "the machine" to a much greater degree.
I haven't been to a ballgame in about four years and I almost never go to the movies. You're absolutely right. I can wait for movies to come out on DVD that way a bunch of people can watch a movie for one price.
Oh shut up. Take your pinko commie rants somewhere else.
So what if we pay for there salaries? games are still fun to go to.