When I saw what happened in Game Five of the World Series, it finally dawned on me—sports organizations no longer care about the local fan.
Let's be honest. Us true fans, the ones who support our teams through the lows and are happier than any other human during the highs, are being left out in the cold. It's all about the sponsors, television ratings, and money.
Why can't there be day games for the World Series? That's what baseball was all about—going to the ballpark with your dad or friends for a good day of baseball.
It's because more people can watch the national broadcast of the game on TV that the games are on at night, and Fox does not want to interrupt their day broadcasts. It's now all about the national audience.
How many kids have not been able to see a championship game because it starts at 8:30? It's criminal. It's time to realize that some things do not fit into the corporate world and deal with it.
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Need more proof? Patriot Place at Gillette Stadium. A mall outside of a stadium? So people can go there to shop and eat besides watching a football game. It's madness.
Why would there be a Bass Pro Shops, a Christmas shop, and a Bed, Bath, and Beyond outside of a place where you go to watch 300-pound monsters slam each other to the ground as hard as humanly possible?
What about the ticket availability? Ten percent of the total tickets available were released to the public. Season ticket holders had to win a lottery. So a guy who say, supported the Giants and had season tickets for 40-some years had to hope to see his team play. Where did everything else go? Sponsors.
I went to a playoff game last year for the Phillies, and what was everyone talking about? Not how Hamels was doing, or how scary Holliday was, but after the game: where are you guys going, where's the party, people standing up to wave at someone five yards away.
IT'S A PLAYOFF GAME!!!! You should be holding your breath with every pitch, biting your nails with every long fly ball—not talking about where the action is afterwards.
The new Giants stadium is the latest and biggest insult to the real fans. Season ticket buyers will now have to pay what is called a seat license. It costs up to $20,000 plus the ticket price. Can you name an average fan who can afford that? It's a blatant slap in the face. It's the Giants organization saying, "We don't need the real fans. We don't care about you."
It will never turn back around. As times go on, it will be worse and worse. The times for the real fans are over. We should just get comfy on our sofas with our cheap beer and enjoy yelling at the TV.
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about 1 month ago
"It's because more people can watch the national broadcast of the game on TV that the games are on at night, and Fox does not want to interrupt their day broadcasts. It's now all about the national audience."
Isn't it a good thing that more people can watch it...and during the day would not interupt their broadcasts...there's nothing on then, it interupts it at night.
I understand your side, but you need to realize that the fan was never the most important. It's always been the business. It's the point of the game. It is a business. Always has been.
from about 1 month ago
And I see you watched DNL today...they brought up the same points...
from about 1 month ago
no i didn't watch DNL. and honestly, forget the national audience. its about the people there. and its not the point of the game. stadiums are going to be filled up with people who honestly dont care about the team. its sickening. someone needs to take a stand and say some things do not fit and do not belong in the corporate world and deal with it. if the fans are taken care of and treated right they will come back. are you honestly going to say that you wouldnt be mad that the world series is right around the corner from you one day and you and your future kid cant go because it starts at 8:30? or that you cant get tickets to a team you have supported all your life because a majority of tickets were released to sponsors?
from about 1 month ago
No I would not be mad because I understand it is a business. It always has been, always will. It's the way of the world. Do I wish we all could buy them? Sure.
But, you are wrong where the stadium will be filled with people who don't care.
What, do you assume people who have the money to buy them aren't fans? Just because they have more money they aren't fans? What a lousy statement. Sure, there are plenty of fans who won't be able to go, but there are plenty who will be able to go.
Also, the teams don't make them ridiculously high. It's the ticket sellers who make them thousands of dollars.
from about 1 month ago
And I wasn't making a big deal of DNL. I was just laughing at it because they said the same things. It's OK to say the same points. I do the same thing all the time.
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