David A- you are living in the perfect dream world, my friend (too
). Many of us wish it was the way it used to be such as on Leave it to Beaver or Mayberry RFD.
The monetizing of the world is the way it is today. I don't like some things, like professional sports today, so I rarely engage in watching or anything else. When I do it's on TV and even though Neilson ratings might help them it doesn't hurt me (financially). I vote with my pocketbook. As long as there are long lines to pay enormous prices for autographs they will continue. If no one is in line for Brady's signature then he wouldn't be able to do it. It doesn't bother me what other people spend their money on as long as it's not hurting me personally, and it isn't. More power to the buyers and sellers. It's America
. I think we all wish a lot of things were different.