Happy Opening Day! (even though MLB hates it's fans)

[steve B]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Actors and actresses make $20 million for a movie and no one says I'm not going to see a movie because the star is paid too much.

Not before the movie, but I've thought that after a couple movies.
Same with some sporting events.

[BioCRN]

Do people honestly believe there are a slew of held-down benevolent owners who yearn to charge fans less money and the big bad players are keeping them from doing so?

As a Cubs fan watching the Ricketts family exponentially whore out revenue streams out of Wrigley Field while snapping up the neighborhood properties to build even more revenue while their goal is to "break even" with the team...I have no words. They've already turned a 845m purchase into a 4+ billion valuation. The fans aren't getting a cut, the owners aren't trying to give the fans a cut. The owners are buying up Wrigleyville and building more high-end suites, not passing on additional revenue for the fan's benefit.

People out there actually carrying water for billionaire owners and blaming players for going and getting their cut...as if it wasn't for the players we'd have $10 tickets and $1 hotdogs.

These owners don't care about your $10 if someone else is out there willing to give them $100.