Re: god

["MICHAEL ZAINO" <mz3096@student.law.duke.edu>]

You hit on my point exactly. If the public doesn't pay these inflated 
prices, the prices will fall (along with salaries). Certainly, the 
league will not collapse though. And certainly, large law firms along 
with all large firms have helped to create the problem of inflated 
prices. Too many fans (in my opinion) are willing to pay enormous 
amounts of money to see a game. (I commend you for sticking to your 
principles) For years, owners "lost" this money to scalpers. I am not 
that old (actually I am in law school now) but I remember going to 
Hartford Whaler games and Celtics games in Hartford and there were 
always scalpers outside each game making tons of money. In recent 
years those scalpers have diminished in number. What scalpers used to 
make goes to the owners now. Fans have always been willing to pay big 
bucks to watch games. Now that the prices have increased, it is 
easier to see how much they are willing to pay. Corporate purchasers 
fill in the empty seats when simple customers, um I mean fans, are 
priced out of the market. One last note, the last major sport to not 
give into inflated prices is finally giving in. Golf is experimenting 
with a system that allows fans (mostly corporate I guess) to purchase 
premium tickets and the tour will reserve space for them to watch and 
follow their favorite golfer. 

> Date:          Sun, 27 Jul 1997 11:28:21 -0400
> From:          bocelts@scsn.net (R. Bentz Kirby)
> Organization:  Law Office of R. Bentz Kirby
> To:            MICHAEL ZAINO <mz3096@student.law.duke.edu>
> Subject:       Re: god

> 
> But, will they continue.  There is an old story about a goose who laid
> the golden eggs.  Remember that one.  There comes a point when people
> will say no.  In fact, I believe that if it were not for corporations,
> such as LAW FIRMS, buying tickets for entertainment purposes, that
> sports as we know them would collapse.  And sooner or later that will
> happen.  What will happen when the economy goes in a prolonged tailspin?
> There has to be some forward thinking.  Too many decisions are made in
> business today with an eye only on the next quarter.  This thinking and
> the acceptance of it, is a harbinger of the economic problems that we
> most likely will face in the near future.
> 
> I left a "large" law firm two years ago.  My thoughts on business have
> changed a lot since I am a sole practioner.  There has to be a limit out
> there somewhere, that even business will not continue to pay.  I have
> already chosen to abandon pro sports.  I only watch free tv and the only
> time I watch the NBA is when the Celtics are on, or the Finals.  When
> that goes to pay tv, I no longer will watch that either.  I will not pay
> to go to a game, so I only go when a client takes ME!, or when Xavier
> McDaniel, Ty Corbin, or Jamie Watson can get me a ticket for free.  And
> since X and possibly Jamie may be on their way out, that may be gone
> soon!
> 
> The choices go a little bit deeper than it may seem on the surface.  It
> is all interrelated.
> 
> Peace,
> -- 
> Bentz
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> 
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