You keep saying that, but have yet to articulate how they are protecting the ticket owners by infringing on their ability to resell them.
OT: Yankees and the refusal to acknowledge Supply & Demand vs Stubhub
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I think some of you guys are missing the point. There are many people who buy season tickets who want to be locked into certain seats. They spend more money than they probably want to and they know they aren't going to go to all of the games. They want to sell some of the tickets. This policy makes it harder for them to do it.
If the Yankees product on the field is mediocre, this will no doubt effect season ticket holders in a negative way by not being able to easily resell their tickets at a reduced rate to make back some of their investment. This "could" come back to bite the Yankees if people say next year they are not going to renew their season tickets. This team is not the late 90's version and their tickets seem to be over priced compared to the product they put out on the field.
This could also hurt total people actually coming through the gates as many people won't pay full price for a ticket. And while you say the Yankees don't care about this because they already have tickets sold, at some point this will hurt atmosphere at games and reduce revenue by people not buying hot dogs and paraphernalia at these games.
Bad move I think by the Yanks. I miss the Big Boss running things there. It's a shame the sons didn't learn more from him. They might be nice guys but they certainly don't have the same flair about how to run a team like the old man.
If the Yankees product on the field is mediocre, this will no doubt effect season ticket holders in a negative way by not being able to easily resell their tickets at a reduced rate to make back some of their investment. This "could" come back to bite the Yankees if people say next year they are not going to renew their season tickets. This team is not the late 90's version and their tickets seem to be over priced compared to the product they put out on the field.
This could also hurt total people actually coming through the gates as many people won't pay full price for a ticket. And while you say the Yankees don't care about this because they already have tickets sold, at some point this will hurt atmosphere at games and reduce revenue by people not buying hot dogs and paraphernalia at these games.
Bad move I think by the Yanks. I miss the Big Boss running things there. It's a shame the sons didn't learn more from him. They might be nice guys but they certainly don't have the same flair about how to run a team like the old man.
Thank you for reminding me why I stopped caring about MLB.
I am following Rutgers Baseball at this point.
I am following Rutgers Baseball at this point.
I miss the old stadium. The atmosphere is completely gone. Pricing out the working class fans combined with ppl just staring at their phones half the game. Same can be said of MSG for ranger games - at least they sell out though.
The Yankees were the first to do their whole premium seating behind home plate and people looked down it then. What they don't realize is how all the other clubs followed their lead. Maybe not to the extent of the Yankees, but they now ALL offer premium seating behind home plate.
You know him?
Are you familiar with his generosity and charitable acts in his private life?
He works for the Steinbrenners.
For a person who claims to be nonjudgmental, you sure like to say very mean things about people you don't know..
It's very strange to me when an adult answers a direct question from me with the same answer that prompted the question, my parents taught me to be far more respectful than that.
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I'm a Yankee fan and have no idea who this person, Lonn Trost is, lol So I just searched him. For those who don't know him either, this was the first thing that popped up:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/on-baseball-and-elitism-and-the-yankees-and-lonn-trost/
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/on-baseball-and-elitism-and-the-yankees-and-lonn-trost/
Typical of the media to lie, twist and misrepresent.
Less than half what you read by the media is true
I think it's a mistake to ascribe any altruism to the Yankees on this decision. They weren't getting the profit from StubHub that they wanted, so they'd rather cut their own throats than let someone else make money, even if those seats go unsold instead. I don't think it's a matter of protecting season tickets, it's a matter of having it perceived that those seats aren't worth anywhere near what they're charging - and they aren't. What they are trying to avoid is having current season ticket holders forsake buying direct from the team at inflated prices for the reduced cost of StubHub.
Zappaa, Trost's words and deeds speak for themselves. The man destroyed the Yankees in the name of a nickel. As one of the untouchables that this bilge bag doesn't want in the stadium disturbing his rich buddies, I say don't worry about me showing up to your horrible mausoleum any time soon.
Don't you think he's a mouth piece for Hank and Hal?
Let's go to a game together!
