Good try Quigon ... you need to brush up on your law. Tickets are permission to watch a game ... legally you only own permission and the ticket says that permission can be revoked at any time. You have no legal right ro sell that permission ... only they do. ticketmaster can do it because they have an agreement with the NFL...they pay for the permission to sell the permission.
Excellent point. Here's how the back of the ticket reads, as of August 2005:
"This ticket and all season tickets are revocable licenses. The Patriots reserve the right to revoke such licenses, in their sole discretion, at any time and for any reason. Patriots may refuse admission to, or eject, any ticket holder without refund if the holder fails to comply with any applicable rules or terms, or is deemed to be disorderly. Inappropriate behavior and/or abusive language may result in ejection (without refund), arrest, prosecution, forfeiture of season ticket privileges, and other legal action. Purchase of season tickets does not entitle purchaser to renewal in subsequent year. The holder of this ticket voluntarily assumes all risks of property loss and personal injury incident to the game or related events. [following text is capitalized on ticket] ANY NON-LICENSED INDIVIDUAL RESELLING THIS TICKET BY ANY METHOD INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN PERSON, ON AN AUCTION WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE OVER THE INTERNET, AND ANY LICENSED INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY RESELLING THIS TICKET IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW, IS SUBJECT TO ARREST, LEGAL ACTION AND LOSS OF SEASON TICKET PRIVILEGES. All sales are final. This ticket cannot be replaced if lost, destroyed or stolen. Season ticket accounts can not be transferred or split. No person, regardless of age, may enter the Stadium without a ticket, and re-entry is prohibited. [following text is italicized on ticket]
The Patriots expressly prohibit the use of tickets for advertising and promotional purposes (including contests and sweepstakes or other trade purposes.) The ticket holder will not transmit or aid in transmitting any description, account, picture, reproduction or other depiction in any media now or hereafter existing, of all or any part of the football game or related events to which this ticket admits holder. [Huh?] [Following text underlined by me]
The Patriots and the NFL reserve the right to seek criminal prosecution of, and commercial damages from, any person who engages in any prohibited ticket use. Commercial damages will include, but not be limited to, the price charged by the Patriots for similar uses. Patrons may not bring umbrellas, alcoholic beverages, food, bottles, cans, containers, irritants (e.g. noisemakers), cameras [security doesn't care about this one], visual or audio recording equipment, or other inappropriate items into the Stadium. The holder grants permission to the NFL, the Patriots, other participating clubs, NPS LLC, and their designees to use the holder's image, likeness, and/or voice in connection with any broadcast (live or recorded) or any other transmission or reproduction of the game, in whole or in part, and for any other purpose whatsoever, including commercial purposes. Dates and times of games are subject to change without refund."
