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Sigh. I'm gonna have to work thru a broker. Tried from 10a on. Thouroghly denied. As usual. That's the price you pay for being an out of town fanboy for another team. :cool2: Fair enough.
Here's a dirty little secret: Many teams are in bed with StubHub and have no problem with people scalping because the team gets a small cut themselves. The Patriots are not one of those teams but I would bet about half the teams in the NFL have a deal with StubHub.Yeah, ticket scalping is out of control and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Why don't teams/leagues put pressure on eBay and sites like Stub Hub that are ripping the real fans off?
Well, scalping is legal in most states and almost completely unenforced in the states where it is illegal (Massachusetts remains a state where scalping is illegal but that is probably going to change this legislative session)... How can the NFL or MLB "put pressure" on eBay to stop engaging in a legal activity..? All they really could do is revoke the seats of any season ticket holder who was selling their tickets online or to AceTickets or whatever. But even then, I don't think they can revoke the seats of a PSL Holder for those NFL teams that have PSLs.Its not like middle men inflating ticket prices helps the teams out at all. Stub Hub advertises all over the radio and TV and the whole site is just a means for ticket brokers to scalp tickets at prices way over face value. How is this legal and why is nothing being done about it. I get it that they will never be able to stop 100% of scalping but if the professional leagues put pressure on these sites, it would make it much harder for professional scalpers to reach their audience and maybe would deter people who have no interest in going to the games from scooping up all the tickets.