NFL should pay attention to this verdict

[Grogan14]

Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues

A jury has found the concert giant had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Vindicate]

Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues

A jury has found the concert giant had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.

www.cnbc.com

It's almost difficult to imagine a more greedy institution than a professional sports league, however, it should be noted that Ticketmaster is historically terrible in this regard. Truly a vile group and the world (and local music) will be much better off the day they get reigned in.

**** Ticketmaster.

 

[Triumph]

It's almost difficult to imagine a more greedy institution than a professional sports league, however, it should be noted that Ticketmaster is historically terrible in this regard. Truly a vile group and the world (and local music) will be much better off the day they get reigned in.

**** Ticketmaster.

They used to reasonable and pretty good, but no more.

 

[JoeSixPat]

Meh - doesn't make any difference to me. I just sneak in through a hole in the fence at Gillette and see most of the games for free.

 

[Thelonious]

Customers get the service they insist upon getting. In this as in other areas of commerce, we seemingly prefer whining about how ill-treated we are, rather than doing the adult work of seeking out alternatives. If you are willing to overpay for "convenience - in this as in so many other things - you are lazy, and you are getting what you deserve. Long live the free market and its incentives, both positive and negative. It works for those who work it.

 

[neuronet]

Customers get the service they insist upon getting. In this as in other areas of commerce, we seemingly prefer whining about how ill-treated we are, rather than doing the adult work of seeking out alternatives. If you are willing to overpay for "convenience - in this as in so many other things - you are lazy, and you are getting what you deserve. Long live the free market and its incentives, both positive and negative. It works for those who work it.

There often aren’t alternatives that’s the point.

This was an impressive win.

 

[Thelonious]

There often aren’t alternatives that’s the point.

This was an impressive win.

Hence the need for free competition. Competition, including the prospect of failure for vendors, drives quality. If a consumer chooses to continue to buy an inferior product or service, that's on the consumer. To whine about one's "plight" in that circumstance is to whine about one's own childish dereliction. It's very much like those who fail to make themselves useful enough to warrant and earn a decent living, then whine about how they can't afford what they need because they are being "exploited." Weak-ass ********. Make yourself (more) useful, or shut up and suffer in at least somewhat dignified silence.

 

[n1997y]

Hence the need for free competition. Competition, including the prospect of failure for vendors, drives quality. If a consumer chooses to continue to buy an inferior product or service, that's on the consumer. To whine about one's "plight" in that circumstance is to whine about one's own childish dereliction. It's very much like those who fail to make themselves useful enough to warrant and earn a decent living, then whine about how they can't afford what they need because they are being "exploited." Weak-ass ********. Make yourself (more) useful, or shut up and suffer in at least somewhat dignified silence.

Said competition is too often is missing, prevented by powerful incumbents. Successful vendors manage the competitive environment to eliminate potential competition, ensure that they are too big or too well entrenched to fail, and provide the least quality for the highest price.

That’s why the NFL will fight to the bitter end trying to preserve their exemption from antitrust laws. It’s why the lawsuit cited in the OP was necessary, because the free market failed consumers.

 

[Grogan14]

How can any league directly compete with the NFL under the current system?
I am not advocating for the DOJ to actually lift the exemption as that would ruin the sport.
But use the "threat" of lifting the exemption to stop the owners and NFL from squeezing every last drop out of the consumers.
Enough is enough.
If the NFL is not stopped now, it's clear where their greed will take them over the next 20 years. PPV for every game and expansion to international cities.

 

[n1997y]

How can any league directly compete with the NFL under the current system?
I am not advocating for the DOJ to actually lift the exemption as that would ruin the sport.
But use the "threat" of lifting the exemption to stop the owners and NFL from squeezing every last drop out of the consumers.
Enough is enough.
If the NFL is not stopped now, it's clear where their greed will take them over the next 20 years. PPV for every game and expansion to international cities.

And 52 games a year…