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The business of football, well all sports has evolved so much; what with luxury boxes, corporate suites et al. And especially here in Washington. I remember Ted Leonsis telling me once (yeah that's right I name dropped) that sports in DC is a different animal because here more than anywhere politcians, lobbyists, business leaders use the tickets as leverage to get what they want/need from perspective clients. And team owners also know that they have to appease the bigwigs. So the common fan is sort of put on the back burner. It's just the way sports has grown so much as a business. For the true "fan" experience go to a minor league baseball game, arena football....or check out the NASCAR Busch Series only on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN on ABC beginning in 2007.