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FRPLG · 09-05-2009, 12:49 AM

Let's get one thing straight here that is being ignored by many.

The "waiting list", 160,000 strong or completely fairyland fake, is irrelevant.

They, as I understand it, are suing over club-level ticket contracts. These tickets have not ever been sold out in the history of the stadium. There is no magical group of eager patrons just waiting for the opportunity to buy these. In fact all these recent stories about the team marketing tickets that would seem to contradict the idea of a giant waiting list are in fact them trying to sell the club-level tickets. So we need to back off the the theory that they could just easily go find others to buy the tickets. The breach of contract represents a real loss in revenue for the team.

I also think CRedskinsRule is almost totally right. The only thing he has wrong is that he is being too nice. The WaPo has a long standing and documented feud with the team. In fact a large part of the feud involves the loss of their block of tickets since they were abusing them (and the team just didn't like their coverage). In essence the piece was a total hatchet job in every conceivable way as CRR pointed out. Are there threads of interests within the article? Maybe, but they weren't explored in a complete or balanced fashion at all.

I am not necessarily defending the team actions as nice but they sure are legally suitable, financially reasonable and all-in-all they way business operates in this country.

09-05-2009, 12:49 AM	#143
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Skins sell ticket straight to scalpers Let's get one thing straight here that is being ignored by many. The "waiting list", 160,000 strong or completely fairyland fake, is irrelevant. They, as I understand it, are suing over club-level ticket contracts. These tickets have not ever been sold out in the history of the stadium. There is no magical group of eager patrons just waiting for the opportunity to buy these. In fact all these recent stories about the team marketing tickets that would seem to contradict the idea of a giant waiting list are in fact them trying to sell the club-level tickets. So we need to back off the the theory that they could just easily go find others to buy the tickets. The breach of contract represents a real loss in revenue for the team. I also think CRedskinsRule is almost totally right. The only thing he has wrong is that he is being too nice. The WaPo has a long standing and documented feud with the team. In fact a large part of the feud involves the loss of their block of tickets since they were abusing them (and the team just didn't like their coverage). In essence the piece was a total hatchet job in every conceivable way as CRR pointed out. Are there threads of interests within the article? Maybe, but they weren't explored in a complete or balanced fashion at all. I am not necessarily defending the team actions as nice but they sure are legally suitable, financially reasonable and all-in-all they way business operates in this country.