Giants, Jets don't get it... while fans continue to buy into the stupidity

Did you here Giants owner John Mara on WFAN this morning, To hear him justify the Giants’ “need” to stick fans with Personal Seat Licenses is like listening to George Bush explain our continuing involvement in Iraq. But hey, you get the ‘right’ to hold onto your seats! Plus, if I’ve got Mara right, Big Blue will steer you to banks and finance companies to help you cough up the cash to watch 10-read that again-10 games per season. Whether a fan winds up paying $1,000 or $20,000 for a PSL, this is wrong. The correct word - and I said this 2 weeks ago was sinful. The Good Book says that the love of money is the root of all evil, and the Giants today-and the Jets in early August-have stretched the limits of avaraice.

So basically, let’s say you have 2 $700 tickets in the new stadium. Your PSL is $20,000 on each seat. To hear Mara tell it, you get 20 months to pay $40,000 for your one time PSL rights. Add on one season of 2 tickets at $700 apiece for 10 games. That’s $54,000 that some will be paying in a span of less than 2 years.

Let’s remember: these two teams don’t NEED a new stadium. As much as we love sports, this is not the same as paying more for the school budget, or new roads, or new taxes. Those are necessities that affect the quality of people’s lives. This is millionaires like the Mara family and Jets owner Woody Johnson telling you that they need YOU to finance their business. Do you pay your boss money so that you can have a job? No. You work for your boss so that the business thrives enough that you get a share of the profit. It’s called a paycheck. There’s no one time fee upfront that “entitles” you to the job till you get fired, retire, or resign.

Perhaps even sadder: fans care so much about the ‘status’ of saying that they are at The Big Game each week that they will pay these ridiculous prices. If you have that type of disposable income, God bless you. Going to a sporting event is a luxury. Just don’t buy into the idea that the Giants and Jets ‘care’ about their fans. They don’t. Why do I know? For the Giants alone, there is a waiting list of 150,000 people craving tickets. There are plenty of Giants ticket employees waiting for the chance to call someone on that waiting list as soon as a season ticket holder opts out. We are, after all, talking business. Like every other form of entertainment-and most parts of our lives these days-football tickets aren’t personal, just business.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR GIANTS OWNER JOHN MARA TRY TO EXPLAIN PSL’S