Out of Control

Sporting event tickets are way too much money. Shit's gotten so far out of control it's not even funny.

Wanted to pick up tickets for the Sixers vs. Bullets (forget the wizards, so lame) game Friday night. So I went to the Bullets site and hit up Ticketmaster (Whose service charge is BS too!). The cheapest tickets were $20. $20 isn't bad, have no problem paying that.... The only problem is that the seats are obviously garbage. For those of you who've been to a bball game know, sitting far away is terrible. Hockey, soccer and maybe a few other sports are alright from a distance, but bball is horrible from afar.

So I checked out seats from the next price range, $48. They were just as far away (nosebleed) but located at half court.... Both sets suck. Would much rather watch it on tv and listen to the moronic announcers spew garbage for 2 hours. Seriously, if $48 can't get you a decent seat to watch two sub .500 teams duke it out early in the season, than I don't ever want to go to another NBA game again.

It's a good thing the Bullets signed Arenas to such a huge contract. He's earning every penny of that $120 million contract sitting on the bench nursing his 3rd knee operation in as many years (I dono if that's exact, but it's close enough). Seriously, what a F'ing joke. The Sixers are nearly as bad. Brand got a sick contract, something like $80 million and they still suck harder than an industrial strength Hoover. Way to go management, keep shelling out dumbass contracts to undeserving players and jacking up the price of tickets for idiotically loyal fans.

After $48, the next ticket section is $88, and those damn seats aren't even anything to brag about! Maybe I should buy the $2,500.00 tickets. Yea that's what I'll do. For $2,500.00 I'd rather buy a first class round trip ticket to Vegas, rent a car, drive to the bunny ranch and pay three overpriced prostitutes to take turns punching me in the balls. I'd still probably have some leftover money if I chose to go that route. F the NBA's ticket prices!!!!

My favorite thing though was the Wizards $11 Economic Stimulus tickets. LOL!!! Those seats are horrible. Economic stimulus tickets for an NBA game.... Classic! How about you get Gilbert Arenas to go out and buy 10 Ford automobiles, have each of his teammates hop in a car and drive them off a cliff. That's stimulating the economy, and entertainment!