To: Guillermo
Like many sporting events, The enormous salaries of the players have forced ticket prices so high that poor people can't afford to frequent baseball games. I noticed the same thing at the Staples Center watching a Laker game a few weeks back. Couple this with schools cutting out sporting events to save money, and fewer kids are looking at sports, especially lower income kids.
7 posted on
03/23/2004 7:17:33 AM PST by
man of Yosemite
("When a man decides to do something everyday, that's about when he stops doing it.")
To: man of Yosemite
The enormous salaries of the players have forced ticket prices so high that poor people can't afford to frequent baseball gamesThe same is true of Football and Basketball, and yet they have no problems getting black players. It could be something cultural perhaps. Maybe its the fact that not many guys make an instant sensation in Baseball, where you have to get through the minors.
12 posted on
03/23/2004 7:20:49 AM PST by
Paradox
(I really have no clue, I just like the sound of my typing.)
To: man of Yosemite
poor people can't afford to frequent baseball games.You're kidding, right? Poor kids spend hundreds of dollars on shoes, cell phones, etc. Not only that, if they can't afford a baseball ticket they certainly can't afford a ticket to a football game - yet no decline in black football players.
More likely it 's the opportunity to play for football and basketball college teams. More exciting and more money.
50 posted on
03/23/2004 8:08:08 AM PST by
ladyjane
To: man of Yosemite
Yeah, ticket prices are through the roof...there is no way I would even be able to dream about going to a NBA game...I just do not make enough right now...well I could but I need to make my car payment more than I need to go see the wizards.
98 posted on
03/23/2004 8:57:03 AM PST by
Blue Scourge
(Off I go into the Wild Blue Yonder...)
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