Is this the per seat pricing or set of two? I know the Michigan v OSU tickets are up in the hundreds but this exceeds NFL conference champ pricing

I've never understood how people can shell out that much for tickets to anything. Sit in uncomfortable seats for a couple hours then go home - what the hell is the attraction??

Haha oh let me really blow your mind - this is for an NCAA game. These ticket prices aren't even for pro team.

I knows it’s not apples to apples, but my football (soccer) team were charging £40 for the first home game of the season and I just refuse to pay that much. £30 for me is the max I’d pay and that’s only for the “big” games like local derbies

Longhorns are a different breed man

As someone who's not into sports at all, I'd not pay over $20, even that feels a lot. I do love music live shows and festivals but I'd not pay $100 for anything less than a 3 day festival with lots of good bands.

It's partially true but this is just the avocado toast "argument" behind a mask

"To the capitalist, every luxury of the worker seems to be reprehensible, and everything that goes beyond the most abstract need – be it in the realm of passive enjoyment, or a manifestation of activity – seems to him a luxury."

UT's stadium upgrades were paid for through ticket sales and donations

Dont even get me started. I use an example of how the Eden Project cost half of what my local arena cost when providing a guest lecture at my university. Eden took an old mine and converted it into a facility that educates and acts as venue and has brought in 1.5 Bn quid to the economy since it opened in 2001.

I remeber seeing this or another stadium in texas being build, i think by a private asshole. The stadium was almost finished. They talked how they could close the roof and climate the whole fucking thing, in the texas heat. I almost threw up.

I enjoy the experience of watching a game live. If you've never been to live professional sporting event in the states, the stadiums/arenas work really hard to make sure you're entertained between the action on the field/court/rink. It's fun once or twice a year, but I would never pay those prices even for pro.

I also like watching live sports on TV. That's not all I like and I'm not a big SPORTS! guy, but I do enjoy watching my teams and I get excited for opening day in March and the first game of the regular season in September. I dont really follow college sports, and I gave up on the NBA a decade ago, and hockey doesn't get enough OTA coverage for me to really follow it. My favorite is MLB. NFL is cool after all the Nationalism and Propaganda is over (I skip halftime shows too).

I've done lots of drugs in my life. There's a time and place for those (college). I'm an adult now, so I don't fuck around with much other than some beers here and there. Drugs have a way of becoming not a special activity and just a habit that needs feeding, at least for me and many others I've known (some who refuse to admit it).

The petite bourgeoisie. The people who think they're rich, and technically are, but are 3 missed payments away from complete bankruptcy.

Not poor people

These are last minute scalpers' prices, so idiots pay for this.

Very few people. It's likely a bunch of these scalpers weren't able to offload their tickets at these prices

And the players get none of the money are are severely punished if anyone does anything to help them financially.

College sports should pay its own bill and players or it should exist.

Maybe that section is close enough to smell matthew mcconaughey

I don't see any $7K tickets, but generally speaking, the closer to the field and the closer to the 50 yard line, the more expensive the seat. The exception is that narrow row between the lower and upper decks, which are suites where you have air conditioning, comfortable seats, and food/drink service.

22 people.

Seriously, fuck sports so much. Big waste of money and encourages toxic tribalism mentality. I'll never understand the appeal.

I mean why watch someone else compete when you can just play the game yourself and have a lot more fun doing so?

(Everything I said applies to eSports as well.)

Thanks for the comm to block.

College football players are definitely getting paid now, some players at Texas are making over $1 million/season.