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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Ticket revenue is minuscule compared to the $9 billion dollars in TV revenue.
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Yep.
And the PPV model won't recapture what the inevitable cable rights contraction bubble gives back as the bubble peters out. There just aren't enough viewers to make up for what the non-viewers are presently subsidizing. Player salaries, at least in relation to inflation, will be going down at some point and I don't think that point is too far off.
Within 10 years the owners won't have the license to print money they do now and as the television experience gets better and better, their ability to recover ANYTHING via gate sales will be diminished. Most teams can't sell out with any regularity now, even when they have quality squads.
The supply and demand curves are already not intersecting at the present price points - owners can't just keep jumping up the ticket prices infinitely.
Which may well be what causes the standoff - everyone involved in the game would be wise to make hay while the sun is shining. It won't be this bright for much longer no matter what any of them do.