Glad you're here with us on the Clark Howard Show where it's about you and your wallet.

I want you to learn ideas so you can save more and spend less and don't let anyone ever

rip you off.

And if you have a question for me, go to Clark.com slash ask, if you want me to answer it for

you directly, check that box you'll see for that.

Coming up later in today's Clark Regist moment, something I promised another day, I want

to talk about how teachers are getting ripped off and it is a national scandal.

And coming up yet later, a new type of credit card is allegedly going to be introduced

in the next couple of weeks.

I want to tell you why it could be the card you want to carry.

But now I want to talk about a trend in sports because of how much of sports is televised.

Sports teams, even at the highest professional levels, are having trouble getting our rear

ends and seats.

And even events that are sold out are now referred to often in the trade as soft sellouts.

That's why so many sports leagues and teams report attendance based on ticket sold instead

of actual attendance at an event.

And so what do you do because you need the money from concessions?

You're hoping to make that money.

You're hoping to try to get people to do seat upgrades, whatever it is.

And if you can't get people in there, it's phantom customers.

Well, something's got to give.

So there's a new movement in sports and also, secondarily in entertainment, where you

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