Red Wings Talk Revisited + The Unaffordability Crisis In Sports
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Five o'clock. |
| 0:01.3 | Nice to have everybody aboard. |
| 0:03.2 | We're going to have two issues to get to here. |
| 0:06.0 | One is something we talked about briefly last hour, and I want to continue because I think a lot of people on the heels of a lot of people who spent good money to go to a Pistons game that turned into a scrimmage last night, you got screwed. |
| 0:18.5 | You got screwed by the NBA's culture of nonsense. |
| 0:22.0 | Eight, and I know a couple guys were hurt, but eight, Thunder didn't play last night. |
| 0:26.3 | That was a joke. |
| 0:27.6 | Then you go into this, what we just showed you, the pricing by fanatics of WBC gear. |
| 0:33.4 | I mean, world baseball classic, whether you're into it or not, the idea is there is no world. |
| 0:38.8 | I don't care what the jersey's made out of where a Team USA, Aaron Judge Jersey or Terrick Scoobel jersey, is $440. |
| 0:48.1 | Like baseball hats, 50 bucks. |
| 0:50.7 | Like at any point do you feel as a fan that there's anything left for you, whether it's |
| 0:57.8 | the ticket prices, the apparel prices, the prices to watch your teams, any of it? I mean, |
| 1:03.2 | even something that seemed as Americana as Apple Pie, trading cards, as a kid, I mean, forget about it. So that's one of the things we're talking about. And like, has that hit your doorstep? I mean, we joked about it earlier. It's not a big deal. I just, I saw a hat I like, because I love baseball. I do. But I laughed. I mean, Rico's line was the best because it was a snapback. He goes, |
| 1:28.0 | that's half a hat, bro. I'm like, mesh. You're not wrong. And by the time you pay for the damn thing, it's 50 beans. Ah, right? Do something else for the money. Yeah, mesh hats get capped at 20 bucks. That's it. Why are shorts as expensive as pants? So look, it's just, that's one of the topics. |
| 1:45.1 | And I wanted to hear from you guys because I do feel. Shorts as expensive as pants. So look, it's just, that's one of the topics. |
| 1:45.1 | And I wanted to hear from you guys because I do feel like that sports has never considered the fan less at any point in history. |
| 1:56.1 | So 248, 539, 9797. |
| 1:58.7 | And this fanatics thing and what it's doing to apparel. And look, if you're a father or, like, look, I'm an uncle. Like, yeah, my nephew loves the lions. I lost him. No shot of him being a Giants fan. None. I tried. I did everything I could. He was still time. No, it's over. It's a cowboy fan. My sister's a Giants fan. It's dead. He loves the lions. The point is, even kids, how is kids clothing as expensive as adult clothing? It's less fabric. It's, it's the truth. Like, Kylerray's jersey should cost less than no no no it's less |
| 2:37.5 | of a person there's a flag on the play okay the point i made it personal it's just fabric the point i'm |
| 2:45.3 | making this this fanatics issue it is an absurdity. The quality's gone down. |
| 2:51.9 | You've seen the reports. |
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