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Always Aggravated with Mike Valenti

Why Do People Buy Season Tickets In 2019? Plus, Mike Is Hooked On A New TV Show

Always Aggravated with Mike Valenti

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Sports

53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of Always Aggravated, we ask why does anyone buy season tickets anymore? We also talked about the secondary ticket market, rip off artists, and a few personal season ticket stories. We finished by discussing the HBO mini-series "Chernobyl" which has quickly become one of Mike's favorite shows. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, welcome in another exciting edition of Always Aggravated. The band is completely

0:12.6

together. Roberto is tapping his leg in typical OCD fashion. You've got to get that fixed.

0:18.8

You're also wearing ankle socks with jeans, a total cold pop. We have a lot to get into

0:24.1

and I don't know. I this one, I don't know if it'll land the mark or not, but we're going to start

0:29.5

out. I want to cover a little of why does anyone buy season tickets to anything anymore?

0:34.8

Proliferation of the secondary market, the rip off artists, the teams and colleges are.

0:39.6

I'll even give you some of my own experiences with that. I've found a great show

0:44.8

to replace Game of Thrones. I'll see if the guys A have seen it and be approved. We had that

0:49.0

discussion on last week's pot. And then I know, so that you have possibly something fun if we have

0:53.1

some time regarding Jersey correlation and the best players to wear certain numbers. So let's

0:59.9

jump right in. It's always aggravating. All right, so I want to start out this week and now's

1:08.7

the time of year that back when I was a sucker and I owned season tickets to Michigan State where I

1:14.1

went to school, you would get your optional seat selection email and you would start getting these

1:22.4

deals to buy tickets and it got me thinking. Why does anyone buy season tickets in 2019 to anything?

1:34.5

And I'm being serious. This isn't flipping. What is the value proposition right now, fellas?

1:40.5

I mean, look, too, David, you've got kids taking them to games is something fun, but you don't

1:45.3

need season tickets to do it. Roberto, you've got kids. It's the same deal. And Sully, you like to

1:49.9

go to games with the boys, but season tickets is a word I've never heard come out of your mouth.

1:55.0

Like a great example. So colleges are Michigan States, the only thing I own season tickets to.

2:02.3

And colleges propagate assist like they get away with murder. Like think about the idea of paying

2:11.7

for the right to eat at a restaurant, only to then have to pay for the food too. That's what a

2:18.3

personal seat licenses. So when Michigan State or Michigan goes to personal seat licenses,

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