And I don’t blame them one bit.

  • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Global football has been trending this way anyway. The US is just more obvious about it. Transfer fees are in the hundreds of millions and they’re constantly raising ticket prices for matches. This is kinda what happens when theres no real consequences for FIFA

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      Also, it reflects what people are willing to pay for a once in a lifetime experience.

      I used to be that the ticket prices were high but reasonable. FIFA didn’t want the bad press for charging higher prices. Now, they’re willing to squeeze fans for every fraction of a cent possible and leave those fans angry and upset. They know people will grumble, but they’ll still pay. Their reputation is so bad that it can’t really get any worse, so why not gouge fans as much as possible.