May 03, 2006
Selling Loyalty
Chad Carroll auctioned off his loyalty to the Royals on E-Bay. He's not the first Royals fan to try this, however.
Should this send a message to Royals management? Two people in a year willing to sell their loyalty to another team might make them think they have a real problem. Unfortunately, you can't fire an owner. Maybe MLB should stop wasting revenue sharing money on this sorry franchise.
Posted by David Pinto at
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As cut as selling loyalty on eBay might be, I seriously doubt the Royals are unaware of their ineptitude and lack of success that is leading to a dwindling fan base
This could be a great moneymaking opportunity for the Royals. Attendance at Kaufman stadium was ~1.6 million in 2004. Assume that half those there each night were season-ticket holders, that still gives around 700,000 fans. If the Royals could get $278.47 for each of those fans, that's $194 million! They could field the highest-paid team in baseball. Granted, they'd have to build up their fan base from scratch, but I still think they'd have to seriously consider this option.
Like Neyer, a true bandwagoneer. Blah.
