There are a lot of companies that are learning the hard way that if “you go woke, you go broke”.
The nation is suffering from inflation that is way more than 8% and soaring gas prices, making it hard for people even to purchase groceries.
This is why when people do want to spend a little extra on some form of entertainment, it is a luxury. Over the last several years, the NBA, NFL, and even the MLB have waded into the political waters by standing with the militant Black Lives Matter movement.
Over the years, Americans have watched some of their favorite players take a knee during the national anthem and spout off how they have experienced racism while driving off in a car worth more than the average American’s yearly salary.
After a while, that does tick people off, and they will stop giving their hard-earned money over to the woke mob for social justice.
Now, the NBA is seeing just how poor their choice was in backing these players, and all I can say is that it is about time they faced some consequences.
According to Breitbart:
NBA owners have resorted to hiking ticket prices during one of the worst inflation crises in U.S. history to make up for dismal attendance numbers, according to a report.
The league is reporting that the average “gate” earnings per team have risen 10.2 percent this season over the pre-pandemic season of 2018-19. Though, that profit isn’t because fans are flocking to arenas. Instead, it is because the league has hiked ticket prices by double the rate of inflation, the New York Post reported.
Ticket prices have been inflated 18.6 percent this season, the paper adds. But there are fewer fans than ever in the seats.
“However, the number of paid fans at arenas plummeted 7.1% to 13,603 per game, the exclusive data also shows,” the Post reports. “The Post calculated average ticket prices by dividing gate receipts by paid attendance.”
The paper adds that the Knicks charged $185 per seat this season — a 14 percent hike over last year — but lost four percent in paid attendance.
Unsurprisingly, the least popular teams are finding the worst attendance, and some are off 30 percent in the number of fans in the seats over previous seasons.
Ten of the league’s 30 teams saw paid attendance fall by 15 percent or more. None of the ten lowest attended teams made the playoffs.
No one is saying that players cannot have their own personal views, but take it off the court and do it on your own time.
The American people are sick and tired of watching privileged men and women who make more money than any of us will see in our life that we are inherently racist due to the color of our skin.
Suck it up, buttercup, and just play the game.
