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I have not attended a UK game in person for years because I refuse to pay inflated ticket prices, so please watch who you are calling a spoiled brat. I may watch UK this season when they play at Mississippi State or LSU but only if I can buy tickets at face value. Otherwise, I can watch other games that fit my entertainment budget.

There is no more fair way to distribute any product than through a free market. People who really, really want to attend a UK home game in person will find a way to pay the fair market price for tickets.

Perhaps you think that UK should give tickets out to people for free through a lottery. Would that be fair? Do you think that the government would fairly distribute tickets if taxpayers footed the bill?

Or maybe you think that the police should crackdown on scalping. Of course, the way that the black market works, a crackdown would result in higher ticket prices because a decrease in supply always drives prices higher - even in countries ruled by socialists. Economics 101.

I am impressed with the thought process, but you make my point for me. This is a black market that is driving the average fan out. If you are happy with the rich getting richer, (not UK, because they get face value only, as they do not get commision from scalpers) then good for you. Maybe you can find a way to pay the fair market price, again good for you. BTW, I also took Economics 101, cracking down on scalpers would not change the supply. There is a limited number of product anyway. The arena holds a set number of available product that is unwavering. With or without scalpers, UK can only offer 24,000+ product each game. The number of tickets produced will not change, that is supply. Now argue that scalpers can not sell, so number of fans in attendance dips. Now see how many times scalpers keep buying product without having a way to market it and count how long they stay in business...Economics 101.

I agree though that the govt would struggle with this type of situation, but they worked to improve a similar problem. Back in the day, food stamps were just that, paper vouchers equivalent to money, but could not be used to buy alcohol. What happened was people with these vochers sold their stamps for less than face value for real currency. The govt., in attempt to remedy this, issued a personal, registered pin number to accompany the new system. Not perfect but better, if you are on the side of food stamps being used to buy food. I just think tickets should be sold to fans (and make no mistake, scalpers are about the business, not the game), nothing more, nothing less. Now some posters just like to play devils advocate, and that is fun for me sometimes too. I simply like to think that right is right and wrong is wrong, but unfortunately we do not live in that type of society, Do we?