Professional sports

Sunday's and monday night during the fall are dedicated to a sport most people love to watch. This of course being the national football league. Or in some smaller towns in Kansas your junior varsity high school football. The NFL has reached what I believe to be a new, higher level of followers or fans. It seems as though more people are going to the games and watching it around the country at local bars or eating establishments. Not only is it the NFL but the same is true for the MLB and the NBA. This makes a rise to the business aspect of these professional sports. They are profiting off of this rise greatly. Yet, the owners and presidents of these teams and leagues continually try to get more and more money by taking it from the players (this is a whole other topic), stadium-goers, and fans in general. It is just absolutely ridiculous to have to pay $27 to park in a grass field a mile from the stadium, $8.25 for a 16oz beer, or $5 for a hot dog. This is just the owners trying to get more money out of us fans. The costs of tickets to professional sporting events rise on average 4 percent a year. Fans are willing to pay more for the tickets because the ticket price includes the whole experience of the stadium and atmosphere of cheering your team on. I know, i am complaining about the cost of heading to sports events, but a true fan will continue going no matter the cost.