DHL Dan CCLXV - Milking It

In last week's Picked Up Pieces column (sorry!), Shank looks at the ways sports teams try and Hoover even more money from the fan base:

Who knows, the real Boston sports media experience may soon be for sale, and other thoughts

Picked-up pieces while wondering why the head of the Tom Brady statue is so small . . .

⋅ How much would you pay to hang out with real sports reporters after a Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins or Celtics game?

Maybe we’ll soon find out. Boston’s teams seem to be missing out on a great opportunity for a new revenue stream.

This came to my attention this past week when the Associated Press reported that the Oklahoma Sooners football program is selling a “fan experience package” that includes access to postgame media interviews. For a mere $692.11, two Sooner fans can hang with handsome media types and observe Nixonian-level stonewalling as reporters try to uncover secrets of Cover-2 defenses and lower-body injuries.

Yikes. Hard to believe it’s come to this, but in the new world order of transfer portals and NIL money, big-time college programs are looking for new ways to generate cash.

Selling “Sooner Magic Memories,” Oklahoma’s ad reads, “Get exclusive postgame media access for you and one guest and see where real-time reactions unfold. Hear OU coaches and players address reporters moments after the final whistle.”

An idea so asinine, I hope it fails miserably.