I couldn't believe this...not sure how this is a good thing. Forget about ever going to a Super Bowl here in Florida...

 

:confused

 

Bush approved a bill that eliminates a provision against reselling tickets for more than $1 above the original price. The measure's sponsor, Rep. John Stargel, R-Lakeland, said the law will allow people to sell their unwanted tickets for as much as buyers are willing to pay.

 

But the law also allows Florida's attorney general to investigate whether people or companies buy large numbers of tickets to monopolize an event, force consumers to buy resold tickets at high prices.

Well it does protect against wholesale extortion of the fans. :confused

You think scalping isnt prevalent? Look at what SRO seats at the AAA are going for right now. $25 tickets going for $250.

Am I the only one who thought this thread about Indians and Cowboys?

I don't see the big deal. It was happening anyways and no one cared, and I doubt they'll be a huge increase, so why bother regulating it?

 

It's not like the State of Florida was scouring eBay looking for scalpers based here. Just a "just in case" law that's thrown out.

When I read the title, I thought he was allowing people to be scalped and I was like "WTF!?"

It's funny how this bill was signed into law just days before the NBA Finals started.

I don't see how people can be against this. Seriously, no one is going scalp tickets at low prices because it's the law. It's captialism, you get what people are willing for your tickets.

They allow scalping in many states. This isn't a big deal.

My first thought was losing to FSU would be a bad thing in the future in football.

 

Then my next thought was I am a moron and thught about what it meant

 

 

problem is alot of scalpers offer fake tickets to folks

but I have bought tickets from scalpers for fish, heat, dolphin games. Normally they will dump great seats for dirt cheap

I doubt this will change anything. If you look on ebay no tickets go for face value. all this will do is protect people who sell tickets on site.

Couple years ago I went to a Dolphins game, and we needed an extra ticket so we stop by this guy scalping tickets under a bridge and I guess we confused him by asking to take our two tickets in exchange of 3 tickets in the same section (we needed to buy just one)...anyway, when he gave us the change it was for +100 bucks. Yea the beer never tasted sweeter.