Moral Question - Selling season football tickets

IMHO i would say nope

Read "Atlas Shrugged"

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If someone was going to sell their season football tickets just for this year, is it wrong for them to go to the highest bidder

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My god, don't let TigahRag see this. 10 pages easy - 20 if you bring it to Ticket Exchange board. Or do you know this already?

If you sell someone your tickets for face you are basically giving them a gift equal to the difference between face and market value so I would say it depends on who you sell them to.

is it moral to pay someone less than face value for tickets when demand is low?

sell the tickets for the very most you can get for them...I can assure people saying sell only at face value walk around the stadium buying Middle Tennessee State tickets for $5 and don't think twice about it...

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If someone was going to sell their season football tickets just for this year, is it wrong for them to go to the highest bidder?

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Are you selling the rights to the SEC CG and any bowl bid as well?

If so, I say highest bidder OK. Otherwise questionable.

First, calling the Tradition Fund or TAF "FEE" a donation is a complete farce. It's strictly a means of getting "donors" a tax deduction for a portion of their season ticket cost. If there was no associated tax deduction, there would be no "donation" and the administration would simply add the "donation" to the cost/face value of the ticket.

Second, this isn't a moral question at all. If you want to sell any asset you own for less than it's worth, that's your prerogative. Many will say that you're just being nice. Others will say that you're a fool. It's the people who don't have tickets and didn't support the team when times were bad that try to put a guilt trip on season ticket holders to sell tickets for less than they are worth. Notice these same douchebags have no problem sitting outside Tiger Stadium against the weak OOC teams trying to "rip off" other "true Tiger fans" by offering them $5 for a ticket that they paid over $90 for. To them, that's just the "market" and they then go an brag to their friends about how they sat on the sidelines for $5. But, if someone ask for more than face for the good games, then, to these hypocrites, they are just scumbags.


So, if you want to couch this in terms of "morals" shouldn't you also ask, "is it also immoral for a 'true Tiger fan' to offer someone less than the cost of the ticket to see LSU play Troy St.?"

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If someone was going to sell their season football tickets just for this year, is it wrong for them to go to the highest bidder?

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It is definitely okay, as long as you are not defrauding anyone. There is nothing wrong with the honest pursuit of profit. Although you aren't necessarily seeking profit in this case, if someone is willing to buy the tickets for a certain price don't feel guilty for selling it to them.

if you do decide to sell them for face value, be sure to include all of the fees, etc. that you had to pay in addition to the actual amount on the ticket....it is a pretty substantial amount...

to answer your question...if these are "your" tickets that you won't be using and want to sell, then I think you are perfectly justified in making a profit....the tickets are worth whatever the market will bear...

I do think it is morally wrong however, to buy tickets with the sole intention of selling them for a profit....

If I am selling to friends, I choose to sell for face value....I just don't feel right about making money off my friends

If I am selling to strangers, there may be a slight brokerage charge