You can technically lose money during the playoffs if you don't raise your ticket prices.
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As a matter of fact, believe it or not guys, you can actually lose money in sports! I know that you'll find that shocking.
You have to want to put a competitive, Stanley Cup-caliber team on the ice in contrast to wanting to hopefully someday financially break even. So you have to really balance expenses with revenue.
You get to a point in your career, I think, it's not even about money. You're secure. You want to win Super Bowls.
I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
Having bands in the NFL would take up seats. If you take up seats in the NFL, you're losing money.
I think money in general hurts all sports.
I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job.
I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.