re mlb nba in article kbanaian bernard pitzer claremont edu kbanaian bernard pitzer claremont edu king banaian writes there is absolutely positively quite verifiably no causation that runs from salaries to ticket prices the two are separable decisions the owners do not raise ticket prices to recoup costs they raise ticket prices because demand for seats has risen wish i had bold type for that no for more evidence please come to my intro to econ course somewhere around lecture four sunk costs opportunity costs marginal costs right on ticket prices are set to maximize revenue period for an excellent discussion on how this works see gerald scully s book of a couple of years back titled i think the business of baseball we will stretch no farm animal beyond its natural length paula koufax cv hp com paul andresen hewlett packard home nw mckinley corvallis or a sabr member since
