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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 5473962, member: 73489&quot;]Fair point, but this isn&#039;t about PRICING but about market statistics that benefit not only the TPGs but the public, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>A better example would be late arrivals and lost baggage being categorized only as Nonexistent, Somtimes, Every Now &amp; Then, and Lots -- instead of hard numbers. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the NFL and TV vs. Ticket revenues is a better example.&nbsp; The NFL was petrified that TV would cause ticket sales (80% of revenues) in the 1960&#039;s and early-1970&#039;s to be cannibalized and instituted policies like the Blackout Rule to protect teams.&nbsp; Today, TV is over 50% of revenue for most teams and ticket revenue, while important, is 2nd or 3rd for most teams.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NFL took a short-term hit -- ticket sales (maybe) -- to GROW the game and make the NFL the most popular sport and the sport most popular on TV.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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