#30 - A Molotov Cocktail for Professional Sports

<p>Happy Independence Day, American listeners! </p><p>Professional sports in America has become a racket. Taking advantage of patriotic sentiment and our civic duty to be sports fans, corporations have seized the commanding heights of the sports economy to squeeze Americans when they&#39;re at their most vulnerable. In turn, Americans simply tolerate it.</p><ul><li><p>Ticket prices are up 300%—but wages aren’t.</p></li><li><p>Beers for $15. Hot dogs for $9. Parking for $50.</p></li><li><p>Billionaire owners, private equity firms, taxpayer-funded stadiums.</p></li></ul><li><p>America needs a sports fan union. Americans need to band together to boycott, pressure, and negotiate when prices go too high, when workers aren&#39;t well-compensated, or when politics kills the vibe. </p><p><a href="https://www.cancerresearch.org/ways-to-give" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Donate to Cancer Research Institute</a></p></li><li><p><br></p></li>