Oh, to be an athletics administrator at a school with an elite football program. Nowhere do people wield power with such an utter sense of being above all things deemed normal that it would make an apologetic Tiger Woods rethink his own stance on the word "entitled."Case in point: Ohio State Senior Associate Athletics Director Pat Chun, prompted by "intense interest in the 2010 football season," is sending out letters demanding that 426 people in six lots haven't paid the whopping fee of $5,000 to keep their spots to tailgate for home games. That's right $5,000 for eight games. We laugh that some New Yorkers are willing to pay upwards of $225,000 for a parking spot, but you have those spots until you sell them. Let's say you kept said spot for 20 years, that figures out to $30.82 a day for prime parking in Manhattan. For OSU, we're talking an average of $625 per home game to tailgate ... no tickets, no drive up kegerator. Just to park your car for a few hours before, during and after the game. And let's keep in mind the people who are the ones paying $5,000 to park are likely alumni with tickets.
Fans and media have no quarrels ripping apart the Yankees and the likes for outrageous ticket prices, but isn't this far worse. Forget lawyers, health-care providers and the likes, no one can force people to bleed out money quite like a powerhouse football program.
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