I remember going to see the Bulls when Michael Jordan was still playing and looking around outside the stadium and realizing most if not all the kids who lived in the area could never afford a ticket to go to a Bulls game right in their own neighborhood.

That realization was pretty depressing.

Don

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

13. The chances of something like this becoming mandatory for all franchises

Reply to NNN0LHI (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:33 PM

Apr 2012

are probably even slimmer than them getting rid of the NFL blackout rule.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

5. edit: Oh, the money. I thought the poor little tykes were going to go to games.

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:43 PM

Apr 2012

Which would be one way of reducing class sizes...

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

6. Go Raiders - I've been a fan since I lived in Oakland in the late 1960s

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:09 PM

Apr 2012

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)

7. Woah. Excellent. This is the world I like living in.

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:10 PM

Apr 2012

Kind and generous.

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)

8. Very very cool=rec'd! nt

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:43 PM

Apr 2012

bayareaboy

(793 posts)

9. very cool indeed ...

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:57 PM

Apr 2012

I don't think anything like this happened when Al Davis was alive. For sure Oakland could use the money!

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

10. This is proactive and I likey.

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:04 PM

Apr 2012

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

11. That's cool

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:05 PM

Apr 2012

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)

12. That's a great idea!

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:12 PM

Apr 2012

I think they are the only ones planning on doing something like this.
Maybe it'll catch on, let's hope.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)

14. Gotta love this..

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2012, 06:31 AM

Apr 2012

Maybe the 49ers will follo...oh wait, that's right, they are leaving The City...

mojitojoe

(94 posts)

15. Apparently they donated 60% of their draft picks to someone, too.

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2012, 07:33 AM

Apr 2012

lies and propaganda

(3,337 posts)

16. This raider fan just died!

Reply to mojitojoe (Reply #15)

Mon Apr 30, 2012, 11:55 AM

Apr 2012

You owe me a new keyboard, dude!

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)

17. It's not the tickets themselves, it's the money.

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2012, 01:03 PM

Apr 2012

Every season ticket purchased and paid in full between May 1 and June 30 will have 10 percent of its gross donated to the Oakland public schools. With season tickets starting at $260 a piece and costing as much as $1,510, the donation to the schools can be substantial.

There seems to be some confusion above...