"Although the Yankees cannot ban ticket buyers outright from using StubHub to resell tickets, they can make it far less convenient.
With the StubHub link removed from Yankees.com, buyers will no longer be able to print StubHub Yankees tickets from home. The seller will have to send the tickets or give them to the buyer in person, said one source."
It's illegal to scalp tickets in person outside Yankee Stadium.
But the Yankees can link to an online scalper with no qualms.
I don't see how the Yankees can limit StubHub's delivery mechanisms.
"Not everyone blames StubHub for falling attendance. Ticket reseller Joe De Laura says the Yanks are charging too much. He predicts resellers will buy fewer season tickets now that the Yanks are ditching StubHub.
'Taking out the free market will cripple their business. A ton of guys are going to pull out,' he said. 'StubHub is good for the Yankees, not bad, because it puts people in the seats for the less desireable games.' "
The New York Post spelled "desirable" wrong. The spellcheck on blogger caught it, but not the esteemed editors at the New York Post.
Other than that, I must agree with Joe De Laura and the general tone of the article. De-emphasizing StubHub won't "crippled their business," but the Yankees don't lose money when people resell their tickets on StubHub, for crying out loud.
It's a secondary market.
The Yankees even get their cash up front.
I don't complain too often about ticket prices or the Yankee management decisions, but this is some serious short-sighted, blameshifting nonsense.
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