white is right
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Yes they did this to boost ticket sales, even then tickets were largely papered. If you look at the stands of pre-season games a higher proportion of small children and poor children are at games.Most of what passes for sports media can be discounted due to the politics they hold. Back in the day teams would bring in local college talent at least to draw some interest and get some media buzz. But now its mostly a flim flam meant to impress that both management and the idiots in the media are expert professionals, and I'm the pope.
The casino I used to play poker at had a drive for Buffalo area under privileged children for pre-season games.