Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:35 am
I went. Picked up tix on StubHub back in January for my kid's birthday. Basketball is his favorite sport, seemed like a cool dad thing to do and the price all in was comparable to doing a Vike's game, which I scored free tix for last year, so it ends up being a wash in my house.
I co-coached my kid's traveling team this year. It changes your perspective on the game. We had some towering nose bleeds in an upper corner, but you could still see everything.
Watching the Virginia kid sink 3 free throws to win was the coolest single sporting event moment i've ever paid to see. Watching Michigan State melt down was a lesson in how 'not' to play basketball. They sucked, and it was blatantly obvious where and how they sucked from 1,200 feet away.
Being in the rush of emotion when Texas Tech won was the 'experience' part you can't get from a game. Watching Auburn fans lose their shit was almost surreal.
I'd never pay that damn much money to watch a couple basketball games. The joy was sharing the experience with my kid and maybe coming out with some lessons for him on how to win/lose like an F'ing Boss..... No phucking phone other than taking pictures, talking smack with the people around us, congratulating the same people when their team did good, waiting in line with a bunch of drunk guys to piss, his old man biatching about the price of food/beers, seeing that even college kids get/feel phucked by refs, etc.... so much of this is what I remember from going to Met Center with my old man. Hell, couldn't tell you anything about any game I saw there, but can tell you the memories of the experience shit all day long.
Did someone make a shit ton of money off of it.... yep. I'll sleep just fine being a few c-notes lighter, but in reality, it's a life time memory for less than 5 cases of shells.