HOUR 1: Thoughts On Exorbitant World Cup Ticket Prices + NBA Fastbreak

About this episode

Mike and Rico discuss the high prices of World Cup tickets and the general unaffordability of sports, concluding with an NBA Fastbreak segment.

Mike and Rico began the show with their reactions to the prices to get into the first USA World Cup soccer match in LA tonight. They tied this into a larger argument/point about the unaffordability of all sports before doing an "NBA Fastbreak" to wrap up the first hour.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Rico

Topics covered

• World Cup ticket prices
• affordability in sports
• NBA Fastbreak

Keywords

• World Cup
• ticket prices
• NBA
• sports affordability
• Fastbreak

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBA

Places: LA

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