That's Entertainment
14 August 2006
Editor, The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Upset by the injuries suffered by Redskins' players in yesterday's preseason game, Michael Wilbon insists that these games are pointless ("Game Doesn't Count, But the Injuries Do," August 14). And he accuses the NFL of greedy irresponsibility for its refusal to forego the extra revenues that these games generate.
Mr. Wilbon misses the point of professional football. It's entertainment for fans, nothing more. If fans willingly pay to attend preseason games, and willingly tune-in in large numbers on television to watch them, these games aren't pointless. As the NFL's substantial revenues from these games prove, preseason games please fans enough, and please enough fans, so that the NFL is perfectly justified in staging them.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Upset by the injuries suffered by Redskins' players in yesterday's preseason game, Michael Wilbon insists that these games are pointless ("Game Doesn't Count, But the Injuries Do," August 14). And he accuses the NFL of greedy irresponsibility for its refusal to forego the extra revenues that these games generate.
Mr. Wilbon misses the point of professional football. It's entertainment for fans, nothing more. If fans willingly pay to attend preseason games, and willingly tune-in in large numbers on television to watch them, these games aren't pointless. As the NFL's substantial revenues from these games prove, preseason games please fans enough, and please enough fans, so that the NFL is perfectly justified in staging them.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Saturday May 5, 2007 at 2:54pm
Thank you. Keep it.