Oct

2

We're all well accustomed to the closing of the National Parks, the Smithsonian, the Statue of Liberty and similar government attractions, in order to maximize the hardship of the government shutdown on schoolchildren and other innocents.

But suspending the Navy v. Air Force game seems a new height in ridiculousness. Surely the costs of the football programs have already been incurred and the ticket and other revenue from the game would have been a major financial plus to these government schools.

I see at least some game tickets were previously selling online in the $100 range. Assuming an average price less than half of this would yield a couple of million dollars from ticket revenue alone. Plus food and other concession revenues. Plus the largest of all, the schools' share of TV and other broadcast revenues.

But what better way to bring home to citizens the terrible consequences of interfering with the government's normal modus operandi?


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