Sportswriters around the country have discovered their disdain for having to prepay merely for the right to pay for something.
Oh, wait, it’s not PSLs; it’s paying for the privilege of negotiating with a player:
The Boston Red Sox can afford to and made the choice to pay $51 million just for the right to negotiate with a Japanese ballplayer. Sickening.
When the sports teams do it to loyal fans, it’s a creative revenue strategy. When agents do it to sports teams, it’s sickening.
I do see the subtle differences that make the moral equation opposite.