How billionaires are ruining sports

By Robert Reich

Published June 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM PDT

The median ticket price for a World Cup match is more than $1,000. I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.

But even if you want to go to an average professional sporting event, tickets and concession prices will cost you a small fortune.

Here’s one thing we can do about it.

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How Billionaires Are Ruining Sports

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Robert Reich

Robert B. Reich is Professor of Public Policy emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, including as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, for which Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century.

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