No I'm not going to look it up. You replied to my post, if you don't want to elaborate on what you're talking about than you shouldn't have replied in the first place.
If you don't have the ability or will to pay attention to the discussion at hand, I'm not gonna start repeating things here just because you're too lazy.
Pay attention or scroll back. More affordable can mean just about everything.
Actually most of the quotes I have seen are from September of 04. That's not way before the lockout.
Again pay attention, it's really frustrating trying to have a civilized and rational discussion with someone who keeps missing the points all the time.
But let me repeat:
At the 2004 All-Star Game, league commissioner Gary Bettman said, "I believe with the right economic system, many, many, if not most of our teams, will actually lower ticket prices. I believe we owe it to our fans to have lower ticket prices."
I.e that was way before the lock-out (february 2004).
And besides, what you're telling me is that the right deal was a CBA that didn't have to be negotiated with the PA? I mean it's ridiculous Bettman would ever expect to get a deal like that, don't you think?
No, I didn't tell you that. Are you intentionally making up stuff or just trying to be funny?
And don't you think it's ridiculous that he sold the lockout to us and the media by saying the league would become more affordable, but that was only if the league got a CBA which was basically impossible to get?
Sheesh....
It REALLY shouldn't be this hard.
Bettman said "more affordable" which is something that has already happened, currently the ticket prices are ~10% cheaper on average than before the lock-out.
Bettman said most teams would lower the ticket prices in the RIGHT economic system. That was in feb 2004. How likely/unlikely to reach that "right economic system" is impossible to say since we don't even know what that "right economic system is".