New York Jets Tickets, Indianapolis Colts Tickets, NFL Prices Up, Sales Down

The New York Jets tickets and Indianapolis Colts tickets are up in price, but down in sales. And higher ticket prices and lower ticket sales are true for many NFL teams including the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints.

According to NFL Spokesperson Brian McCarthy, speaking to Daily Finance, NFL attendance is expected to be down five percent for the 2010 season.

And add to that, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told this blogger (at the 2010 NFL Draft) the league had anticipated that its "partners and fans" were going through hard times:



Goodell said the NFL would work to make sure their fans got "the best opportunity to experience football, whether its on television or at the stadium."

And on television, the NFL shines.

NFL television ratings have been excellent, with NBC's Sunday Night Football producing some of the highest rated programs in history, and had the highest ratings of all TV shows for five straight weeks.  Moreover, NFL's Monday Night Football on ESPN has posted better ratings than some observers expected, even with some hiccups, like the World Series.  In that case, baseball beat football, but that was the rare exception to that rule.  With this, tickets sales are down.

American Unemployment is Problem

As long as unemployment is over 10 percent in states like Georgia and California, lower than usual ticket sales will continue to be an issue around the NFL.   The drop in sales impacts not just team revenue, but franchise value.  The degree to which the NFL rebounds from this problem, if it does, will be one of the good news stories to go with an American economic recovery.