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Jumping the
Gun?
Sharks very early with playoff
invoices
| 2/15/12 - By Paul Krill -
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Apparently, it's never too early to send out
playoff invoices. This past Friday, with two months to go before the playoffs
would even start, I got my playoff ticket invoice in the mail. This does seem a
bit early, especially since the Sharks are certainly not guaranteed to even
make the playoffs. (If they play many more games like Sunday's 3-0 loss in
Saint Louis, which featured back-to-back-to-back penalties and back-to-back
5-on-3 disadvantages in the first period, the playoffs would be very much in
jeopardy.)
According to my assessment, the playoffs would not start
until about April 10; my playoff invoice is due March 2. Is it me or this a bit
presumptuous to send out playoff invoices this far in advance? Now we know the
team does need time to process the payments and print up and mail out the
tickets. But it does give the impression that this could be a way for the team
to collect interest on our money while we wait to find out if the Sharks secure
one of the top eight spots in the conference.
At least the tickets are
reasonably priced. First-round tickets for my upper level seats are $48, up
from the $35 regular season price. The tickets jump to $114 for the Stanley Cup
Finals. Of course, we Sharks fans have never had to be billed for the fourth
round, since the team has never played in one.
Will this season be any
different? Right now, I'd say it’s questionable whether the Sharks can
even get to the third round, like they did the past two seasons. We never know,
of course. The Sharks could get red-hot in April and this could be the year
they go all the way. In the NFL, the 9-7 New York Giants got hot in December
while the 15-1 Green Bay Packers got cold. Guess which one is now the Super
Bowl champion?
The Sharks know the demand for playoff tickets is
always high. Undoubtedly, most season ticketholders will send in the invoice by
March 2 while waiting to find out if the Sharks make the post-season. If the
Sharks hockey players are as well-prepared as the Sharks accounting department,
then we should be in for a good playoff run.
Contact Paul at at pjkrillsharks@yahoo.com
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