“If you want to be in touch with the consumer, the fan that pays the bills, it’s always price and value received,” Angelos said. “It’s really not a debate.
If the audience thinks they’re getting a good price value, then they are. If they don’t, they’re not. You can’t spin that. You can’t press-release your way out of that. You can’t argue with people and tell them, ‘No, it’s really worth it.’ They either think it is or not.
“You can’t ignore the pie for the average person – no, the plurality of people – has had huge chunks taken out of it by the incredible escalation in healthcare and education. You have to want to know how people feel about these things. I think I know, based on general understanding of the cost of living and the increasing pressures on most every socioeconomic level.”
Angelos might be the most woke owner in the game: socially conscious enough to
write in defense of peaceful protest; unafraid to oppose
President Trump decrying athlete protests; passionate about
the ills of racism and inequality; and acutely aware of the plight of the middle class. He sees professional sports franchises as public-private partnerships, and that it’s his family’s duty to serve the greater Baltimore area as it has him.
