Heat fired its season ticket sales staff after the team sold out of season tickets.

**Donkwin47** · 07-31-10, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by Cappinpicks

so a city who had the best NFL team ever (72 dolphins) and next year's best NBA team ever sucks as a sports town?

**yisman** · 08-01-10, 12:09 AM

Miami is a terrible basketball town.

Dan Le Batard even says so.

**BarkingToad** · 08-01-10, 01:05 AM

Can't blame Miami Heat for this move.

**texhooper** · 08-01-10, 01:26 AM

you would think with the miami heat being so star studded and in demand it would open up other opportunities in the franchise for these people to continue their roles with the team. god knows they probably spent several years hanging their heads in shame and not bringing home ample commissions dude to the horrible ticket sales they've had recently. i'm going on the assumption these were people who had been with the team for longer than this season, and in that context it seems like a very shitty move.

**venice2222** · 08-01-10, 01:59 AM

those seats will be sold out for the next 5 years

**PlatinumBerg** · 08-01-10, 03:29 AM

The staff really didn't do anything except acted as pawns in the transactions by taking the money, and giving away the tickets. This is what happens to you when you have no real skills. You get used, abused, and exploited. Then fired.

**Defuzas** · 08-01-10, 03:35 AM

Pretty logical to me

**nj6** · 08-01-10, 04:33 AM

Nothing new here for me. Fukk the Heat.

**THE HITMAN** · 08-01-10, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by EmpireMaker

That was a rotten thing to do, they should have looked for another sdpot for them or something.

They did, they are trying to place them elsewhere

**big joe 1212** · 08-01-10, 10:49 AM

no reason to keep them. nothing for them to do.

**sweetjones55** · 08-01-10, 10:57 AM

I didn't buy my Heat season tickets because our sales guy was so nice. I bought them because we signed Wade/Bosh and knew LeBron was coming.

**jetsjets1028** · 08-01-10, 11:04 AM

wow are they really stupid

**pavyracer** · 08-01-10, 11:08 AM

Once they sold the season tickets (season tickets are good for all home games) there is no reason to keep the sales staff to sell a non-existent product. But they could have offered them janitor or selling merchandise or food serving jobs in the arena.

**smitch124** · 08-01-10, 11:31 AM

They shoulda hired them to look for rat droppings and warm sushi at the consessions...

**Carseller4** · 08-01-10, 11:38 AM

This is a private business, not a government or union job.

Assisting them in getting other jobs was a great move.

**mtneer1212** · 08-01-10, 11:50 AM

Not really sure what else they could do..........

**kmoney** · 08-01-10, 11:53 AM

don't sales people get commissions? hopefully they racked in some cash for that week

**DrStale** · 08-01-10, 12:31 PM

Originally posted by poochiecollins

Why aren't season ticket prices jacked up high enough so that there doesn't need to be waiting lists to begin with?

Because then stadiums would be filled with rich assholes instead of sports fans.

**brandon m** · 08-01-10, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by poker_dummy101

come on.. everyone knows thats not true. undefeated is completely different from the best NFL team ever

100% agree. Just because they were undefeated doesn't mean they were the best team ever.

And Miami is a crap sports town.

**poochiecollins** · 08-01-10, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by DrStale

Because then stadiums would be filled with rich assholes instead of sports fans.

The only possible problem of this I can think of would be a less enthusiastic crowd, but this is theory. Are there any studies or articles discussing evidence on that theory?

**Ratzz** · 08-02-10, 08:08 PM

MIAMI HEAT SOLD OUT for "ENTIRE" REG. SEASON ALREADY

every seat, every game...
and subsequently fired the Sales Dept. (30 employees)

lol... true story

**wonder if that money counts towards the Cap

**lolbear** · 08-02-10, 10:23 PM

funny how making great sales can lead to getting fired. although the heat sold themselves anyway

**Darkside Magick** · 08-02-10, 10:38 PM

They should have got positions in lebron posse !!!!

**Defuzas** · 08-03-10, 12:42 AM

Good for Heat, I will be their new fan only because of Big-Z, it's time to get ring for him.

**D3 Mighty Ducks** · 08-07-10, 09:58 PM

Thats insane.

**lunchbawks** · 08-07-10, 10:01 PM

players calling eachother up and teaming up for a ring lmao...

oh my how the game has changed

**makemerich** · 08-07-10, 11:11 PM

alreadY? oh man and i wanted to go down for christmas or somerhingg too.

**iMxth3xbossx5000** · 08-08-10, 12:22 AM

How the fuk can every game for the entire season be sold out already? Thats damn near fukkin crazy, in fact it already is. Theres 82 games in a season man, every game is fukkin sold out?

**Sharkl11** · 08-08-10, 12:41 AM

shiet, why pay to watch a bunch of over payed black ppl play ball at home is the best seat

**Diesel79** · 08-08-10, 04:32 AM

wow..... Its like 2004 Lakers when it was impossible to get a ticket

**lunchbawks** · 08-08-10, 05:51 PM

Originally posted by Sharkl11

shiet, why pay to watch a bunch of over payed black ppl play ball at home is the best seat

best line i've read today

**bbar86** · 08-08-10, 06:29 PM

damn and i was gonna get some tickets this week, too late

**MarlinsFan2212** · 08-08-10, 07:02 PM

good for the heat

**Jonah** · 08-09-10, 01:07 AM

Not 82 home games

**marcoloco** · 08-09-10, 10:24 AM

the sales team im sure would have nothing to do for the rest of the season, plus they cant take credit for the sell out lol