Now everyone second-guesses the general manager. We used to blame players for losing, and praise them for winning. Now we blame or cheer the owners. Now, fans young and old participate in fantasy leagues where they get to be owner and general manager, allowing them to play at the process of running a team, but also bypassing, along the way, the real games that were their interest in the first place. Ticket costs have escalated so wildly in a single generation that everything related to being a fan has also changed.
Corporations buy up the best seats while die-hards clog the nosebleed sections.
Attending major league sporting events is so costly, the games themselves have taken on an undue importance. Fans simply can't afford to cheer for a loser. And then there's television. The amount of money four people spend going to an average major league game these days will pay for a satellite dish and a season's package for hundreds of games that fans can watch at home. The theatrical spectacle once directed to the fans in the seats has shifted to the fans sitting on their butts in front of the tube, leading to a popular misconception that TV is better than being there.