Things got dicey in Hong Kong yesterday when Lionel Messi sat out the the match against a local team. Messi’s MLS Inter Miami team is on tour in Asia right now and the match was highly anticipated. But when Messi was a late scratch from the roster, fans at the stadium erupted in boos and chanted repeatedly for refunds. Host Marco Werman speaks with Victor Matheson, a sports economist at the College of the Holy Cross, about the issue of ticket prices when star athletes don’t compete.
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