There's no perfect scapegoat for this season's swaths of empty seats. According to Team Marketing Report's findings released last week, the average ticket price in the NFL is up 4.5% this season, to $76.47. Meanwhile, the average price for a family of four to attend the game and pay for parking, concessions and souvenirs rose 4%, to $420.It's not a button sensitive game like Madden, so it doesn't matter. The longer you play the more you understand why certain things happen. Your head coach (I chose to create my own) and your staff all have skills that they either already have or that they need to learn over time.

Maybe you could counter this argument by saying that cricketers in Australia have close to the best salaries in the game. Firstly there are huge numbers of Aussies playing county cricket. Secondly, the players earning these above average cricketing salaries are a lot smaller group (than for league or union) and lastly you can see the effects that India's populatio