The contracts OBVIOUSLY limit the resale conditions.

And thanks for acknowledging that they are just a contract, not a commodity, which makes all economic arguments irrelevant.

I agree with the team, and I found the pro-scalper/free market argument of Hylander to be hollow, because the laws of economics govern commodities, not contracts that state that they are transferrable under only certain conditions. The movable object that is the ticket is not the agreement that legally permits you in the door. It is simply a written statement that serves as verification of that contract. Unless you sell your ticket under the terms of the contract you have with the Patriots, then legally the contract was violated, and the Patriots are no longer bound to live up to their end of the agreement to let the (scalped) ticket holder in. Once the contract between the original purchaser violated the terms of the agreement which outlined his right to attend the game, the agreement was broken, and the contract not enforceable. This is more about contract law than economics. To some degree, this is also about criminal law as well, since the state law that specifically prohibits scalping by limiting the increase in price upon any "reselling tickets," is being violated. This law is a consumer-protection oriented law. There is such a thing as the rights of the local fans, even if it is not written into the constitution. You would think Patriots fans would be amongst the most likely to be sure that they 1) knew who was using their STH seats 2) not try to profit off of the transfer of an agreement to attend an event on the Kraft property, and 3) treat the tickets with more respect, in the belief that it's more supposed to be about the GAME itself.