Re: Liverpool Thread
yeah here in the states every sporting event you go to uses RFID technology to verify the tickets are legit, the ticket takers have an RFID scanner which scans a bar-code on the ticket and verifies against a mini-database stored on the bar code reader that the ticket is valid and the ticket has not already been scannend in yet.... I have had season tickets to two different sporting teams for 7 years and i have never not been allowed in due to scanner error... so they dont use that now? wow, no wonder counterfit tickets are such a problem, the only problem we have is when some poor sole pays top dollar for tickets from a scalper and then gets to the gate and the tix are found to be fakes by the rfid scanner...
To be fair though, I don't think there were as many Milan fans (as there were Liverpool fans) who were willing to go to Athens.
Don't get me wrong, this is not a cuss to the fans of Milan or other clubs, but LFC should be proud to have fans who will be willing to spend a small fortune to watch 90 minutes.
When desperation comes, people will be willing to go through many alleys to get their hands on tickets. Along with desperation, you unfortunately get scammers too
UEFA should be thinking about this with a bit more empathy. Here you have people with legal tickets not being let into the grounds, of course they are gonna be rowdy. With UEFA charging more than ever for tickets, surely they should look into using sophisticated technologies such as RFID to lower the chance of counterfeiting?!
UEFA are purely to be blamed for this. You can't blame supporters for you yourself have the inability to run a world event :roll:
yeah here in the states every sporting event you go to uses RFID technology to verify the tickets are legit, the ticket takers have an RFID scanner which scans a bar-code on the ticket and verifies against a mini-database stored on the bar code reader that the ticket is valid and the ticket has not already been scannend in yet.... I have had season tickets to two different sporting teams for 7 years and i have never not been allowed in due to scanner error... so they dont use that now? wow, no wonder counterfit tickets are such a problem, the only problem we have is when some poor sole pays top dollar for tickets from a scalper and then gets to the gate and the tix are found to be fakes by the rfid scanner...