Of course you're going to get downmodded, you didn't even make an argument originally! Nobody is buying tickets so kids can't get them. They're buying them to

Of course you're going to get downmodded, you didn't even make an argument originally! Nobody is buying tickets so kids can't get them. They're buying them to re-sell them at a higher price because there is a market for tickets at that price. They're not buying them to hoard them for a rainy day or something. The reality is, for most events you can get tickets for face value, through the primary provider, if you do so in a remotely timely fashion. The other reality is that for most events that have a large secondary market you can get tickets well below face value. Real "scalpers", the people who stand around at games, are providing a service. They are selling tickets for cost + a convenience fee to be paid by whoever found it too inconvenient to get tickets earlier (or felt like "playing the market" or whatever).