John Oliver gives middle finger to elitist Yankees by offering up premium tickets

Cory Collins

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Nobody sends a resounding "F— you" to sports elites quite like John Oliver, HBO's host of Last Week Tonight and the Internet's resident king of headlines that include the words "rips," "skewers," and "metaphorically disembowels."

His new target? The New York Yankees, whose policy disallowing fans to print their tickets at home (thus limiting the number of fans who score tickets on a secondary market) caused controversy, especially when coupled with the words of team COO Lonn Trust. 

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“It’s not that we don’t want that fan to sell it, but that fan is sitting there having paid a substantial amount of money for a ticket and (another) fan picks it up for a buck-and-a-half and sits there, and it’s frustrating to the purchaser of the full amount,” Trost told WFAN in February. “And quite frankly, the fan may be someone who has never sat in a premium location. So that’s a frustration to our existing fan base.”

Trost's fear of mixing riffraff with the rich is a trend best summarized by Oliver, himself:

"The New York Yankees will continue finding ways to look like the biggest elitist a—holes in all of sports."

Oliver's counter-punch? A video, true to brand, eviscerating the Yankees in comedic fashion. Even better: A contest. Oliver and company (see what I did there?) bought two premium-seat tickets for the first three Yankees games. And they are giving them away in the best way imaginable.

"We will sell them to you for just 25 cents apiece," Oliver said. "On one condition: You must dress as if you've never sat in a premium location before. What that means can be up to you."

See the (NSFW, profanity-laden) magic for yourself:

The hashtag #IHaveNeverSatInAPremiumLocation has led to a wondrous Twitter tunnel of magic. Imagine any of these beautiful beings intermixing with wealthy Yankees fans and have a hearty laugh. 

Hating the Yankees hasn't been this fun since A-Rod kissed himself.

Cory Collins