I suspect there might be a cultural difference. Something about how TFC talked about how scandalous it is that a season ticket is now considered a commodity struck me in a way that is very much at odds with free-market USA.Slightly worrying that stub hub sponsor a fuck off stadium in the US though.
When I lived in Chicago, my roommates would routinely try to get tickets to popular events with the SOLE intention of then flipping the tickets on craigslist. They were thrilled to get certain tickets not because they wanted to attend, but because they saw the potential resale value. The secondary ticket market has existed for so long in the US that it's simply second nature to consider tickets as anything other than a straight commodity. People worry about buying counterfeit tickets, not about paying above face value.
Now it looks like the UK is learning some of the same neoliberal lessons. As always, I blame Thatcher, but ymmv.