Apparently, the White Sox are fully aware of what comes next. A friend of mine is still a season ticket holder, but not for long. He got an email recently about renewal. He usually doesn’t read them carefully, but he did this time.
A couple of years ago the Sox gave this customers the option of spreading their bill over 10 payments. When it came up for renewal, you had to do it again. Now, no more, if you are on the payment program, you are automatically being hit with the first charge for next season in September unless you opt out. I’m sure there will be quite a few accounts that don’t realize this and wind up renewed for next year. I was on the auto payment program last year, but to opt out, I just did nothing. This isn’t a practice limited to the White Sox. I understand that. But the timing of switching to this when the team goes to one of the worst in baseball is beyond curious.