When it comes to money, many people forget their good manners.

This also applies to some supporters of Eintracht Frankfurt, after all they represent a cross-section of society.

Eintracht and many of their fans got to feel what blossoms the greed for money sometimes drives in those days when both sides were actually floating on cloud nine.

In the spring of this year, Eintracht triumphed through the Europa League and finally even sensationally secured the title.

But as nice as the successes were, they apparently also brought out the bad sides of some people.

Because when you are successful, you always have friends, which is why the number of requests for Eintracht home games exceeded the number of tickets offered many times over;

for the game at the Waldstadion against Barcelona, ​​the club could probably have sold 200,000 tickets, but only 48,000 were available.

It is a law of the market that a scarce good becomes more expensive.

But the fact that fans who were able to get hold of one of the coveted tickets had nothing better to do than sell them on the Internet as quickly as possible for a multiple is shabby.

In the meantime, tickets for the Barcelona game were circulating online for more than 500 euros.

The fact that some of the dealers were members and apparently even some season ticket holders gave the process a particularly bitter aftertaste.

One mustn't forget that many supporters who have been going to the stadium for years, even in bad times, went away empty-handed for special games like those against West Ham and Barcelona.

With the dream of not missing such a game, wanting to make money, is morally reprehensible in itself.

The fact that Eintracht is now taking legal action against the ticket dealers is a late but correct reaction.

The black and gray market has always been a nuisance when it comes to tickets, be it in football or at concerts.

While real fans are still desperately trying to get tickets, the first ones are already finding themselves on relevant sites for x times over.

Events thus become the privilege of those who can afford them.

There is only one way to combat this scam: deterrence.

If season ticket holders lose their seat, members are excluded and further penalties are threatened, hurdles are built up that make ticket trading unattractive.

That's the only way to finally encourage the dirty business.