Is restricting ticket sales right?

Rams tickets.

Soon after the Rams and 49ers earned NFC Championship berths, this restriction started circulating on Twitter announcing the restriction of ticket purchases. This isn’t the first case of restrictions like this and it won’t be the last, but is it too petty for games as competitive as the one we just saw? 

To be fair, it worked. The Rams advanced to their second Super Bowl in the last four years and the crowd seemed to be more in the home team's favor than normal for SoFi Stadium. What I’m wondering is will they (and can they) continue these restrictions into the Super Bowl? Let’s face it, they probably need it after the way Cincinnati fans have traveled throughout the playoffs. And even with the restrictions, SoFi was still half red during the NFC Championship. 

According to a post on From This Seat, the majority of tickets are divided evenly between teams and typically sold lottery style to season ticket holders. A number of the remaining tickets go to the players and coaches, and the rest are sold like normal. 

Nosebleed seats already cost over $5,000. Who do you think is more likely to shell out that kind of money, people in Los Angeles or people in Cincinnati? The Rams might as well have already set their restrictions.