Let us now praise Eliot Spitzer. Really. The New York Governor recently joined Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell in doing a favor for consumers by signing legislation to legalize ticket "scalping."

These new laws eliminate long-time bans on the resale of tickets for sporting and other entertainment events. This means that fans will now be able to buy and sell tickets in efficient and legal secondary markets. For ardent sports or music fans, this should eliminate the drudgery of camping in line for hours, or sometimes days, outside ticket windows to get choice seats. More than half the state legislatures are considering similar laws.