The Boston Globe reported this week that NESN color commentator and former Red Sox second baseman Jerry Remy’s new restaurant across from Fenway Park will offer a ‘Season Pass’ to patrons. For the one time cost of $500.00, pass holders can show up for any Red Sox game and skip the line at the door to an open table, complete with one free beer and $25.00 of food.

A personal seat license for a sports bar?

At first blush, any fan of the show Cheers might laugh. Shell out half a grand to be Norm — the guy with the best seat at the bar. The manager of Remy’s describes the program as Red Sox season tickets at a fraction of the cost of real Red Sox season tickets. Anyone who can not afford (or get access to) season tickets to attend a live game can be guaranteed a front row seat to the televised game.

The problem lies in the fact that most of the fans that head down to Lansdowne to enjoy the Red Sox game experience aren’t able to afford the toughest ticket in baseball. Now these same folks are standing in line while wealthy VIPs skip right past the velvet rope? With an already existing divide between haves and have-nots in the sports fan community, this plan will only build another wall between the fans and access to the team they support.

For those that can pay, prime seats to watch their favorite team on television may be worth the investment. But for the rest of the Sox fans (and Celtics and Patriots fans) living in Beantown, let’s hope that other area establishments do not go the route of Remy’s. Or, much like Fenway Park, there won’t be a seat for you on game day.

[Kelty Carpenter is a graduate of Wake Forest University and soon-to-be graduate of Georgetown University's Sports Industry Management program. She currently serves as Sports Business reporter for SFC & Social Media Assistant for LinkStar PR. She loves Red Sox baseball and Deacon hoops.]