I don't think it is a red herring at all, it isn't the person on the ticket using it. It isn't transferrable.
Also, stealing from the club. LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWLS at that.
They get plenty of over priced sales from me as it is, should I try to buy a cheaper ST that encourages me to attend more games and buy even more over priced merchandise and support the team at the same time, as opposed to sitting in the house and being much more discriminatory about my attendance . . . . no spending on merchandise/food, less support for the team.
I agree to an extent the club knew fine what they were up to as far as the timing was concerned but that is a concern for them and they are completely entitled to do so. But stealing from the club? That's superb.