Any Giants fans hoping to snag a seat at Lambeau Field better open up their wallets - and be on their best behavior.

The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reports that ticket prices for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game are averaging over $600 a seat, with some stubs going as high as $3,500 each.

But the cost shouldn’t be too steep for some G-Men fans, who made a nice profit of their own selling their seats to Pats backers back in December.

But Packer Backers are being cautious about who they give their goods to.

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With all the drug allegations surrounding baseball, one fan has had enough. And he’s doing something about it - by demanding a ticket refund.

GOTHAMIST reports that Matthew Mitchell has taken the New York Yankees to small claims court, wanting his money back from five games he attended between 2002-2007. By paying to see such steroid & HGH-linked players like Barry Bonds and Andy Pettitte, Mitchell claims the Yanks “broke their implicit promise to provide a fair and honest game.”

The fan is suing for $221 - about enough to cover one week’s parking at the new Yankee Stadium.

Most Giants ticket holders can watch this Saturday’s game against the Patriots from the comfort of their own homes. So, they have no problem putting their seats up for sale.

In fact, some fans figure to make quite a profit.

WCBS-TV reports that tickets for the Pats’ final shot at a perfect regular season are going for thousands of dollars online. Sites like StubHub are seeing seats selling for $1,600, while eBay has some offers of up to $2,500 for game stubs. There’s even a luxury suite up for grabs, which can be yours for only $26,114.

Quite an increase from the normal $84 average for a game-day seat.

And some Giants players don’t appreciate their fans selling out. LB Antonio Pierce laments, “We don’t need fans like that.”

Meanwhile, DE Michael Strahan is puzzled with the high prices: “Twenty-six thousand to come watch a game? I mean I could understand for the Super Bowl, but for this? It’s taking on a life of its own.”

Of course, New Yorkers aren’t going to miss a chance to make a quick buck or two or thousand off their Boston brethren.

THE ANGRY T believes that any Buckeyes fans buying tickets from this ticket selling site are nuts:

The text of the screenshot from the site reads: “The 2008 BCS NCAA National Championship Game will make it’s debut at the Louisiana Superdome, in New Orleans, LA. The LSU Tiger will be playing the Ohio State Wolverines.”

So, not only do they have the name wrong, they also advertise that only one tiger will be showing up. That’s kind of dangerous.

We can’t wait to get our Rose Bowl tickets for the USC Bruins against the Illinois Hoosiers. While we’re at it, maybe we can pick up a pair of courtside seats for the Los Angeles Celtics against the San Antonio Mavericks.

Now we know where to go next spring if we want to see the Boston Yankees.

PACKERS-COWBOYS TIX BRINGING IN BIG BUCKS IN BIG D: The DALLAS MORNING NEWS scalps word that tickets for tonight’s Cowboys-Packers contest are fetching the most money ever for an NFL regular season game:

Online ticket merchant StubHub says the game is shaping up to be their best-ever seller, with prices averaging $285 per ticket. One fan coughed $2,350 for the pleasure of parking his keyster in Texas Stadium.The game between traditional NFC powers has a lot at stake, with each team coming in at 10-1. And it’s no secret that Packers fans travel well, with plenty of Cheeseheads expected to clog the stands.

With the game on the NFL Network, showing up in person is the only way most fans will be able to see any action.

STAY AT THE SUPER 8 AND YOUR NEXT 1-AA LOSS IS ON US! The ST. PAUL PIONEER-PRESS reports today the University of Minnesota (UM) is using some sort of points system to determine priority for football seating at the school’s new, open-air 50,000-seat TCF Stadium.

“Gopher Points” are accrued on “season-ticket purchasing history and financial contributions to the stadium.” The fans with the most points win the right to watch the U. lose to I-AA teams while freezing to death beginning in 2009, when the ballpark open. UM claims sales of 35,000 season tickets so far.

Sounds like the price of silver is due to jump in about 18 months.

WHY DAN SNYDER REALLY DOES NEED FIVE BODYGUARDS: The WASHINGTON TIMES today mocked Dan Snyder with this item about the height-challenged one: “Dan Snyder evidently felt the need for five — five! — security guards (at least by our unofficial tally) when he walked onto the field nearly two hours before the game. As he is at most road games, Snyder was trailed by wingman Bernard Shaw.”

While you might think that’s overkill, Sunday ESPN’s Chris Mortensen gave a little hint as to why Snyder might’ve actually needed that heavy duty security. Seems that the Napoleonic NFLer took 300 sponsors to the Redskins-Cowboys affair yesterday, and to account for those seats, took away some of the Redskins player’s tickets, which had team members “upset” at Snyder.Yep, that’s where badass Bernie comes in …

ROCKIES TIX = SOUTH BEACH SPRING BREAK HOTEL RATES: On the heels of the franchise’s first-ever World Series appearance, we’re happy to report that the Colorado Rockies, as a gesture of good will to long-suffering fans, have decided to tow the line on ticket prices and not raise the cost of attending a game at Coors Field in 2008.

GERMAN SOCCER TEAM CALLS ENGLISH TIX SALES KAPUT: As quoted in a classic “Simpsons” episode, “We Germans are not a warlike people.” That’s why one Deutchland soccer team canceled some ticket sales to English fans:

YAHOO SPORTS reports that Nuremburg voided the sale of 1,500 tickets bought by Everton supporters for Thursday’s UEFA Cup match. The problem with the seats is that they’re situated in the home club’s section.Such a setup had the UEFA and the team worried about English hooligans starting fights and causing trouble with their German hosts.

After discussing with police, Nuremberg decided to cancel the sales. The UEFA added that no sales were finalized, and no money was taken from the cockney consumers.The club claimed that a “bug” in their online selling system allowed Everton fans to buy tickets that were allocated for Nuremburg folks.

First the Rockies, then the Olympics, and now this. When will it ever end?

OLYMPICS SUFFERING SAME TICKET SNAFUS AS ROCKIES: The Colorado Rockies’ World Series ascension was soured by a sinister online selling snafu. But SbBer Mark learns that they are not alone in tackling ticket terrors:

The INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE sends us news of Beijing’s breakdown of online ticket sales for the upcoming 2008 Games.Just like the Rockies’ sale, overwhelming demand caused the Olympic committee’s computer servers to crash on Tuesday. Within the first hour alone, the site received over 8 million hits, with more than 200,000 ticket requests coming in per second.

Unlike the Rockies’ 50,000 seats, the Olympic orders had 1.85 million tix available for purchase, all on a first-come, first-served basis.Further contrary to the Colorado crash, tickets were also for sale at various Bank of China branches throughout the country. Rockies stubs were only offered online.

But again similar to the Rockies ruckus, even bank sales were stopped by the computer snafu. And of the 2 million callers trying to get through on the telephone helpline, many were greeted with a busy signal.

Like most Chinese government agencies, the Olympic ticketing department was refusing to comment on the situation. That’s a little hard for hopeful buyers to swallow, much like the Beijing air.