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August 17, 2009
New Jerseys, er, New Jersey, er...
Fans for Fair Play
Reversible error? FFFP turns the tables on the Nets' silly jersey promotion, which has irked loyal fans by suggesting some other alternatives.
Well, it gets confusinger and confusinger in Ye Olde Ratnerville.
Bruce has run the Nets into the ground. It's no surprise -- Ratner makes Harry Frazee, who bought the Red Sox and sold Babe Ruth only as a financing ploy for his Broadway plays, look like the model of conscientious sports ownership.
The latest disaster is Nets' marketing wizard Brett Yorkmark's new gambit for the hearts and minds of Garden State Nets fans. Those, at least, that haven't yet caught on that they're the worms on the end of Ratners hooks.
Having already announced that the words "New" and "Jersey" have been stripped from this year's uniforms -- another lame effort at the now discredited notion that the Nets moving to Brooklyn is a done deal -- Yormark has a bizarre "gift" for season ticket holders who, in effect, hand Ratner the hammer he'll use to club them senseless.
...A personal message from Bruce Ratner to New Jersey's remaining Nets fans. It's tender, it's caring, it's...it's Bruce! 2012 might be pushing it. The Nets might end up in Newark a lot sooner. They certainly won't make it to Brooklyn by then...if ever.
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Posted by eric at August 17, 2009 8:47 AM