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December 3, 2009
Politi: Negative signs are everywhere for downtrodden NJ Nets
The Star-Ledger
by Steve Politi
Here's a must-read piece from Steve Politi: not only are the New Jersey Nets the worst out-of-the-gate NBA team ever, but apparently, "Ratner" is considered offensive language at the IZOD Center.
The sign was a simple protest, scrawled on a white poster board in black Magic Marker. It did not contain any naughty words. It was, as these things go at sporting events, rather tame.
“End Ratner’s Reign of Error!” the sign read, and 14-year-old Evan Juliano held it up twice from his seats a few rows behind the Nets bench.
He held it up because he and his father, Dave, are season-ticket holders for what is fast becoming the worst team in NBA history, an 0-18 train wreck that didn’t even bother to show up for its date with infamy Wednesday night.
But somewhere in the second quarter, as the Mavericks impossibly scored on 22 of 24 possessions en route to a 117-101 victory, the Julianos were told to put their sign down. They were told it was derogatory.
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Nets fans, sports fans—heck, all humans—should now understand why Brooklynites (sports fans many), have been in an uproar for six years. If Ratner can do this to something he owns, just think what he does to things that are not his.
Posted by eric at December 3, 2009 9:14 AM