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What's outrageous about it?
Those of us on the Nets' mailing list just received this in our inbox.
I am curious what would happen if every Spurs fan (or whatever your favorite team might be) were sent this promotion.
I realize the Spurs do not need promotions. I really just want to gauge what the proper amount of outrage should be (if any) and what fans of other organizations think about this.
Last edited by ghoti; 08-13-2009 at 01:17 AM.
What's outrageous about it?
Aside from the New York Post subscription, that is.
First, the Spurs do promotions similar to this, except... I can't imagine them pimping other teams' jerseys. Am I reading taht correctly? is that what you're referring to? Because that's kind of weird.
You can turn the jerseys inside out so they have a player on the other team on the outside.
So the equivalent would be if the Spurs gave out Ginobili jerseys that reverse and Kobe's Lakers jersey were on the other side.
Yeah, I don't think they'd ever do that here.
That's hilarious. I would be pissed if my team did that though. Not that they ever would. Sounds like a front runners dream.
Are those jerseys actually meant to appeal to anyone?
I concur.
I actually like the promotion though.
People with bi-polar disorder.
You could play one-on-one by yourself.
So you would be more likely to buy Spurs season tickets if they gave you a Duncan jersey with a Dirk jersey on the other side?
I actually like the promotion though.
And since when are the majority of Lakers fans NOT a bunch of front running es?
I think it's a great promotion.
I'm a Lakers fan but having a LeBron/Dwight/Wade jersey would be cool.
I'd burn the out of that Celtics #5 one though...and that would a cool use for that jersey too.
Very interesting. It's so a fairweather Nets fan can wear his favorite visiting team's Jersey to Izod, and then reverse it before going in the parking lot to the Nets player so as to not be beaten by more passionate drunk Jersey guys. In all honesty, those Jerseys might be worth picking up sheerly for the 'what the ?', quality. I would think that because of how silly it is, in a few years they would be an ironic-nostalgia collector's cream dream. Personally my belief is that if they made a Duncan/Dirk Jersey it would be like crossing the streams, it might rip all time and space apart, or at least a few lakes/rivers might run with blood and begin to boil.
The economy is really bad and the NBA is not unaffected by that. Just trying to put butts in the seats, that's all.
Nobody's going to buy tickets that come with five Nets jerseys, not even Nets fans. Having the reversible Nets jersey inside is just their way of saving face, as opposed to selling 5 opponents' jerseys straight up.
Those are some ugly-ass jerseys, but of course any lottery team is going to have to market the compe ion. What else would they say? Come watch Devin Harris and Brook Lopez get their teeth kicked in because we're slashing costs and are deeply in the red?
When have the Lakers ever not had a load of fans? Go ahead I'm waiting... On the other hand we know there were SOOOOOO many Spurfans before 1999 right? They were just everywhere.
Cool, so the consensus is that if the Spurs, Lakers or Mavs are ever rebuilding it would be cool with you for management to offer jerseys of other teams as incentives in ticket packages.
As fans you will buy these because the Spurs are terrible and the way to get Spurs fans to come to the arena is not to make the Spurs better but to hope fans will be happy cheering for the other team.
And it's OK with you that your young, developing players can have their jerseys turned inside out to feature a much better player.
Last edited by ghoti; 08-13-2009 at 04:43 PM.
The Spurs should do this, think of the possbilities!:
Matt Bonner on one side, Luis Scola on the other
Nazr Mohammad on one side, David Lee on the other
A blank jersey on one side, Josh Howard on the other
I think the Spurs would do some sort of "Spurs Legends" or "Rafters" series before they marketed their opponents' jerseys. Gervin, Robinson, Duncan, Bowen, etc. (in the event they suck during their rebuilding phase).
If I were a fan of your team, I would be a little disgusted with them for doing that. They probably had some marketing genius who was not actually a fan of the team come up with this idea, and he didn't factor in a true Nets fan's mindset.
Outrage? no...weird as ? yes
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