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Nets Make Losing a Marketing Gimmick

Nov 17, 2009 – 6:00 AM
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Matt Watson

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Trenton HassellMost struggling teams tend to gloss over their losing ways when trying to sell tickets, but with winning in short no supply this season, the 0-10 New Jersey Nets have accepted that ignoring the big, fat goose egg in "W" column is no longer possible ...

... which is why they've unveiled the "10 is Enough" promotion, which involves giving every season ticket holder two free tickets to Tuesday's game and selling a bunch more tickets to the general public for $10 a pop. Yes, losing streaks are now fuel for advertising taglines.

"Your team has played very hard this season, but with an unprecedented amount of injuries we just haven't been able to attain a victory," said NETS CEO Brett Yormark. "But even with the injuries, the entire team believes that '10 is Enough.' That's why we are asking you, our loyal fans, to rally around your team like never before at Tuesday night's game."

Capitalizing on losing to fill empty seats -- it sounds kind of funny at first, but it's better their first idea: trying to convince fans to cheer for the other team.

(via NYT's Off the Dribble)
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