Hugh 0ne Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 They decide to force their fans to buy PSL's, and now they can't sell them out, which would mean the home games would be blacked out on local TV. Brilliant!!! They're about 17'000 PSL's short. Linky: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/johnso...9nMUt899d9X0hZO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 “[They are] fairly priced right now,” Johnson told The Post when asked about dropping the PSL cost. Fairly priced? Nothing fair about a PSL at all, imo....more fans should tell the owners to go stick their PSLs where the sun doesn't shine...I mean seriously, they charge you a fee (astronomical at that) to be able to buy their seats? Pure lunacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Luckily i own the jets so i get in for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suture Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 A lot more money than I'd ever be willing to spend, even if I could afford it. I always pictured the Jets' fanbase as blue collar, and don't see them taking this very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Can they blackout the satellite services too? Sunday ticket? I'd rather go to a bar and watch... the PSL's are way over priced. Screw Woody Johnson. Let them black out the games. I'll find a feed on the net, or just watch the NFL network. If he had built the stadium for the Jets in Queens... like he should have... he'd be selling tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Can they blackout the satellite services too? Sunday ticket? I'd rather go to a bar and watch... the PSL's are way over priced. Screw Woody Johnson. Let them black out the games. I'll find a feed on the net, or just watch the NFL network. If he had built the stadium for the Jets in Queens... like he should have... he'd be selling tickets. Ticket is blacked out for the home game if the home market is blacked out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Can they blackout the satellite services too? Sunday ticket? I'd rather go to a bar and watch... the PSL's are way over priced. Screw Woody Johnson. Let them black out the games. I'll find a feed on the net, or just watch the NFL network. If he had built the stadium for the Jets in Queens... like he should have... he'd be selling tickets. You're looking at driving a ways in order to get the home feed. NFL blackout rules state that any home game not sold out 72 hours or more before the start of the game (that deadline can be modified by request) can not be broadcast by any station that has a signal that reaches within 75 miles of the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 According to Newsday, teams can just cut a check for 34% of the value of the unsold seats to avoid a blackout. Of course, you'd never hear that from the Jets' ticket office... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 According to Newsday, teams can just cut a check for 34% of the value of the unsold seats to avoid a blackout. Of course, you'd never hear that from the Jets' ticket office... That's probably only cost effective with a few hundred seats at most. If the numbers start getting into thousands of seats and the team has to do it on a regular basis, you are looking at a significant reduction in income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 According to Newsday, teams can just cut a check for 34% of the value of the unsold seats to avoid a blackout. Of course, you'd never hear that from the Jets' ticket office... Does that somehow include the cost of the PSL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Fairly priced? Nothing fair about a PSL at all, imo....more fans should tell the owners to go stick their PSLs where the sun doesn't shine...I mean seriously, they charge you a fee (astronomical at that) to be able to buy their seats? Pure lunacy. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Here's the full article from Neil Best: Best: Jets' flagging PSL sales won't prompt TV blackoutsThu 13 May 2010 NEIL BEST With thousands of seats still to sell, the Jets could face the prospect of a stadium speckled with empty gray seats when they open against the Ravens Sept. 13. There is one thing fans need not worry about, though: Whatever the state of personal seat license sales four months from now, they will be able to watch their team on ESPN that Monday night. The Jets have no intention of allowing their home games to be blacked out, even if it means writing a check to make the problem go away. A person familiar with the team's plans said Wednesday that if they have to, the Jets can and will avoid blackouts simply by paying the NFL the visiting team's share of unsold tickets. That figure is 34 percent of the face value - a potentially expensive bill but one the Jets are prepared to swallow if they must. Owner Woody Johnson would not confirm that aspect of the strategy Thursday but did confirm that regardless of whether games sell out, "we will not have a blackout.'' The Jets remain adamant that it will not be an issue. "We've said pretty consistently throughout the whole process that we plan to sell out by opening day, and that we're going to need that time to sell out,'' Matt Higgins , the team's executive vice president for business, said Wednesday. "It will happen,'' Johnson said. For months there has been speculation around the league that 15,000 to 20,000 unsold seats remain. Higgins declined to comment on that figure, but the New York Post reported yesterday that Johnson acknowledged the number is more than 10,000. Johnson neither confirmed nor disputed the Post account to Newsday, saying he was sticking by the team policy against discussing numbers. But earlier Thursday, AP quoted him as saying, "We've never released any numbers and I didn't release any numbers this time, either. I didn't respond to any of these.'' Regardless of the specific number, it clearly is significant. But if fans plan on scooping up tickets on a per-game basis come September, forget it. "We will be sold out,'' Higgins said, "and even if we were not, which we fully expect we will be, the only way to purchase tickets from the team will be with a PSL on a season-ticket basis.'' Said Johnson: "It's something we wouldn't do to the people we have sold PSLs.'' The Giants have not sold out either, but they say they have fewer than 1,500 seats remaining, all in premium areas, which do not count for blackouts. Asked about the perception that the Jets are in trouble with the clock ticking, Higgins said: "I call it the last mile. In a 26-mile race, not every mile is the same. That last mile is really difficult in a marathon and we're approaching that last mile, maybe the last couple of miles. Those are harder to bridge than the 24 that came before.'' The Jets' sales force has been extremely aggressive and persistent, and has offered flexibility in its payment plans and perks for latecomers such as free parking. The team already has dropped some prices, which Higgins said helped. "The biggest concentration of seats we have left is in the end zones, which we fully expected would be the last to sell,'' he said. The Giants and Jets both burned through season-ticket waiting lists in search of buyers. It has been at least 30 years since either team was blacked out in a non-strike season. WFAN's Mike Francesa Thursday lambasted Johnson on the air, calling him a "clown'' and accusing him of threatening fans with a blackout. "That's absolutely, 100 percent not true,'' Johnson said. "I've never said that.'' But if sales don't accelerate, avoiding blackouts could require creativity, and cash. "We would have been sold out a year ago had the economy not taken this turn,'' Johnson said. "It takes a lot of work,'' Higgins said. "It's not like the old days where you simply mailed an invoice.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Owner Woody Johnson would not confirm that aspect of the strategy Thursday but did confirm that regardless of whether games sell out, "we will not have a blackout.'' so where's the incentive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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