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The Boycott Is (Probably) Over

I have a good feeling that the New Jersey Nets are back on the right track. I like what I'm hearing from Nets CEO Rod Thorn and GM Ed Stefanski. While the damage from the Kenyon Martin giveaway remains massive and likely renders the Nets a second-tier Eastern Conference team behind teams like Miami and Detroit, there does seem to be a significant effort to improve the team, in sharp contrast to the atmosphere of last summer, when under orders from new owner Bruce Ratner, the Nets gave away half their players.

Last July, I commenced a boycott of the Nets. The boycott lasted through the 2004-05 season.

I am not quite ready to officially end my boycott, because it is first necessary to wait until tomorrow night's draft and the free agency period that will follow for confirmation that the Nets will indeed commit to winning instead of cost-cutting.

But in the meantime, today I made tentative plans to end the boycott by purchasing season tickets for the 2005-06 season. The Nets have slashed ticket prices, with my two tickets costing just $10 each. I elected not to wait because by the time the summer is over, the $10 seats that would be available will be in an inferior location to the ones that I have purchased.
posted on 6/27/2005