Blazers selling out
by Avoozl on Mar 10, 2009 10:08 AM PDT
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PrintYesterday was a completely Blazer-centric day for me. Started with taking the car into the shop to get the oil changed, and the maintenance guy wanting to talk about the 6-game winning streak that the Blazers had at home against the Lakers. I wasn't wearing and visible Blazers stuff at the time, but the mechanic must have just thought I looked like a Blazers fan, or else he talked to everybody about the Blazers. Either way, this interaction made me think, "Blazermania is back!"
I went to last night's game. The ride in on the Max was packed with Blazer fans. My wife and I proudly wore our "Beat LA" T shirts. There was a little gentle mockery of the one Max-rider wearing a Kobe Jersey. I overheard a 70+ year old man say to his buddy, "You couldn't pay me $100 bucks to wear a Kobe Jersey."
I have a friend from work that also works at concession stands at the Rose Garden. She has been trying to get me to come to her concession stand multiple times previously, be we have never connected. We went to her stand last night, she sees me, says to her friend at the cash-register, "I told you he'd come!" And then proceeded to have the entire concession stand sing "Happy Birthday" to me. (Yesterday was my 29th birthday).
Since we arrived early, we stopped by the fan-shop over by gate A7. We browsed through the kids clothes and giant foam fingers, and made it to the back of the shop. To our absolute horror, we discovered that the Blazers fan shop was selling K*be jerseys. Now I understand supply and demand, and the K*be jerseys were definitely selling, but the Blazers should never ever under any circumstances sell any Lakers product. I cannot believe that the main Blazers store is now a supply-house for the enemy.
Let's pretend for a moment that California seceded from the rest of the United States, and civil war ensued. Lets also say that California's army uses special bullets that are colored yellow or purple.(No one would use gold-colored bullets). Let's say that the USA army uses bullets that are Red, White or Black.
The California side of the war has no use for Red, White or Black bullets because they won't work in their weapons, and the USA side of the war has no use for the yellow or purple bullets because they won't work in their weapons.
You better believe that at the Army-base Bullet store for team USA, they won't selling yellow or purple bullets. The bottom line is this:
You don't sell ammunition to, or for the enemy.
The point of the Army-base store is to equip our side for battle, not the other side. The Army-base store won't sell equipment to the enemy just for the sake of $$.
The Blazers should not sell K*be jerseys.
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weird
bad move blazers, selling to the wrong crowd here
Ball Don't Lie
Just call me Ruffin Tumble- Michael Ruffin.
Sounds like a very happy birthday
no matter how many Kobe jerseys were sold.
I think the only way they are ammo, though, is if someone stuffs one into a cannon and fires it at someone else. It would be tempting to fire the Kobe jersey back at the cannon-wielder – but I’d trade it in for an Outlaw jersey myself. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
I'd be interested in seeing data on how many
visitor jerseys the RG sells in a year. It’s gotta be a business decision, however an offensive one to this fan.
"Every time Troutlaw touches the ball, I pop an anti-anxiety pill."
by DaNoose on Mar 10, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Happy birthday, you silly man...
Hate to spoil your analogy, but war is all about the arms suppliers maximizing profit…
Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...
If they supply both sides
They couldn’t care less who wins.
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
The thought of California seceding from the union
Makes me incredibly happy and contented.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
you should check this out
http://www.jeffersonstate.com/
anybody else here heard about “Jefferson”? Going to college down there and working in NoCal a few summers it is kind of interesting.
I would not be too against Oregon annexing NoCal from like Redding down to like SF or even further south to Monterey/Pebble Beach. Leave Sacramento and make I-5 the border and take everything west of I-5 down to Monterey.
I dont have too much of a problem with NoCal it is that damn SoCal that is my problem, except Corey Maggette in NoCal. Annex NoCal and let SoCal dry up with no water.
"Damn the Blazers. Damn them to hell. They are working the rest of the league like a speed bag." - Bill Simmons 6/26/08
by SpyderRyder on Mar 10, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
There is some basis to that
Northern Oregon runs the state. Southern Oregon has completely different values/importances to their economy and community. The problem is, Multnomah/Washington counties basically decide the ballot measures and voting in Oregon. Southern Oregon gets the shaft in this regard.
I don’t know about Cali, but I’d imagine it works the same way. The more dense Southern California controls the state regardless of what Northern Cali wants.
The great state of Jefferson
Born and raised on the southern Oregon coast. You don’t hear much about it any more, most likely because most of the people living down there are California transplants.
by bigdaddy4838 on Mar 10, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going low-cal after this.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Mar 11, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
This is a brilliant move by the Blazers
It makes it easier to locate and exterminate the enemy, and profit while doing so.
Just think, the money we make doing this will help convince Paul Allen to spend for free agents.
It’s all good. I am entirely in favor of separating L@ker fans from their money.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
I like your point
By that logic when you go to LA or if you are unfortunate enough to live their make sure to go to the Staples Center with your Blazers gear before the game. That way we won’t be putting any money back into that organization.
Whats that… you say they don’t carry Blazers gear at the Staples Center?
Don’t worry, soon B-Roy will sell better then k*be.
There won't be clean officiating in the NBA until David Stern is forcibly removed by the US Congress in 2013 for fixing games.
by 123_G.O._RipCity on Mar 10, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I've been to about 10 home-games this season
And this is the first time I have seen any non-Blazers gear for sale. When D-Wade was in town, there was not Wade jerseys for sale.
I saw that as well
They were the Swingman jersey which usually sells for 75.00 and I think the Morrison Jersey was $20. I almost pulled the trigger to give to my friend who wanted the blazers to draft him.
straight from section 326
I am aghast
The only other jerseys I can remember seeing were Adam Morrison Bobcats jerseys, but he has a strong NW connection.
This is one of the guys that dealt the team its most devastating loss (Game 7, 2000 WC Finals) in team history, and they’re selling his jersey??? I just don’t understand…
Its like a buying a car from a guy that slept with you wife. Is your dignity worth so little?
STUNNED!
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
I'm pretty sure
that if California seceded, Oregon would be right behind it. That said, your underlying point is a valid one; no way we should be selling kobe jersey’s.
"Travis has more hops than a bunny in a brewery. He elevates so high his seat doubles as a flotation device."
-Dave
I've seen other players jerseys before
But most of the time I’ve only seen them on the clearance racks at the RG.
It's a business
Like it or not, as fans, they do need to make money. Next time they should add a little bullseye to them though.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
It's greed. Pure and simple greed!.
Make a buck anyway you can and hang the ethics. Isn’t that same greed one of the primary reasons the world’s economy is where it is at today?
Brandon Roy just destroyed everything in his path. There's your rational analysis -- Dave
Also: COMCAST SUCKS!
It was a package deal...
Each K*be jersey came with a pinwheel embossed Zippo… for people with money left to burn…
There is actually another person on BE with another mxpx name? I am shocked! haha.
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
Yes actually, they have one coming out in like a week.
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
we ain't got no place to go, so let's go to the punk rawk show!
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Mar 10, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
who me?
i’ve been spotted… back to lurking… had the name for too long. oh well… something’s gotta remind me of how awesome my life was 10 years ago… too bad everything after the ever passing moment was really… bland…
It’s about time for a party at my house…
Another faux pas last night
I know it is the vendors standard shirt, but that bright yellow/gold shirt they wear should have been changed for last night’s game. No sense giving the impression there were more LA fans than there were. Was almost as bad as Rebecca Harlow’s baby blue outfit in Denver. You would think they would have the vendors wear red any ways.
you can get a custom women's jersey
check online at the blazer’s website. I have one for my gf, and it’s vehdy vehdy nice.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
It's too bad the custom ones don't come in the pink tho
I was going to get one for my ex-gf but since they didn’t come in pink and that’s what she wanted she got the roy pink jersey instead (worked well since 7 is her favorite number anyways)
Blazers win!
Rebecca can wear whatever she wants
Or not. That would be cool too.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Mar 11, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I would much rather have.....
More options for Blazer gear than K*be stuff …for instance..my wife can only get ..like 2 jersey types in XL or something…She wants the Batum jersey..but can’t….and my wife aint fittin in no XL….not that I have anything against full figured women.
I have the same problem
I tried to buy a t-shirt for my dad and they only had them in XXL. He still like it though
Ball Don't Lie
Just call me Ruffin Tumble- Michael Ruffin.
They've added more women's style shirts this year, which would be great
except that 90-freaking-% of them have sparkles on the front.
Can’t they make the same simple styles that the men get, with a different cut?
OMG I AGREE
I don’t need a bedazzled blazer shirt. Just a blazer shirt that can be worn as a shirt and not a dress would be nice.
Ball Don't Lie
Just call me Ruffin Tumble- Michael Ruffin.
I have noticed that...
..if you go to nba.com instead..they have some different options than Trail Blazers.com…and you have to click on L*kers to buy a Boobey Kryant jersey versus having them in the RG…that seems like one of the commandments…like #11, or #12…Thou shall not have L*kers stuff in your house…or face the wrath and punishment!
Look for the custom jersey's online.
They fit the girls and look sexy. They had a couple cute shirts as well without hte sparkles, although I agree that there is too much sparkling going on. The styles were nice, but we passed up on a few for specifically that reason.
I hate that there’s not a huge selection of nice subtle men’s blazer shirt. I don’t need a blaring logo, but something reserved and tasteful that I can casually wear without being “obnoxious” about it. the only shirt i’ve purchased for myself was the baseball “blazers” shirt. I don’t like the lack of branding, but it was the thing there that I liked the best. My other blazer apparel is the opening night hat with that stupid wells fargo logo on the back. LOVE the hat apart from that and I’m not a hat person.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
I am also not a "gear guy" but I did wear the opening night hat last night.
Actually it was from the ‘07-’08 opener, as I got stuck in traffic on the way to this season’s opener and missed out on the hat.
I’ve located a couple of subtle, retro-y Blazer shirts, one of which I’ll buy before the playoffs. I’ve never really worn Blazer stuff before (not my style).
Hit it. Yes he did. Ohhhh yeah.
by Badalona Baddie on Mar 10, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I have last years and this years opening night hats
last years was waaaay better, this years feels cheep
Considering many call him a bust and injury prone and never amount to anything. If he plays one more game this regular season, he will have played one more game than any time in bynums career, the one non-playing year excepted. Yet NO ONE in LA complains about Bynum being injury prone, all they ever do is talk about how they can’t wait until he comes back.
I think some of it is that Portland remembers Bowie, and secondly that donkeys always REMIND us of that when they talk trash and it angers us that Oden cant prove them wrong until he is healthy. - GreatOden'sRaven
by maid tu rek on Mar 10, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You can purchase custom jersey's
check online at the blazer’s website. I have one for my gf, and it’s vehdy vehdy nice. The cut is for the female.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Buy a kids jersey.
It’s what I did. Fits perfect.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
I like the idea as someone living away from Portland
You have no idea how hard it is to find ANYTHING with a Blazers logo on it. I go to Golden State games and wish I could buy Blazer gear. But also it is never hard to find Kobe gear so I dont get the point. It would be kind of cool if they had mini nba stores at every arena.
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
Blazer FANS were selling out, too.
All those L*ker and K*be fans (yes, there are two different categories) in the RG last night must have numbered upward of 1,000. Where do you think they got those seats, especially the lower-level ones? Mostly they bought ‘em from Blazer season ticket holders motivated by profit and who not only couldn’t be bothered to come support their team in a crucial against a hated rival, but actually allowed the enemy to breach our lines. Folks, if you can’t make the game, you’ve gotta screen your ticket customers, or give them to trusted family and friends, if necessary. I can promise you that the season ticket holder in Row A of Sec. 331 who sold his ticket to the drunken moron L*ker fan who talked crap and woofed at us the entire game, even when his team was down 20+ points!, is going to catch some grief on Wednesday.
On the plus side, of course, is that we were treated to multiple shots of these sad-sack L*ker and K*be fans dejectedly leaving the RG. The aforementioned drunk L*ker fan in our section left giving us one-finger salutes and pantomining putting championship rings on his fingers. Classy!
Hit it. Yes he did. Ohhhh yeah.
by Badalona Baddie on Mar 10, 2009 1:53 PM PDT reply actions
or people who have season tickets
but don’t live in town…. ahem.
And yeah, I sell the tickets on the blazer website in the hopes that blazer fans will occupy the seats. It sucks if others purchase them, but i’m not about to give up the season tickets and really I can’t afford them if i DON’T sell them when I’m not going to the games.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Couldn't they have an "electronic Blazer blood loyalty oath" for ticket-buyers on the re-sale site? ;)
Hit it. Yes he did. Ohhhh yeah.
by Badalona Baddie on Mar 10, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
If I post tix on Craig's list
I offer a discount if the person can wear some Blazer gear when we exchange. I never sell my L*ker tickets though.
I would be drinking too....
Had my team been getting their arzes kicked like that! Shoulda followed that fool outside to…..uh…make sure he made it ok :)…maybe even offer him a ride…or something.
I work
in merchandise (nothing high up, just your usual t-shirt jockey) and we occasionally sale jerseys of the marquee NBA players. When it comes to players from separate teams, the jerseys that are provided are usually back stock from previous seasons when we used to sale more opponent jersey’s. We did sale Dwayne Wade jerseys and managed to sale precisely 0 as the remaining jersey’s (2) were both 2XL. Last year, we sold left over Garnett jersey’s from his Timber Wolves days and Leron jerseys. We still have the Adam Morrison jersey’s in the back room. I laugh every time I see them.
this is a non story to me
if the Blazers want to make money be selling Kobe jerseys to Laker fans, fine.
I don't like it
Although, I’d also like to stop selling them electricity, too. I’m just an a-hole, I guess.
Greed .... it's not pretty.
Brandon Roy just destroyed everything in his path. There's your rational analysis -- Dave
Also: COMCAST SUCKS!
Oh, oh Jksnake,
you’re sounding like the Californian you are.
Making money wins over all else? Look at what that attitude got for our economy.
Brandon Roy just destroyed everything in his path. There's your rational analysis -- Dave
Also: COMCAST SUCKS!
not too bad
The Laker’s fans buying those jerseys at the Rose garden are putting money into the Blazers organization instead of it going to the Lakers. Those t-shirt sales may be directly going to last night’s half-time show…for those that witnessed it, you know you could not look away.
darnit…jksnake99 made my point more clear seconds before me without all of the words.
what was it?
did a female performer pop out her breasties a la Janet Jackson? LOL… That would be about the only thing to make me watch the halftime show… We need to get something more interesting than jr. high dance squads and costume changing acts
Blazers win!
formal complaints
for selling his jersey at the RG need to be made
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
Yeah! What's the best way to do that?
I’m not a Laker hater either like many here. I don’t use asterisk’s and I don’t think Kobe is the punk y’all think he is. He hasn’t and wouldn’t do what Ariza did last night. Yep, I may not hate the Lakers but I will always hate Ariza. That was a cheap and dangerous act.
Back to the subject, I’d like to make a formal protest about Blazer marketing selling their souls to make money. Who should I contact?
Brandon Roy just destroyed everything in his path. There's your rational analysis -- Dave
Also: COMCAST SUCKS!
for me, that honestly cheapens the expirence
I see some people are ok wiht it, but just beco…………..omg this makes me mad
Considering many call him a bust and injury prone and never amount to anything. If he plays one more game this regular season, he will have played one more game than any time in bynums career, the one non-playing year excepted. Yet NO ONE in LA complains about Bynum being injury prone, all they ever do is talk about how they can’t wait until he comes back.
I think some of it is that Portland remembers Bowie, and secondly that donkeys always REMIND us of that when they talk trash and it angers us that Oden cant prove them wrong until he is healthy. - GreatOden'sRaven
I'm with jscot and jksnake99
We’re all fans of the NBA and no problem making money off the fans of other teams. Where is the line between hate and rivalry?
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