This Is The Only Time I Will Give Props To The Devils
In a rare event, I am saluting a job well done by the New Jersey Devils. After the New Jersey Nets decided it was a good idea to remove ‘New Jersey’ from their road jerseys, the Devils marketing team thought they would take it to another level of comedy.
As the teary-eyed nj.com Star Ledger Editorial Blog reports:
The Devils purchased a full-color advertisement on a digital billboard towering over Interstate 78: “We proudly wear our state on our jerseys,”, with the bold words running beneath a photo of the hockey team’s NJ logo.
Seriously, that’s high comedy. Just a slap in the face to one of the NBA’s least appreciated and most tragic franchises.
As much as I hate the Devils, this was too funny, and nearly reminiscent of when ESPN.com notified the sports world that the Dallas Stars took out a billboard ad two years ago that made fun of the NBA for having cheating referees.
The message? “The only thing our refs shave is the ice.”
The Stars set the tone for billboards that bash the NBA. (nbarefssuck.com)
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As much as I enjoy the NBA catching heat from their respective cities NHL teams – does anyone else realize that the frickin’ devils don’t have anything about new jersey on their jerseys? no ‘new jersey’ or a logo involving the outline of NJ – nothin’ nada.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 amThe Devils logo is a giant “NJ”
The Devils are also one of the few teams in the NHL named after a state, not a city.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:49 pmHello. Great job, if I wasn’t so busy with my school work I read your full site. Thanks!
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:45 pmThe Devils are a great franchise and represent the great state of New Jersey very well.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:04 pmAll people in Central and North Jersey should root for them and not the out of state Rangers.
The Rangers are a New York team and not a true Jersey team regardless if they were here first or not.
I feel people are traders when they root for an out of state team.
Would you root for Canada vs USA in the Olympics because hockey was played in Canada first?