Nets Look to Lure Fans With Free Gas

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Given the New Jersey Nets’ lackluster season (34-48 record, no playoff berth), the franchise is taking a page from another under-performer to unload tickets for next year. That’s right: buy 2008-2009 season tickets and the Nets will return 10 percent of the cost in the form of "free" gas, which fans will presumably burn up on the way to all those home games. ‘Cause with the Nets, it’s not about winning or losing, or even how you play. It’s about the free gas.

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