Jay-Z might of gotten some good news today with his 150 Million dollar Live Nation deal finalized ( just check the big homie Eskay’s site for that news, http://tinyurl.com/5dowdp ) but his dream of moving the Nets to Brooklyn has taken a giant step back and I for one couldn’t be happier. After listening to all this talk about Seattle losing the Sonics and how outraged everyone should be that they are getting hijacked I couldn’t help but think why isn’t the same outrage happening here over the Nets ? Don’t get it twisted the fans in Seattle have every right to be outraged just like me and most of my friends were when this proposed plan to bring the Nets to BK first broke but it seems like everyone forgot that this was was supposed to happen. Awhile back Nah Right vet ( shout to 911 ) asked me that very question why aren’t Nets fans up in arms about the move. My answer was there were numerous reasons, for one the Nets are low on the totem poll as far as sports teams go in the tri-state area, second the current arena at the Meadowlands is a dump and forget how much of a pain it can be to get to once your there you feel dirty and very uncomfortable, yeah yeah I know that’s Jersey for you. Thirdly it’s only a basketball team was a common theme among people who could actually do something about it and they didn’t care cause the Nets were losing money not making it and instead of using common sense and logic to see why they were losing money and what could be done to have them make money they just wrote it off and concentrated on getting that new hockey arena built in Newark. Seriously hockey was a dying sport it seemed people were forgetting it ever existed and their main focus was on getting hockey to Newark, HOCKEY to NEWARK ?!!! The last reason why I said a big deal wasn’t being made has come to light, most of us just didn’t believe it was ever gonna happen and it looks the lovely borough of Brooklyn is in the process of losing.

If you haven’t heard and your wondering where this is coming from, it started yesterday with an article on the front page of the best newspaper on the planet the Newark Star-Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/5auh6c ) where they talk about the Mayor of Newark and the Owner of the Devils trying to keep the Nets in it’s home state. They point out the fact that the economy is in the toilet and interest rates are out of control if you can even convince anyone to shell out that much money to build a 900 Million dollar arena that it is looking ever less likely anything will ever get built in Brooklyn. Think about it they were originally supposed to be starting next season in their new arena instead not one single pillar has gone in the ground. So now the date has been pushed back to 2010 or as the same day Dre releases Detox, October 3rd of two-thousand and never.

Obviously this is a move made to try and help Newark further stabilize it’s self and to try and take away any competition from the newly built Prudential Center in Newark. Now I haven’t been in this building yet as I have no desire to go watch a hockey game but as any Newark resident can tell you the arena looks amazing and is all new and high-tech like. It never made sense to me that when they Devils were building the arena in Newark and that the Nets wouldn’t go with them but now it does. At the Meadowlands the Nets paid out large sums of cold hard cash to the Devils for be allowed to use the arena so why would they enter a joint venture with the Nets when they can get it done first and then invite the Nets in for a small fee, guess they didn’t believe the move to BK would happen either. It’s really common sense, which do you think would do better in Newark a basketball team or a hockey team ? Put them together though, cause the Devils do have a strong following in Jersey, and your half way to your target of booking the arena 200 times a year without booking even one concert/show. Whats not to like about this ? Any Jersey resident can also tell you Jersey wants your money anyway they can get it this is a way they can get it without being corrupt, thats a win win for everyone, well except Brooklyn of course.

I haven’t seen the paper today as I haven’t left my house to get breakfast yet but I did check nj.com right quick and noticed these 2 new articles are up. The first one I find hilarious as it appears the Mayor of Newark Mr. Cory Booker has challenged Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz to a game of one-on-one with the winner getting the Nets, I like Newark’s chances. ( http://tinyurl.com/5q7nf4 ) The second article is by Star-Ledger columnist Steve Politi where he simply states It’s time to bring the Nets to Newark ( http://tinyurl.com/6aa72d ) and goes on to say the move to Brooklyn just doesn’t make sense, sorry Hov but the man is right it doesn’t make sense and you sir better just be happy with your 150 million dollars from that Live Nation deal cause your Nets are saying goodbye to Brooklyn before they ever get there, but don’t worry we will still save you those court side seats if you want, Holla.