Speculation: Devils Announcement Thursday at the Rock

[CerebralGenesis]

don't say "you suck" but play lots of poker kids

 

[glenwo2]

don't say "you suck" but play lots of poker kids

Logic is just not in the New Owner's vocabulary.

 

[The 29th Pick]

don't say "you suck" but play lots of poker kids

yeah really....what a bunch of hypocrites they are
whatever pays the bills I guess

 

[bmqdevils]

its tiiiiiiime for the party poker power play?

 

[glenwo2]

The Devils and Poker.


Okay then.

Don't care either way but if it brings in more revenue, so be it.

 

[Brick City]

The Devils and Poker.


Okay then.

Don't care either way but if it brings in more revenue, so be it.

The connection is more the State of New Jersey and online gambling - the Devils are beneficiaries of that association. One nice thing about this sponsorship is the team and the arena are partnering with one of the more prominent online poker compaines out there (bwin.com) which itself is linked to the Borgata (the best run outfit in Atlantic City).

This is great news from a business standpoint. Still waiting to see if new management can find another title sponsor for the former Verizon Tower (they should try to lure in Newark's newest major corporation Panasonic - would be a perfect fit with a consumer electronics display on the grand concourse where Verizon used to have their setup) and a naming rights partner for the Fire Lounge (Johnnie Walker Red Label perhaps). Good step in the right direction though on the business front.

 

[BenedictGomez]

don't say "you suck" but play lots of poker kids

Logic is just not in the New Owner's vocabulary.

yeah really....what a bunch of hypocrites they are
whatever pays the bills I guess

What the hades is wrong with playing poker?

I learned to play poker when I was about 8 years old. Great game.

 

[Devils Dominion]

The connection is more the State of New Jersey and online gambling - the Devils are beneficiaries of that association. One nice thing about this sponsorship is the team and the arena are partnering with one of the more prominent online poker compaines out there (bwin.com) which itself is linked to the Borgata (the best run outfit in Atlantic City).

This is great news from a business standpoint. Still waiting to see if new management can find another title sponsor for the former Verizon Tower (they should try to lure in Newark's newest major corporation Panasonic - would be a perfect fit with a consumer electronics display on the grand concourse where Verizon used to have their setup) and a naming rights partner for the Fire Lounge (Johnnie Walker Red Label perhaps). Good step in the right direction though on the business front.

Panasonic would be a natural fit for that tower.

For the Fire Lounge, be nice to hook up with an area liquor brand or brewery.

 

[glenwo2]

What the hades is wrong with playing poker?

I learned to play poker when I was about 8 years old. Great game.

The game itself isn't a problem.


It's the Gambling aspect that is.

 

[The 29th Pick]

yeah playing poker is one thing

changing our goal song/chant because its not a family friendly environment ...yet online gambling is?

 

[Devils Dominion]

Gambling is bad?

 

[Scott04]

To engage in online gambling you have to be 21... much like drinking alcohol. No one seems to care that there's a beer sponsor. Enjoy your own hypocrisy, folks.

 

[SeidoN]

To engage in online gambling you have to be 21... much like drinking alcohol. No one seems to care that there's a beer sponsor. Enjoy your own hypocrisy, folks.

pretty sure theyre poking fun at NJ management over the goals song being removed but the gambling sponsor is fine

 

[The 29th Pick]

To engage in online gambling you have to be 21... much like drinking alcohol. No one seems to care that there's a beer sponsor. Enjoy your own hypocrisy, folks.

I dont remember them taking away the beer though?

 

[newjerseydamo]

pretty sure theyre poking fun at NJ management over the goals song being removed but the gambling sponsor is fine

gambling

or

song by a pedophile


ah-huh.

/logic

 

[AfroThunder396]

gambling

or

song by a pedophile


ah-huh.

/logic

It had nothing to do with the artist, it was the "you suck" chants they thought were offensive, as evidenced by the piped in "Lets Go Devils" during SNA.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

I'm just trying to go to a nice family environment and people are tossing beers and gambling chips at me. I need a new petition.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

gambling

or

song by a pedophile


ah-huh.

/logic

Ya that was never the argument used by this management group.

/protect the innocent

 

[glenwo2]

gambling

or

song by a pedophile


ah-huh.

/logic

It had nothing to do with the artist, it was the "you suck" chants they thought were offensive, as evidenced by the piped in "Lets Go Devils" during SNA.

THANK YOU, Afro.

Some people just keep on harping and harping and harping on this.....


And ignore the real reason which you stated.

 

[Devils Trap]

As suspected this isn't that much about party poker .

This is about getting Bwin on our good side. They work with massive and only massive soccer clubs in Europe

Could bring In a lot of dough

 

[SeidoN]

so bring back RRP2 with piped in fake chants. if you insist on piped chants at least give us the right song

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

so bring back RRP2 with piped in fake chants. if you insist on piped chants at least give us the right song

Hey! We Rock!

 

[NJDevs26]

I still don't see why the owners get 'all' the blame for the goal song fiasco when the organization tried to (and did) change it years ago when the beloved JVB was in charge before Harris and Blitzer ever heard of the Devils. It's not as if Lou hasn't been a stick in the mud about such things before - like frowning on the 'no blue' slogan during the 2012 Conference Finals.

 

[tailfins]

yeah playing poker is one thing

changing our goal song/chant because its not a family friendly environment ...yet online gambling is?

I'm not sure what's so challenging about this: the new owners are trying to create a corporate friendly environment. Yes, they used "family friendly", but what they really mean is revenue friendly.

I'm not sure it's something that I as a fan like or will benefit from, but it's pretty clear to me as a business person why they'd want to do this.

 

[tailfins]

btw - I think this also shows where the new owners' interests lie. All those looking for a Volch buy-out, I think we now see that everything will need to go through a P&L evaluation that's at least equal to the Win / Loss evaluation.