New ad trumps up Jets' ticket auction

By JANE McMANUS • GANNETT NEWS SERVICE • October 10, 2008 FLORHAM PARK — This week the Jets released a commercial for a section in the new stadium currently under construction. In it, Donald Trump poses as Joe Namath and promotes the team's Coaches Club auction. There will be 2,000 personal-seat licenses up for auction on StubHub.com, a unique way to see what the football market will pay for seats that include unusual access to the sideline. The PSLs go up for auction on Oct. 19 — in the midst of one of the most severe economic crises the nation has faced. Which means the real Donald Trumps of the world might be more worried about their economic futures than their views from the 50-yard line. "It's probably going to work out very badly for them," said Dennis Coates, an economics professor at the University of Maryland... [read full story]