Could the Jets really be blacked out this season?

I've had a busy week away from TES, but I couldn't help taking note of the following bombshell dropped on Jets fans this week.  If the more than 10,000 PSLs for Jets seats in the new Meadowlands Stadium aren't sold by the first week of the 2010 NFL season, there could be Jets blackouts in the New York metro area.  Many of the unsold seats are located in the non-club seat sections of the stadium's lower bowl, with PSL prices between $4,000 and $20,000.

Plenty of ugly gray seats still available

But can you believe it!??! Blackouts!  In New York!  For a team that made it to the conference championship game last season.  For what it's worth, Jets owner Woody Johnson insists that the blackouts won't happen...but there is a slight chance that Johnson could wind up paying for a few of the remaining PSLs himself, in order to ensure the team makes it onto television.

So, just how desperate is Johnson to get these seats sold?  Check out the latest incredible offer from Jets brass sent to season ticket holders who have not yet purchased a PSL: no money down on a new PSL, free parking, and - get this - the pièce de résistance...a free DVD of the 2009 Jets season.  That Woody Johnson, a real closer.