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    Quote Originally Posted by Revering4Blue View Post
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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Every part of a broadcast is sponsored, so it is not like any of this is unprecedented. Part of me would recoil at seeing ads on jerseys, but it would just become normal, like plastic helmets, AstroTurf, the bullpen car, polyester, all those powder blue jerseys, super long pants (Manny style), 3 hour games, etc...

    Is someone really going to stop watching baseball because there is a Great American symbol on a shirt? It would be like giving up on listening to Mötley Crüe because they all wore leather vest with no shirt underneath. So, the sprayed hair, super tight girly pants, prancing around on stage, and eyeliner were all okay, but leather vests with no shirt, that's too far. It seems pretty silly.
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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    I just hope they don't start putting sponser's names on the ballparks (stadiums? stadia?). Instead of Tigers Stadium and Yankee Stadium, I could not imagine going to ballparks named after gum and beer and insurance.
    What if this is as good as it gets?

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Yet another revenue stream for the owners/players that is paid for by the masses. What's not to like.

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Quote Originally Posted by puca View Post
    Yet another revenue stream for the owners/players that is paid for by the masses. What's not to like.
    Yeah, what's to like? If fans received a benefit (cheaper ticket prices or cheaper concessions prices for instance), I think you could rally people behind it. But to line the owner's/player's/league's pockets further?

    Yeah, count me as not a fan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fearofpopvol1 View Post
    Yeah, what's to like? If fans received a benefit (cheaper ticket prices or cheaper concessions prices for instance), I think you could rally people behind it. But to line the owner's/player's/league's pockets further?

    Yeah, count me as not a fan.
    Doesn't lining the owners pocket, line the players pockets, which can keep players around, which can help you win more, which makes us fans happy?

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    I'm sure we all agree MLB will likely be the last major sport to put ads on the uniforms (and maybe they never will), but how long before the NFL does the same as the NBA? My guess is in the next 4-5 years the NFL will have similar patches on their uniforms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dougdirt View Post
    Doesn't lining the owners pocket, line the players pockets, which can keep players around, which can help you win more, which makes us fans happy?
    Most of the players and owners make plenty of money as is.

    I think the ads cheapen the product.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fearofpopvol1 View Post
    Most of the players and owners make plenty of money as is.

    I think the ads cheapen the product.
    I don't get this sentiment. We're already being bombarded with advertisements, from commercials, in-game sponsorships, advertisements throughout the arena, official this-and-that of each team...The list goes on forever.

    The uniforms already have a Reebok logo on them.

    This is just reluctance to change.

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Quote Originally Posted by Captain13 View Post
    I just hope they don't start putting sponser's names on the ballparks (stadiums? stadia?). Instead of Tigers Stadium and Yankee Stadium, I could not imagine going to ballparks named after gum and beer and insurance.
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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Quote Originally Posted by BillDoran View Post
    I don't get this sentiment. We're already being bombarded with advertisements, from commercials, in-game sponsorships, advertisements throughout the arena, official this-and-that of each team...The list goes on forever.

    The uniforms already have a Reebok logo on them.

    This is just reluctance to change.
    I'm opposed to having the general populace subsidize professional sports. Someone has never watched an NBA or MLB game is still paying their part with every product they purchase. The more streams of advertising the higher the 'tax' on the general public.

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    Quote Originally Posted by puca View Post
    I'm opposed to having the general populace subsidize professional sports. Someone has never watched an NBA or MLB game is still paying their part with every product they purchase. The more streams of advertising the higher the 'tax' on the general public.
    Agreed. But we're already so awash in advertising, this seems a rather arbitrary point to put up a stand.

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Quote Originally Posted by BillDoran View Post
    I don't get this sentiment. We're already being bombarded with advertisements, from commercials, in-game sponsorships, advertisements throughout the arena, official this-and-that of each team...The list goes on forever.

    The uniforms already have a Reebok logo on them.

    This is just reluctance to change.
    As was pointed out earlier in the thread, having the company who made the product's logo on the uniform isn't the same as as "Dove" or "Crest" appearing on the player's uniform.

    And I'm well aware we're already bombarded with ads everywhere. I just think putting it on player's uniforms cheapens the product of the sport.

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    Re: NBA puts ads on uniforms, is MLB Next?

    Quote Originally Posted by BillDoran View Post
    Agreed. But we're already so awash in advertising, this seems a rather arbitrary point to put up a stand.
    I'm sure that's what King George III was thinking too.

    Advertising revenue is paid for by anyone that buy the product. Every increase in the advertising revenue is, in a sense, a 'tax' increase. Would you take the same stance if your local government was recommending an across the board sales tax increase to pay for a professional tiddlywinks team.

    By the way, it is not an arbitrary point at all, I have been objecting to this type of 'hidden entertainment tax' for many, many years.


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