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As you Know european teams, specially Soccer but basketballs and other sports too have sponsors and brands anouncing themselves in players Jerseys.
Nba and american sports have never done that yet.
The thin of the sponsors, the positive is they imput money on the team, wich for example for teams that have attendave problems would be a cool way to balance their budget o they dont have losses nd they dont have to ever be moved to other town.
http://www.marca.com/2010/09/15/baloncesto/nba/1284534597.html see the picture? bbva thats an spanish bank anouncing on the hjersey.
FOr what i understand they are going to sponsor jsut the league and playoffs. Also lakers adn Barcelona will wear the sponsor in the game this october.
So when the games are aired ithey anre not Nba games but Nba -bbva games, But i guess i f part of the deall is that in the wnba finals the name was in the jeseys i think they might have signed tooo than it happens again in the Nba finals.
THis is a first step, so i can see soon indivifual nba teams aiming to get their own sponsors for their shirt.
Do you see it hapenign?
Do you want it t happen.?
I odnt jknow how i mamaged to do the typo Twice!!!
Would you buy a jersey with advertising on it?
i have tthe Barcelona Fc with Unicef in it.
I just think it's a lame idea. It throws a whole new spin on old jerseys if they change advertisers the next season. For the 2011 season you might have the newest looking jersey, then 2012 season they change sponsors and the jersey doesn't look the same.
Everyone Knocking this, Yea it's cluttered a little, but because sponsors fit some of the Bills it makes it easier on the owner and Players will take less to play if they know that say Nike or Adidas or Mac or Verzion or Microsoft is gonna pay them for rocking their sponsor.
I go to ball games to watch my team players represent the city and the Knicks, not bank of America and Cheetos. No thank you to this idea, hope it doesn't happen.
MLS does it in America (I know who cares). Point is it looks effen horrible on the Chicago Fire, they're not the Fire, they're the Chicago Best Buy. The jersey has a little fire logo on the shoulder and a giant Best Buy logo across the chest. So no to the NBA whoring themsleves out like Euro sports.
I already have countless from football teams.
No, I mean football since I don't call it soccer. If I was referring to the one you mentioned I would have called it American football.
I've always thought it was strange that American sports never had sponsors, what with the US being probably the most commercially driven country in the world.
Don't get me wrong, I voted no on this, but there are pros and cons to this sort of thing.
Sure most of the jerseys might look a little uglier, but sometimes they don't look too bad when fitted with the right sponsor. Like having a matching colour to the team's jersey or not having an in your face ugly type logo that will ruin any jersey.
The US has had enough money floating around in it's sports that it's never needed to sell their jerseys off, and I have always liked that.
However, there is a lot of money to be made with sponsors, here's the list for the EPL teams.
There is a big difference in what teams get according to how big the clubs are and pretty much keeps the big clubs rich and the poorer clubs poor. They don't have a salary cap though, so they will always have the same clubs at the top and the same ones at the bottom, with the odd exception here or there when some billionaire buys a club etc.
If the NBA kept it's salary cap it would still be an even competition, well that's the idea anyway. One big difference is that most teams will become more profitable.
As I said though I like it the way it is.
The only reason the NBA would need to change is if the Euro League gets bigger and starts offering similar money. Sure the top players won't leave but a lot of the middle tier players might be tempted to go for more money, as well as more European players staying in Europe. That would hurt the NBA's depth and bringing in sponsors would be a way to fix it.
I dont want it to happen. I voted yes by accident. Its dumb. It says Bing right in front of those Seattle Jerseys like its their name. It has nothing to do with the game so keep it on the billboards.
It looks bad sure but it also generates money that the team and the league. I think the Revs, FCD and Kansas City are the only teams without sponsors. If it's going to help produce quality on the field, I don't care that much about what they look like. I'm gonna support my team regardless, even it does have a company's name in the team name.
Everton is up for renegotiation in a year I think. We should be netting closer to $10 million considering our recent form. That $10 million can go towards buying new players or paying for contract extensions meaning a better team overall -> wins.
Lol you were watching the WNBA..... hahahahahhahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
LOL! That's what I was thinking.
I agree with this. I don't want to see it in any of the major U.S. sports. Forget soccer. I have seen highlights recently from the WNBA playoffs and that was the first time I realized they had sponsors on their jerseys. It looks ridiculous. I didn't even know who the teams were because they sponsor names were larger than the team name.
I wouldn't buy a jersey if there were advertisements on it. If I buy a jersey, I buy it for the team/player. I'm not going to walk around advertising for some random company, especially since I paid for it rather than getting paid for it.
Sponsors as part of the team name has nothing to do with jersey sponsors. Except that most name sponsors request that their brand is on the jersey too.
It's mostly teams that DESPERATELY NEED MONEY that.
Current European champions. Official name FC Internazionale di Milano, common name Inter. Jersey sponsor, Pirelli, for the past 15 years or so. Pirelli CEO is an avid Inter fan and along with Inter owner, they have spent probably the most money in the game for everything around the team (transfers, salaries etc), even maybe more than Real Madrid or Chelsea.
It has nothing to do with "whoring" the game. It's called marketing. Sponsors do their advertising, teams get more money so that the owners/fans(ticket prices etc) give less.
Doubt this will work in the NBA though, and seriously can't understand why US professional sports have nothing to do with capitalism like the rest of the country!
Hell no. I know sponsors and advertisements are what makes money for teams and the NBA especially with TV, but that is too much. I mean it used to be the MVP Award, and now its the MVP Award presented by Kia. We have to draw a line somewhere.
Ugh, I hate the international influence and what it has done to our beloved sport.
I hope NBA teams never have sponsors. I don't think they need to have sponsors though cause they make enough money. If the WNBA made as much as the NBA they wouldn't have sponsors.
Hell no. In America we love tradition and don't tell me for a second that you think this would ever become a possibility. The NBA, NHL, MLB, and Football will always remain jersey add free.
Ahh damn, now i'll see "Rogers" aka Robbers in a Raps uniform.
:laugh2: sorry i had to let that out.
you know Canada is apart of those leagues to right ?
bell are the true robbers. damn they just dont take no for an answer.
**** advertisements on NBA jerseys.
No. I hate this idea - I see enough advertising...Its like every where you look now a days it "buy my product", buy this, buy that.
Don't want to get started on a whole Canada/US culture debate. You can't deny that our traditions influence you guys, not the other way around.
what do u mean our ? it doesn't belong to u. its a global game.
true. but by American your including Canada as in north Americans right ? you guys kinda treat Canada as some far away land but we're like family.
correct me if im wrong dont the mavs practice jerseys have HDNET written on them, and doesnt cuban own HDNET?
haven't the raptors been advertising Jurassic park for 15 years now ?
what traditions are those? im curious.
Its really not as bad as most people think. Being a huge soccer fan, its actually not that bad. In some cases, it actually makes the jersey look better. All in all, its not that bad. Might be that extra money your team needs as well.
Not to mention i would LOVe this Sponsor for the Heat.
lol yea, im still waiting for another sequel. 2 and 3 were whack.
The last thing the already market whore nba needs are goddamned apple logo's on its fuhking jersey's. Its hard enough to watch commercials every 3 minutes during a game n now i have to see the damn logo's on the jerseys!? screwww that. the last thing the nba needs is a viagara plastered over the lakers white, or guiness slammed over the celtics jersey. hellls no.
really ? lol. the only thing vancouver has on toronto is crackheads :cool: but seriously toronto is the best city in canada. vancouver natives are probably gonna come in now and try to debunk me.
It will turn into NBANASCAR. No thanks.