NBA likely going to Advertisements on Jerseys Next Season

[eliteballer]

A series of tweets from Ken Berger of CBS Sports

Ken Berger‏@KBergCBS

Silver says his sense is that every team is in favor of jersey ads in some form.

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS

The current idea, which Silver said needs more discussion, is to have a 2-by-2 advertisement patch on the shoulder of jerseys.

Ken Berger‏@KBergCBS

Silver says guidelines on jersey ads would be in effect for next season, but the ads wouldn't appear on jerseys until the following season.

:coleman:

[NOHCP3]

Nets will have a Prokhorov face patch by 2014.

I like it, as long as its not junky like NASCAR. Wnba has it. Only looks semi weird

[AK47DR91]

Sooner or later we're gonna see the backboard with Starbucks and Sprite signs on it. The entire floor will look like a Nascar car. :lol

[It's A VC3!!!]

I really don't like that idea. The players don't need to have their jerseys bloated by advertisements and stupid looking patches. I find it absurd but Adam stated that 100 million dollars will be earned for going that route.

[outbreak]

Sooner or later we're gonna see the backboard with Starbucks and Sprite signs on it. The entire floor will look like a Nascar car. :lol

The ring and back board will be made to look like someones open mouth and face, the ball will be a piece of KFC popcorn chicken. Portland's sponser will be band aids\health insurance\retirement plan company. L.A' will be a rape lawyer, Bucks can have a moped comany.

[DuMa]

no. please god no. it aint like the WNBA or the MLS where the NBA is hurting for more ways to get revenue. i understand its the norm for european leagues but not here. once we get advertisments on jerseys, we'll never call ourselves better than MLB or NFL (if that was possible in the first place)

[Lebron23]

Nooooooooooooooo.

[Heavincent]

NBA continues it's downward spiral.

[The Macho Man]

Overreactions

[AK47DR91]

no. please god no. it aint like the WNBA or the MLS where the NBA is hurting for more ways to get revenue. i understand its the norm for european leagues but not here. once we get advertisments on jerseys, we'll never call ourselves better than MLB or NFL (if that was possible in the first place)
And the thing is, if they're going to put ads on jerseys it's gonna to have to be big like the ones on WNBA jerseys.

A 2x2 patch on the shoulders? Would companies even want to spend millions for that size?

[Hank]

when i see these things whether it be football/b-ball overseas or hockey in europe, it reminds me of soccer with all the ads you see on their league jerseys

I don't like it at all. I love the NBA uniforms as is

[IGotACoolStory]

Flopping and now advertising on jerseys? What is next? Are they going to make the basketball rim 8x24, allow passing with your feet, and officially make the NBA the game for bitches?

[Fiasco]

****. that

[G-train]

Overreactions

agreed

[It's A VC3!!!]

Next is advertisement patches on the rims, basketballs, courts, and players will be ask to wear a fake tattoo every day of companies like Adidas or whatever other sponsors.

[kennethgriffin]

kobe should sponser the lakers

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/gtrwg.png

[The Macho Man]

The Lakers should sponsor the Clippers

[Troutfisch]

The ring and back board will be made to look like someones open mouth and face, the ball will be a piece of KFC popcorn chicken. Portland's sponser will be band aids\health insurance\retirement plan company. L.A' will be a rape lawyer, Bucks can have a moped comany.
http://slaymyboredom.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/kfcnba.jpg

[kennethgriffin]

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/grewg-1.png

[Baby Arm Johnso]

My first response to advertising on jerseys was negative. I would support it if owners would use some of the revenue to lower ticket prices

[DaSeba5]

http://slaymyboredom.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/kfcnba.jpg

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[TheTruth#34]

Please god no :no:

[kennethgriffin]

The Lakers should sponsor the Clippers


http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/frewfgggg5.png

[DaSeba5]

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/frewfgggg5.png

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[AK47DR91]

kennethgriffin, put a Vote for Romney on the Jazz. :lol

[Mach_3]

My first response to advertising on jerseys was negative. I would support it if owners would use some of the revenue to lower ticket prices

Lol they're gonna use that money to line their pockets :lol

Im surprised they haven't gone this route earlier. and yes this is probably just the first step in a slippery slope of advertisements placed absolutely everywhere they can jam them on a court

[kennethgriffin]

kennethgriffin, put a Vote for Romney on the Jazz. :lol


http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/grewgt34h.png

[NBA4EVER]

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/8772565/640/8772565.jpg

[Baby Arm Johnso]

Lol they're gonna use that money to line their pockets :lol



I know, wishful thinking from me! Taking my family to a Laker game is obscenely expensive

[kennethgriffin]

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/8772565/640/8772565.jpg


well if you wanna use a beer company for the lakers... why not this


http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/laker-lager.jpg

[MeLO MvP 15]

well if you wanna use a beer company for the lakers... why not this


http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/cashforcards/laker-lager.jpg
It was a reference to the video of LA fans giving Nash a keystone.

And I'd imagine the owners would be careful with who sponsors who....

I mean, we're gonna see Viagra sponsor the Celtics.

[CelticBaller]

fml

[bokes15]

By "every team" i'm sure they mean "every team owner" is in favor of it. I'm guessing the players had no say.

[d.bball.guy]

FVCK NO! It would make photoshopping a lot harder :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[bmulls]

Maaaaaaaaaan fck this.

Is nothing sacred to these people any more? Can you picture the classic images of MJ, Magic and Bird with fcking McDonalds logos on their jerseys?

Pure greed I hate it.

[stallionaire]

The ring and back board will be made to look like someones open mouth and face, the ball will be a piece of KFC popcorn chicken. Portland's sponser will be band aids\health insurance\retirement plan company. L.A' will be a rape lawyer, Bucks can have a moped comany.
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Repped for life.

[Mach_3]

It was a reference to the video of LA fans giving Nash a keystone.

And I'd imagine the owners would be careful with who sponsors who....

I mean, we're gonna see Viagra sponsor the Celtics.

They gave him a keystone? I woulda threw that disgusting cheap ass beer back at that ni99a :lol


I know, wishful thinking from me! Taking my family to a Laker game is obscenely expensive

Lol i know i figured as much, but money runs this word unfortunately

[L.Kizzle]

Sacramento Burger Kings

[bmulls]

They gave him a keystone? I woulda threw that disgusting cheap ass beer back at that ni99a :lol


That's cuz you aren't a cool dude like Steve Nash

[WeGetRing2012]

I can't see this happing most/if not all of the superstar players are walking brands. And they aren't gonna let the NBA have them advertise crap without getting a nice cut of the advertising dollars.

[stallionaire]

I ****ing hate this news. Gonna cheapen the look of NBA players and make them look like salesmen.

[NBA4EVER]

For those who didn't get the Steve Nash Keystone joke...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgSq1q-XWnI

[jbot]

i know what's gonna happen now. seeing how small a 2x2 ad is on a jersey, the only time you'll see it is during freethrows. now the league has an excuse to make way more crappy calls to get players to the line. stern is at it again i tell u!!! such an clever evil man he is.

[CLTHornets4eva]

My first response to advertising on jerseys was negative. I would support it if owners would use some of the revenue to lower ticket prices

Haha that's not happenin. I think it's an overreaction if the ads are 2 inches by 2 inches as they are proposing.

[Heavincent]

I would support it if owners would use some of the revenue to lower ticket prices

Owners reaction to this idea:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/UltraMegaOK1988/takei.gif

[joe]

They can put ads all over the jerseys/court, if they'd just cut out TV time outs!

[StroShow4]

****.

[coin24]

They should put adds in the breaks on League Pass... Instead of dead silence, make some $$$...

Advertising on jerseys/court looks so amateur:facepalm The Australian league is like that, jersey covered in sponsors and the court is a fu*king mess with signs and shit..

Once you start with one small sponsor, then its a bigger one on the back, then the jersey is covered in shit:mad: Greedy bastards...

[kentatm]

:facepalm

eventually its going to look like this shit

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/01/15/labonte.jpg

[bluechox2]

**** no... I like them as it is

[kentatm]

maybe if fans bitch enough they will change their minds like when MLB floated the idea of ads on the unis and bases.

[outbreak]

What about when teams start renting their names to companies. We had that in domestic cricket here. You could see the "State Farm Knicks" or the "McDonalds Celtics"

[TheeBeast]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m89/jamesris3/Untitled-1-16.jpg

[Hotlantadude81]

WOW... That's what we need more advertisement from money hungry corporation. I guess they figure you don't get enough of them on cable (You know, that service you have to pay for, and yet you still get bombardard with commercials) and internet pop ups and banners just like that Domino's banner you see to the right over there. You can't get away from advertisements now.

[lock]

What about when teams start renting their names to companies. We had that in domestic cricket here. You could see the "State Farm Knicks" or the "McDonalds Celtics"

That's when I stop watching NBA, sorry Amway NBA.

[RazorBaLade]

WOW... That's what we need more advertisement from money hungry corporation. I guess they figure you don't get enough of them on cable (You know, that service you have to pay for, and yet you still get bombardard with commercials) and internet pop ups and banners just like that Domino's banner you see to the right over there. You can't get away from advertisements now.

get ******* plus plugin for firefox or chrome whatever you use, ive never seen an ad on this forum

oh wow he censored it

a d b l o c k plus or without plus doesnt matter much

censor that

[takai]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/337/219/f89.jpg

[TheeBeast]

get ******* plus plugin for firefox or chrome whatever you use, ive never seen an ad on this forum

oh wow he censored it

a d b l o c k plus or without plus doesnt matter much

censor that

I haven't seen an ad online since forever :lol

[tomtucker]

Maaaaaaaaaan fck this.

Is nothing sacred to these people any more? Can you picture the classic images of MJ, Magic and Bird with fcking McDonalds logos on their jerseys?

Pure greed I hate it.

Yes, and when i first heard the "Mcdonald's All-American" i belived they were talking about this:
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Es8OSOFor0/Ty1Nz8OubbI/AAAAAAAAAs8/zLGIBL4TJKA/s1600/fat.jpeg



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[RedBlackAttack]

This is really opening up a Pandora's Box to something that could really hurt the league, imo. It will start out a patch on the shoulder of one arm and it could end with a total mess of colors/logos years down the road.

Sorry, but I think there are some things that should remain untouched by advertising.

Hell, it is bad enough that corporations have killed what used to be really cool/unique names of stadiums/arenas around the country. Gund Arena had style... It had an actual meaning to the city. Now, it's Quicken Loans Arena, which makes you feel like you are going to watch people pay their mortgages rather than watch a basketball game... And 'The Q' is one of the better ones.

Seriously... F#ck adverts.

[I LUV KOBE]

**** noooooooooo!!!

[lock]

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3250/howardjersey.jpg

[Shepseskaf]

Like everything that Dictator Stern is involved with, this idea will eventually turn to sh!t.

Ads on unis have been rumored for years, so no surprise that its going to happen. As long as the patches are small, I don't have a problem with it.

But watch the Dictator push for more than one ad, then another, and then another...

[CelticBaller]

I haven't seen an ad online since forever :lol
say goodbye to that account :lol

[Bricklayer]

Wait, so will the ads be on the jerseys that we buy in stores? If that's the case, I'll never buy another jersey again.