Fans watching the Canadian Football League playoffs over the weekend may have noticed a new addition to the teams’ jerseys. During both the East and West Division semifinals on Saturday, November 1, all four teams involved sported new ad patches on their jerseys. The patches bore the logo of the
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Minnesota Twins Add Securian Financial Ad Patch to Jersey Sleeves
The Minnesota Twins had a slightly different look when they returned to the field follow Major League Baseball’s All-Star break. On Thursday, July 17, the Twins introduced Securian Financial as their new sleeve ad patch partners on their social media platforms, and they debuted the new patches when they visited
San Antonio Spurs Partner With Digital Security Company For New Jersey Advertisement Patch
After playing last season without an advertisement on their jerseys, the San Antonio Spurs recently announced a multi-year partnership with Ledger, a Paris-based digital security company that protects more than 20 percent of the world’s cryptocurrency.
Boston Celtics Partner With Amica For New Jersey Patch
The reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics have announced a multi-year jersey patch partnership with Amica, a Rhode Island-based auto, home and life insurance company. “The Boston Celtics jersey is not only recognized all across New England, it’s recognized all across the world,” team president Rich Gotham said during a press
Premier League Clubs to Vote on Voluntary Ban on Gambling Firms as Front-of-Shirt Sponsors
Move could keep U.K. government from writing ban into legislation and preserve pitchside ad deals, front-of-shirt deals in rest of English Football League
D.C. United Add Blockchain Technology Provider as Front-of-Shirt Sponsor
XDC Network plans to bring “one of the most engaging fan experiences in professional sports” to MLS club
U.K. Gov’t to Crack Down on Betting Firms; 9 Premier League Clubs May Have to Find New Shirt Sponsors
White paper to be published in review of UK gambling laws likely to recommend ban on front-of-shirt advertising for football clubs at all levels
Inter Miami Inks First Jersey Sponsorship Deal
Club signs deal with cryptofinance company that recently moved its headquarters to South Florida
It’s official: The NBA will put ads on their jerseys starting in 2017-18
The inevitable day that we’ve been warning you about for years now has finally come. Today, the NBA officially announced that, starting in the 2017-18 season, teams will be allowed to sell advertising space on their jerseys in the form of a small patch. Here’s the official statement from the
New MLB Commissioner Does Not Foresee Ads on Uniforms
Just days into his tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred put to bed fears that his sport will be the next to place advertisements on uniforms. Quoted in the New York Times, Manfred said: There was more chatter about that in the game 10 years ago than there
NHL Discusses Placing Ads on Team Jerseys
Placing advertisements on jerseys seems like one of the most inevitable developments of the future for the four major sports leagues in North America. The NBA is clearly heading down that path, and with NFL teams using their practice jerseys to sell ad space, you have to believe that the
Silver: “Ads Will Be On NBA Jerseys Within Next 5 Years”
For a while now, many have speculated that one of the reasons behind the advent of sleeved jerseys in basketball was not just the fact that more people would buy a sleeved jersey over a traditional jersey. There was also the fact that the sleeves would also mean that there’s