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Post by neufab94 on Aug 17, 2021 13:02:52 GMT -7
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Post by mrtea on Aug 17, 2021 13:19:36 GMT -7
Not a fan of this idea at all!! Can you imagine an ad for women's healthcare products or toilet bowl cleaners slapped on the front of your favorite team's jersey?!! How about Pepto bismol or Preparation H? Not a fan!!.
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Post by fogolin2 on Aug 17, 2021 13:33:46 GMT -7
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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Post by drtaf on Aug 17, 2021 14:51:05 GMT -7
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Yep, it was coming anyway but the pandemic sped up the implementation. As long as they're not too big and Garish, I wont mind but I would not like to see a situation like in europe where players are literally walking billboards
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Post by neufab94 on Aug 17, 2021 16:05:02 GMT -7
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Yep, it was coming anyway but the pandemic sped up the implementation. As long as they're not too big and Garish, I wont mind but I would not like to see a situation like in europe where players are literally walking billboards If my favorite jersey has an ad on it the ad will decrease the likelihood that I will purchase the jersey.
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Post by discostew on Aug 17, 2021 18:42:34 GMT -7
I think it's lame. But inevitable. Money is money, and im sure itll increase players salaries too.
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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on Aug 17, 2021 21:08:21 GMT -7
I don't really care, as long as the jersey I buy for myself isn't full of ads.
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Post by SuperDave17 on Aug 17, 2021 21:35:31 GMT -7
If it helps raise the cap, I guess I'll kinda get behind it ... as long as the players don't look like their European counterparts or Nascar drivers and the like ...
I feel so dirty saying even this ... what have I become .... ?
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Post by fogolin2 on Aug 18, 2021 6:14:58 GMT -7
If it helps raise the cap, I guess I'll kinda get behind it ... as long as the players don't look like their European counterparts or Nascar drivers and the like ... I feel so dirty saying even this ... what have I become .... ? If it helps, Dave, my expectations of you are really low. lol
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Post by SuperDave17 on Aug 18, 2021 18:23:54 GMT -7
Of all the issues to get worked up over, we have a blowout over this one? Seriously?
It'd be a shame if I had to lock this one down, and give out warnings as well, because there can be some seriously good debate about professional hockey in this thread.
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Post by SuperDave17 on Aug 18, 2021 20:37:46 GMT -7
Ok, in an effort to keep this thread active and not close it down, I decided to delete several posts that derailed it.
Let's focus on the subject of ads on the hockey jerseys, please.
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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on Aug 18, 2021 20:58:19 GMT -7
Ok, in an effort to keep this thread active and not close it down, I decided to delete several posts that derailed it. Let's focus on the subject of ads on the hockey jerseys, please. I apologize for my part.
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Post by Bronco73 on Aug 18, 2021 21:17:02 GMT -7
slippery slope. We have a league that has bragged about a multi billion dollar profit for several years before the beer flu hit, now they resort to these ads after only 1 season of hardship.
The NHL's jerseys are sacred, more than any other sport. If you want ad revenue, do something different. Maybe try something like advertising on the division names instead. ie: The Rexall Pharmacy Pacific division.
Don't mess with the jerseys or the trophy names.
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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on Aug 18, 2021 21:19:41 GMT -7
slippery slope. We have a league that has bragged about a multi billion dollar profit for several years before the beer flu hit, now they resort to these ads after only 1 season of hardship. The NHL's jerseys are sacred, more than any other sport. If you want ad revenue, do something different. Maybe try something like advertising on the division names instead. ie: The Rexall Pharmacy Pacific division. Don't mess with the jerseys or the trophy names. I don't care, as long as the ads aren't on the jersey I buy for myself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2021 22:58:44 GMT -7
slippery slope. We have a league that has bragged about a multi billion dollar profit for several years before the beer flu hit, now they resort to these ads after only 1 season of hardship. The NHL's jerseys are sacred, more than any other sport. If you want ad revenue, do something different. Maybe try something like advertising on the division names instead. ie: The Rexall Pharmacy Pacific division. Don't mess with the jerseys or the trophy names. I agree, Keep the heritage of the game.
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Post by mrtea on Aug 19, 2021 4:24:23 GMT -7
Ok, in an effort to keep this thread active and not close it down, I decided to delete several posts that derailed it. Let's focus on the subject of ads on the hockey jerseys, please. I would just like to say thank you...... to everyone. We talk about a lot of things here, mostly hockey and for the most part we behave ourselves. We can get carried away at times and sometimes cross the line, but we are a community. Communities have many different view points and cannot be expected to agree all the time. There are times when the population need various levels of policing and it appears this was one of those times. I want to again thank everyone because this community is important to me and it is where I come to unwind after a day of work or just to catch up on Oiler news. I find it relaxing here and value this site as a safe haven that I can continue to visit. I apologize for any comments I may have made to make the situation worse. The main thing to me is that we continue on as a community and I wish everyone here the best as things move forward.
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Post by drtaf on Aug 19, 2021 7:26:37 GMT -7
slippery slope. We have a league that has bragged about a multi billion dollar profit for several years before the beer flu hit, now they resort to these ads after only 1 season of hardship. The NHL's jerseys are sacred, more than any other sport. If you want ad revenue, do something different. Maybe try something like advertising on the division names instead. ie: The Rexall Pharmacy Pacific division. Don't mess with the jerseys or the trophy names. I don't care, as long as the ads aren't on the jersey I buy for myself. Maybe a compromise would be to put them only on alternate jerseys?? These aren't "traditional" anyway. It would mean the designers could go really "crazy" with the alternates and possibly produce some "collectors items" that would boost jersey sales even more? I could actually see this going over well with the younger generation while maintaining the traditional jerseys for the traditionalists. break the season down into 60-40 wearing alternate vs traditional jerseys if they have to?
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Post by mrtea on Aug 19, 2021 7:38:26 GMT -7
I don't care, as long as the ads aren't on the jersey I buy for myself. Maybe a compromise would be to put them only on alternate jerseys?? These aren't "traditional" anyway. It would mean the designers could go really "crazy" with the alternates and possibly produce some "collectors items" that would boost jersey sales even more? I could actually see this going over well with the younger generation while maintaining the traditional jerseys for the traditionalists. break the season down into 60-40 wearing alternate vs traditional jerseys if they have to? I'm not a fan of the advertising, but that is a very good idea. That would make it much easier to accept. Once the door is opened though, there is no going back. Oh well, I'll keep telling myself "change is good, change is good".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2021 18:04:14 GMT -7
I don't care, as long as the ads aren't on the jersey I buy for myself. Maybe a compromise would be to put them only on alternate jerseys?? These aren't "traditional" anyway. It would mean the designers could go really "crazy" with the alternates and possibly produce some "collectors items" that would boost jersey sales even more? I could actually see this going over well with the younger generation while maintaining the traditional jerseys for the traditionalists. break the season down into 60-40 wearing alternate vs traditional jerseys if they have to? Sounds like a great idea but with the profits they'll earn we know every jersey will be splashed with ads.
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Post by drtaf on Aug 23, 2021 8:13:44 GMT -7
Maybe a compromise would be to put them only on alternate jerseys?? These aren't "traditional" anyway. It would mean the designers could go really "crazy" with the alternates and possibly produce some "collectors items" that would boost jersey sales even more? I could actually see this going over well with the younger generation while maintaining the traditional jerseys for the traditionalists. break the season down into 60-40 wearing alternate vs traditional jerseys if they have to? Sounds like a great idea but with the profits they'll earn we know every jersey will be splashed with ads. It kind of depends where the NHL would go with this. For example, in UK Soccer, the pro teams usually have an exclusive license with one company (they obv pay more for this privilage and its usually a founding sponsor). This means that there's only 1 LOGO on the shirt, albeit usually a pretty large one front and centre. However, some of these become quite collectible as they define a particular era for the franchise. If teams went with exclusive license deals and kept the logos a reasonable size (and kept them on the alternate jerseys), some fans might be drawn to this and pay a premium. In Europe, "Ice" hockey is not that big and so they have to find multiple sponsors to pay smaller amounts to generate any kind of income and that's why the look like walking billboards. The premier soccer version of advertising is far less intrusive imo and I dont think it would be too hard for the pro teams here to find a single large sponsor to pony up for an exclusive license deal. They already pay millions for the naming rights of stadiums and IMO, having your name plastered on Connor McD's shirt is a far more compelling advertisement for anyone (and yes this will mean that superstars like him will start making 2x3 times what they do now because the right to put your logo on his shirt would alone be worth 10's of millions to a franchise alone, far more than his current salary). My guess would be that the next step would be to make a "superstar exemption" to the salary cap in order to accommodate this.
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