The Detroit Pistons are the latest team to announce the addition of advertising patches to their jerseys for the upcoming 2017-18 season, announcing their partnership with Flagstar Bank. So far, nine teams have announced the addition of ad patches and certainly more will come as we get closer to the season. While we don't know how much every team is making off the patches, the Warriors would reportedly command $15-20 million per year.Some teams have opted for team-color-friendly patches. Some teams have formed true two-way partnerships with their ad patches promoting a business that the team also works with off the court. And one team has even chosen to promote a charity with their ad patch.
Below is a look at the partnerships that have been announced so far.
10 of the 30 NBA teams now have ads on their jerseys
Opinions? European teams have been doing this for years, but it always seemed like the NBA didn't want to allow this.
Some of them don't look awful. Sixers with stubhub I'm fine with, Clevelend's looks pretty clean still. Brooklyn's and Detroit's look terrible. But by far the worst is GE on the Celtics jersey. That jersey has such a classic look and it feels like they're ruining it.
For some reason, I feel that it ruins all of them, but I agree that some are worst than others. I am still struggling to envision the Lakers or Knicks jersey tbh.
The Nets jerseys look terrible now, but I also think the Pistons should have gone with a more well known sponsor
How long until the players start getting Ad Tattoos?
Don't they do that in MMA/Boxing? They get some kind of temporary press on type tattoo I think.
If it was still the tattoo era of basketball in the early 2000s I bet it would of happened. But since we have already cycled through the accessory era(e.g. sleeves, headbands)(would have been great for ads) and now we're in the hair era, most likely you will see a Nike swoosh shaved into both sides of someone's head.
Didn't soccer player also pull that?
i dont mind patches but if they start looking like futbol jerseys then they'll do more harm than good
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