Confirmed with Link: Ads on jersey 2022/23

[brithawk]

Commercial breaks aren’t even that bad in hockey. Plus they utilize the time to clear the ice surface.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they start doing the split screen commercials in between whistles. The game on one side and a commercial on the other if you don’t know what I’m talking about. They do this a lot in golf broadcasts.

Please, just ... no. Don't give 'em ideas.

They used to do this during the Formula 1 coverage a few years back. It was incredibly annoying, and more than once something critical would happen while the commercial was running, and you could barely see it "live" and would have to wait for the replays.

 

[Illinihockey]

There's a pretty unique thing with soccer where there are NO commercial breaks during game play. You do have some during halftime and before matches, but there are never ad breaks during the 45 minute halves. The shirt sponsors are somewhat more understandable in that context.

With the NHL, we already have tons of ad breaks during matches.

point is no one cares.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

point is no one cares.

I mean, will I stop watching? No. Do people stop watching sports because of ads? No.

People do absolutely care though and it makes the product worse. It may be ever so slightly worse but it's real.

Over the long haul, I do know plenty of people who have become turned off by things because after a certain point, what made something previously great, has been so far polluted by other factors that they lose that spark.

I hate this whole notion that just because people can get away with something, they should just do it.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

I hate it but also realize that after a couple of years it will be normal and won't bother me at all.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Our team we root for is about 100 years old, hell, my great grandparents were in the hood when Chicago Stadium was built. The league has played through the great depression, multiple market collapses, many teams going through long periods of empty venues, competition with a spin off league, lockouts and so many other major micro/macroeconomic roller coasters.

And they still didn't put ads on the jerseys. You might not give a **** about tradition as fanciful as it makes you feel but sometimes there are little things that have been protected for so long they're worth keeping as they were. They don't need ads on the jerseys, that's BS, it's tasteless, it's fugly and it's a lazy minded $$ solution the likes of which you'd expect from garden variety low rent MBA's.

 

[Lucky Luke]

The Blackhawks could perhaps get Telsa, the electric car company, to sponsor Marc-André Fluery's jersey.

 

[Marotte Marauder]

Is there a big ass company that either has indirect or direct ties to Indigenous cultures?

That would be a great fit to ensure that our logo; IMO top 5 all time in all of NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB stayed the same.

Indian Casinos

 

[featherhawk]

Indian Casinos

Well there you go, Rocky can lower the price if need be, that said Casinos don't likely need too much of a break but that is an absolute perfect fit IMO

quick, get in tough with Stan and Rocky @Marotte Marauder

 

[featherhawk]

I mean, will I stop watching? No. Do people stop watching sports because of ads? No.

People do absolutely care though and it makes the product worse. It may be ever so slightly worse but it's real.

Over the long haul, I do know plenty of people who have become turned off by things because after a certain point, what made something previously great, has been so far polluted by other factors that they lose that spark.

I hate this whole notion that just because people can get away with something, they should just do it.

if the jerseys end up being like Euro leagues in the future I would absolutely stop watching...that said if they keep the patch small and dont allow more then that's fine

 

[featherhawk]

Tom Dundon on taking full ownership of Hurricanes, Carolina's delayed outdoor game and ads on NHL jerseys

"Look, I’d be on the very, very extreme end. Like for me if we look like Formula 1 or NASCAR, that’d be fine with me."

thread title on the main board is below....

Hurricanes owner Dundon wants jerseys to be covered with ads like Formula 1 or NASCAR

If it gets to be like that I will never watch a game again