Kulstad Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Starting in 2017/18, Adidas will start producing team jerseys for NHL teams instead of Reebok. There is speculation that this will start the era of corporate sponsorship logos on team jerseys as well, with estimates up to $120M in revenue generated with the additional advertising on the jerserys, http://www.tsn.ca/talent/adidas-lands-nhl-jersey-deal-1.346839 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertaBoy12 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 This could become interesting for the salary cap to be quite honest. Im all for more revenue into the league, which should help promote growth of the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreaker Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I've always really liked Adidas. But you know what? I *hate* corporate logos on sports jerseys. I will never. ever. buy one. Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulstad Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I'm with you on this one, Heartbreaker. Every time I see the European soccer jerserys, I cringe and think "sellout" and "obtrusively obstructive" I don't think I could buy a jersey with corporate logos splashed across it..........kinda takes away from the "tradition" of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC923 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 If jerseys get ads on them, I may simply stop watching hockey altogether. I can't even watch a full european hockey game without my eyes hurting, it would be a travesty to see that come over to the world's premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I think it depends on the level of advertising. I don't mind European soccer jerseys so if the ads were small and well positioned I can tolerate that. I won't love it, but i could tolerate it for the revenue but I agree if they are planning to go the way of European hockey then aboslutely not. whenever I watch European hockey i get distracted by the ads and you can barely even tell who the player is. That's a sell out IMO but if they want to put 2-3 small adds on certain places on the jersey I could stomach that, but my preference would be to see no ads at all. EDIT - CFL is another good example of adds on the jersey I am ok with. They only have 1 or 2 and they are small and well placed that you barely notice. That I am fine with, but i'm not fine with massive ads all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420since1974 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Some level of corporate advertising on the jerseys is guaranteed to happen. I don't like it, but can't see the NHL passing up the extra $. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyerfan52 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 As others said the NHL & NHLPA will go for the $s. It will help capped out teams. We'll have to learn to live with it like we do with rule changes we don't like. If they are small & don't dominate the jersey it won't be too bad. In some Euro leagues they have more advertising than race cars & that's distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Here is an example of something I could live with. Ads are small, well placed and almost fell like they are part of the jersey to the point you hardly even notice them. Not sure that's enough to ask for over 100 million, but that level of ads i'm comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyerfan52 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 ^^^ Something like that I could live with. But unless it's a player who's sweater I really want I'll stick with my retro 1s. I've got t-shirts, beer & coffee mugs, backpacks, coolers, etc. that have beer or car logos on them but they were freebies as I'm advertising on their behalf by simply wearing/carrying it. Offer the sweater with or without logos & give a discount if you accept the advertising for purists. Some might simply avoid the jersey because they don't like a particular brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyerfan52 Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 ^^^ I'm scared of the P Kane & Voynov 1s. ************************************************* It'll be funny if Buffalo asks Evander Kane to keep an eye on RoR to keep him out of trouble. The poster boy for bad press watching over white bread Lady Byng player. I'm still POed about the truck though. If he hit Timmy's with a cookie cutter car I wouldn't care but that rollover in American Graffeti still brings a tear to my eye. Give him a 10 game suspention (longer if it takes more to restore the truck) & he forfeits the truck to a caring home. I'm sure that a few of us would be willing to adopt it & give it the TLC it deserves. Do it via a weighted draw where the closer to Winnipeg the poster lives the better his odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 ^^^ I'm scared of the P Kane & Voynov 1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyerfan52 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 ^^^^ Carty, you enjoy the photoshop thing. How about selecting a jersey & player on that team & filling it with Euro style # of ads. We can try to guess team & player as the Euro ads dominate to the extent you can't see the team logo. Since there are lots of red sweaters that as a base might be most challenging. Kind of a twist on DD's "Who Dat?" game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilersAreHighlyFlammable Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 NHL jerseys are uniforms, not advertising canvases. I would be disgusted to see ads all over the jerseys, as others have mentioned it's hard to even get through a Euro hockey game as the jerseys are such eyesores, that you can't even tell who you're watching with the puck, let alone what team you're watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreckening Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 JUST SAY NO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertaBoy12 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 I dont watch hockey because the jerseys look nice...I love the sport. I can understand the arguements against the jerseys being changed as I dont want ads all over them, but at the end of the day its not going to change the game any for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersMan Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 JUST SAY NO!!!!! NO! NO! NO! NO! and NO! Lets not sell our soul to advertisement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 NO! NO! NO! NO! and NO! Lets not sell our soul to advertisement. tweet said poll showed 96% or close did not want adverts on hockey jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob1974 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 The thing about hockey jerseys is the crest on the front. The CFL has a number with s crest on the helmet. In the NHL ads would take away from the crest. No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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