Jersey Ads

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

The players jerseys have the ads, but I don't suspect the jerseys fans would buy would have the ads on them.
Like the CFL, they have had ads on their jerseys for years, but the crested jerseys you buy in stores do not.

 

[norrisnick]

... he says, spending end-stage capitalism thinking about the NHL in any capacity.

I have given up hope in our slide towards the dystopian hellscape that's a mix between The Handmaid's Tale and Idiocracy. Following the NHL (among other activities) is my escape. Some entertainment along the way.

 

[Paranoid Android]

Hail corporate

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

The replies are predictable

 

[Golden_Jet]

Which teams, are not putting them on this year.
Or which teams have committed to putting them on, if that’s a shorter list.

 

[Canucks LB]

The replies are predictable

They absolutely have to make it blended more than that, it stands out so much it’s incredible, I’m not sure if it’s the color, the logo, the size, or everything together, but it just does not look right on absolutely iconic jersey like Montreal Canadiens

 

[TMLeafer]

What a shame, looks like it's slapped on as an afterthought.

 

[AzHawk]

I refuse to buy lion steaks from whatever restaurant RBC is after seeing those

 

[HockeyVirus]

Respect to the Oilers for saying no to this BS. Shame on the Habs and I assume the Leafs and other O6 teams for disgracing historic and proud jerseys. These teams try and market to us on how special and sacred it is to be a fan of one of the O6 and how historic they are, and then take a steaming f***ing shit on one of THE most symbolic things of that for a quick buck.

 

[InfinityIggy]

I don’t really care how this will look on ice, it’s whatever.

I won’t buy jerseys anymore though. If it has the Ad, that’s gross. If it doesn’t well now it’s not an authentic replica now is it. Pass.

 

[Noble]

That Canadiens sweater is a crying shame. My God.

 

[Martin Skoula]

If RBC loses money on this, the next guys will think twice about paying for that slot. If MTL fans can call 911 about the Pacioretty hit, I'm sure they can spend a little time on calling RBC's support lines to explain very very slowly how dissatisfied they are.

 

[haseoke39]

If RBC loses money on this, the next guys will think twice about paying for that slot. If MTL fans can call 911 about the Pacioretty hit, I'm sure they can spend a little time on calling RBC's support lines to explain very very slowly how dissatisfied they are.

Will do.

Or next time the mortgage is up, make them draw up all the documents for a transfer and then tell them, actually, f*** you.

Although I'm wondering if I'm going to be bothering with the NHL by then. I don't like being dramatic, but this is the core product and they've made it actively repulsive.

 

[CasusBelli]

It’d be fine if they did it like soccer jerseys: big sponsor logo in the front; team crest / logo on the chest. Just don’t make the jersey look like an F1 car a la European hockey jerseys. Those things are hideous.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I think the first post needs to show all the teams' ads.

 

[BLONG7]

The Ad should be on the shoulder, not the front of an NHL jersey.....
The league needs to be careful here, with this idea.
Don't make a mess of the teams identity.

 

[93gilmour93]

It sucks. The jersey’s are going to start having more of them all over the place and eventually the players will look ridiculous out there on the ice. Stupid….

 

[tfwnogf]

looks like one of the badges I earned at boy scouts

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Do they at least sell authentic jerseys without the ad?

 

[Golden_Jet]

Do they at least sell authentic jerseys without the ad?

I doubt that, maybe non authentic, but I doubt that too.
Since it’s called “authentic “ then they will have them.

The players jerseys have the ads, but I don't suspect the jerseys fans would buy would have the ads on them.
Like the CFL, they have had ads on their jerseys for years, but the crested jerseys you buy in stores do not.

They’ll have them, once the current stock runs out.

 

[Svechhammer]

What irrationally bothers me about this is that the RBC logo is larger than the captaincy patches on the Habs jersey while being at the same horizontal plane as the captaincy patch, effectively elevating it above them.

Just feels gross. Just makes me think that the patches should have been relegated to the shoulders.

 

[ItWasJustified]

It’d be fine if they did it like soccer jerseys: big sponsor logo in the front; team crest / logo on the chest. Just don’t make the jersey look like an F1 car a la European hockey jerseys. Those things are hideous.

No.

 

[Machinehead]

What irrationally bothers me about this is that the RBC logo is larger than the captaincy patches on the Habs jersey while being at the same horizontal plane as the captaincy patch, effectively elevating it above them.

Just feels gross. Just makes me think that the patches should have been relegated to the shoulders.

Yeah but the Habs always had obnoxiously small captaincy letters.

 

[haseoke39]

It was in the news that RBC will be on jerseys sold to fans. Not clear if it will be all of them, or an option.

Not that it matters much. It's on the core product down there on the ice. That's what counts.

 

[haseoke39]

How can we voice our displeasure?

1. Smash the front windows of a bunch of RBC outlets, or whoever your local sponsor is (I jest, I jest. "This station does not endorse vigilante justice. Unless it gets results. Which it will.")
2. Write a letter? To who? I wrote a little thing in to La Presse last night.
3. Don't watch games or buy merch, but that's a super passive way to do things and only works if you're organized at scale.
4. How would you even begin organizing a demonstration? It's unclear to me who has the platform to reach the fans of your local franchise en masse.

This pollutes the core product, and a carefully honored symbol that represents your community for anywhere from 50 to 100 years for most of us (recent expansions maybe less so, but....) It seriously tarnishes these franchise's capacity to be a positive symbol -- which is all they're really good for, in the end. Anyone can host a hockey game, and the top 10,000 players in the world are all about as entertaining to watch as the top 700. So this is about saving an institution that's come to mean a lot to a lot of us. The most powerful piece of subnational iconography on the continent, really, along with the other big sports franchises. I don't want to see just a skating advertisement every time I turn on the NHL, and if I do, I'm increasingly likely to turn it off. I'm advertised out. I've invested 25 years of care into these teams meaning something in my community(ies), and I hate to see it become just a crass commercial.