TikTok sponsors Washington DC Capitals Jerseys

[tarheelhockey]

The fact that it’s Washington of all teams is hilariously ironic. Next up, Seattle gets sponsored by Exxon.

 

[JPT]

The fact that it’s Washington of all teams is hilariously ironic. Next up, Seattle gets sponsored by Exxon.

Utah sponsored by a booze company

 

[Oleksiak]

WOW this is getting a lot of hate for an ad you will not be able to see from the stands or most shots during the game.

I mean I do get it TikToc sucks and whatever, adds suck but in the scope of most adds this is pretty unobtrusive.

Desecration of jerseys is a problem regardless of what the ad is for. Personally, I avoid doing business with any company who pays money to disgrace the sport with one of these abominations.

 

[Derailed75]

Desecration of jerseys is a problem regardless of what the ad is for. Personally, I avoid doing business with any company who pays money to disgrace the sport with one of these abominations.

I get that thought but be serious, that add is so small you will only see it on close up shots. Not one single person not on the first 3 rows at the arenas will be able to see it. Its about as unobtrusive an add as you will get.

 

[Sniper99]

Agreed. Sorry if I seemed outraged, it just grinds my gears. Not happy about all these jersey ads in any sport.

Whats to be sorry for, you're not wrong. I doubt one single Leafs player likes the MILK ad on their chest or TD in Vancouver, they look stupid. Theyve even got ads on the sleeves for for MLB teams now. Cant stand seeing that bright green TD ad on the Jays jerseys. Put it on the ice or the boards or stuff the ad up the owners' ass.

 

[robertmac43]

Ew - that looks brutal

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Neil Racki]

all the Caps gonna deadass show up with the broccoli haircut no cap on God fr

I have zero clue what you were trying to say here.

- concerned 46 year old

 

[belair]

Did the Leafs not have the logo on their jerseys last season?

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Did the Leafs not have the logo on their jerseys last season?

It was the helmet logo a few years ago. The jersey ad has always been Milk.

 

[Oleksiak]

I get that thought but be serious, that add is so small you will only see it on close up shots. Not one single person not on the first 3 rows at the arenas will be able to see it. Its about as unobtrusive an add as you will get.

The most unobtrusive an ad can get is it not being there.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Jeune Poulet]

The Washington Capitals aren't exactly reputed for their great ethics so this isn't really surprising but still disappointing.

And as usual, the NHL will do nothing.

 

[Voight]

Of course its a gambling company.

 

[JPT]

The Washington Capitals aren't exactly reputed for their great ethics so this isn't really surprising but still disappointing.

And as usual, the NHL will do nothing.

The NHL most certainly has approved the ad

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Evander Kane will be wearing a jersey with a gambling ad on it

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Gross.

 

[Oilslick941611]

What company, I don't really care. That there's an ad at all, I do. I collect jerseys, and I want two things as part of that: 1) that I'm not a walking billboard for anything other than the team and the jersey manufacturer, and 2) that what I'm wearing is fundamentally the same as what the players are. If they're wearing ads and I'm not, the second isn't true; if there's an ad on my jersey, the first isn't.

I don't give a damn about the helmets, or the breezers, or the skates, or any of that crap, but if you're marketing a $180-250 piece of clothing to customers on the basis that it's what the players wear, that shouldn't be a lie, and I shouldn't have to walk around advertising a GD insurance company.

As a game worn collector as well…these ads can be removed quite easily. They are embroidered on a patch and sewn on the jersey. easy to remove with a seam ripper and an iron. Some teams appear to have ads stitched right on the jersey, i hate those.

 

[Lunatik]

Gross.

I think it's funny, and probably a waste of Tik Toks money... Everyone knows what they are and with the demographic of hockey fans, they aren't going to be getting many to start using their shitty platform.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Since 1960-2000. Players average Contracts have risen by 800x increase. Inflation during the same time was 8x. In last 20 years this is only getting worse.

No chance that’s true.

In 2000 the average NHL salary was $1.2M. If that was an 800x increase over the 1960 salary, avg salary in 1960 would have been $1500, and that was well below the poverty line even back then.

In any event I’m not sure what the point of the comparison is. The league generates way more money now, and the job of a hockey player has become exponentially more demanding than it was back then. If anything I would argue that the high end talent in the league is considerably underpaid.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I have zero clue what you were trying to say here.

- concerned 46 year old

I think the broccoli haircut is similar to that sported by Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes. "Deadass", "no cap" and "fr" pretty much mean the same thing, that the statement is truthful. "fr" is short for "for real"

"The Washington Capitals are really going to show up with frohawks"

 

[Nogatco Rd]

The Washington Capitals aren't exactly reputed for their great ethics so this isn't really surprising but still disappointing.

And as usual, the NHL will do nothing.

lol why would the NHL care to do anything? They have partnered with TikTok in the past

 

[ponder719]

As a game worn collector as well…these ads can be removed quite easily. They are embroidered on a patch and sewn on the jersey. easy to remove with a seam ripper and an iron. Some teams appear to have ads stitched right on the jersey, i hate those.

Oh, yeah, it's definitely doable. I've taken a seam ripper to one of my hats before to pick out an ad I didn't like there. The issue for me is having to choose between wearing what the players are wearing, and feeling like I'm free advertisement for a company. I ultimately come down on the side of removing the ads or buying ad-free jerseys, but the cognitive dissonance doesn't go away, I've just chosen which annoys me less.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Oh, yeah, it's definitely doable. I've taken a seam ripper to one of my hats before to pick out an ad I didn't like there. The issue for me is having to choose between wearing what the players are wearing, and feeling like I'm free advertisement for a company. I ultimately come down on the side of removing the ads or buying ad-free jerseys, but the cognitive dissonance doesn't go away, I've just chosen which annoys me less.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m doing a jersey foul. When I get a fanatics gameworn oilers jersey I’m sticking the finals patch over the ad.

 

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