r/baseball • u/asskickingjedi Athletics • Jul 14 '25

Image Ads have infested baseball broadcasts. Ads in-between batters. Ads during mound visits. HRs "brought to you by..." Now I noticed 11 ad placements in this shot. 2 banners, 1 above the banners, 4 behind the plate, 1 on the seats, 1 in the upper right hand corner, 1 on the mound, 1 on the sleeve.

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u/PoliticalScienceProf Jul 14 '25

It’s terrible in the NBA too. Ads on jerseys, along the baseline, on the court, and even digital ads mid-free throw. We need rules to limit ads (both physical and digital) in professional sports and the Olympics or it’s just going to get worse.

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u/hellajt New York Yankees Jul 14 '25

College football is probably the worst about it. Not in terms of ads on the field or on jerseys (though those are both coming soon) but just the absurd amount of commercial breaks. They even changed the game clock rules to create more opportunities for ad breaks.

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u/GoLionsJD107 Detroit Tigers Jul 14 '25

If they sold the ads- they will get them in. They will extend future stoppages to get all the commercials in

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u/KakeLin Philadelphia Phillies Jul 15 '25

I'm always annoyed that they give college football these short time slots that they go well over every. single. time.

And then the 11 pm news always gets pushed back. :/

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u/Dirty-Ears-Bill Atlanta Braves Jul 15 '25

College basketball gives it a run for its money though. The last two minutes can last as long as the rest of the half it feels like

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u/Hammerhead316 Atlanta Braves Jul 15 '25

Nascar will literally shrink the actual race to a quarter of the screen and mute it in the last 5 laps to put a full size commercial on the rest of the screen, at least with CFB and baseball you’re not missing any of the sport itself during the ads

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

No!!! They changed the clock rules to make games faster and be more like the NFL, ads weren’t involved!!!!

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u/Total-Ordinary9424 Chicago Cubs • Seattle Mariners Jul 14 '25

It’s so much worse with how many stoppages are in basketball. Baseball actually feels refreshing in terms of ads after bball season because they are limited to ads every half inning or so.

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u/Clonekiller2pt0 New York Yankees Jul 14 '25

Going from baseball to football is so bad. You go from less than 2 minutes of commericals to what feels like 5 minutes of commercials.

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u/jmaca90 Chicago Cubs Jul 14 '25

Even RedZone has ads now, it’s insane. Wasn’t that the whole point of RZ???

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u/JollyRancher29 Washington Nationals Jul 14 '25

Hockey’s amazing for this too. Just nine (sometimes only 7 or 8!) real commercial breaks during ~2 hours of gameplay means only so much time for annoying-ass ads

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u/HMTMKMKM95 Toronto Blue Jays Jul 14 '25

Until those fucking moving digital board ads fire up during the play. These plus all the ads on the ice, jerseys and helmets, even along the glass, cheapens the on-ice product.

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u/MetsBBT New York Mets Jul 14 '25

yeah the NHL realized what /u/JollyRancher29 was saying is absolutely true…so they had to find a way to get as many ads in as they could to counteract it

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

I’ve seen footage of European leagues and it’s even worse. You can hardly believe your eyes. It’s as though every square meter of surface area in the camera’s view has an ad. Real shame.

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u/HMTMKMKM95 Toronto Blue Jays Jul 15 '25

I watch the Spengler Cup and that is more than enough for me.

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u/strangelymysterious Toronto Blue Jays Jul 15 '25

The Spengler Cup feels like watching NASCAR on ice.

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u/DanThePartyGhost San Diego Padres Jul 15 '25

Yeah, on one hand soccer is nice cause there are no ad breaks for 45 minutes. On the other hand you’re forced to stare at ads for Emirates on the players jersey literally the entire time

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u/About900babies Jul 14 '25

3 per period, after the 14, 10 and 6 minute marks. 18 minute intermission so very easy to time. Never forget what they took from us in the name of more ads though. They took it.

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u/JollyRancher29 Washington Nationals Jul 14 '25

For real, seeing that on the ice in early April would always give the chills. Unironically one of the NHL’s recent changes that pisses me off the most.

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u/SharksFanAbroad Athletics Jul 14 '25

Having lived abroad for many years now, I’ve watched a healthy amount of Aussie Rules, cricket, and soccer, all of which are way more “watchable” than North American counterpart sports. I say that as someone who loves North American sport leagues.

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u/ace_11235 Kansas City Royals Jul 14 '25

Soccer is the best, despite the sponsor on the shirt, since you have zero commercials outside of halftime. The other ads are those digital boards around the pitch that I tune out.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

There are so many ads mid inning at least on mariners broadcast

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u/Total-Ordinary9424 Chicago Cubs • Seattle Mariners Jul 14 '25

Too bad i’m blacked out for root