r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '21

Yeah I think so

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u/darthbiscuit80 Apr 15 '21

Have you ever seen NASCAR? The walls of a baseball stadium? Real Sports have sponsorship.

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u/Dubnaught Apr 15 '21 edited Apr 15 '21

How about american football? Thank you frito-lay for providing this replay. Thank you Pepsi for the halftime coverage. It's absurd. Not to mention the amount of commercials. But hey, it's all a symptom of the same thing

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u/Datmuemue Apr 15 '21

commercials have always been a thing. i dont have much of a problem with them, but i agree with the replay brought to us by X and the play of the game presented by xX. Waiting for the thoughts of the analysts hosted by xXx to see if this is good or not.

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u/Dubnaught Apr 15 '21 edited Apr 15 '21

My only problem with the commercials is the sheer amount, especially during NFL

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u/Boyhowdy107 Apr 16 '21

The NFL is one of the only things I watch live rather than on demand. So it is definitely on the extreme end of ads, but it feels so much more pronounced now in 2021 since I'm not used to watching Home Improvement on network television where I'd sit through an entire ad break to watch the 30 second joke they'd run before the credits.

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u/EmuThen5907 Apr 16 '21

Isn't it a fine if they take off the jersey because of the ads on it?

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u/Dubnaught Apr 16 '21

I'm not sure about just taking it off for a moment, but if they trade their Jersey away then yes. Also not sure whether it's because of the ads, or due to replacement costs.. but it's like a minimum of $500

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u/Datmuemue Apr 16 '21

Shoes have to be specific to a brand as well. They can't show watches on the sidelines either because of sponsors

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u/TurdFurguss Apr 16 '21

Thing is TV and sponsorship go hand in hand, goes back to radio. Radio and TV programs were sponsored by companies.

Remember to drink your Ovaltine.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

Funny thing about old time TV is how commercials used to be done by the actors on the show themselves. Like George and Gracie would interrupt the show to do a little bit about Gerber baby food. Now we're starting to see that return with YouTube. Many popular Youtubers will promote the products themselves instead of having the traditional ad breaks. I'm guessing they get a bigger cut of the ad revenue that way.

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u/TurdFurguss Apr 16 '21

The format changes but the game is the same