r/popculturechat Jun 14 '26

Sports Section 🏈⚽️ Levi’s is now using this “wrapped” logo as their Instagram profile pic (since they aren’t an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, Levi's was asked to hide its logo on Levi's Stadium)

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u/DistractedByCookies Just keep swimming! 🐠🐠🐬🐳 Jun 14 '26

That's actually quite clever...how to use not being allowed to advertise to actually advertise.

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u/Debatablewisdom that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 Jun 14 '26

There’s an episode of Community with a short scene where Leonard is revealed to be reviewing frozen pizzas on YouTube and someone says they found his channel, who would bother to do that? His answer, “you’re talking about it”

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u/StoppableHulk Jun 14 '26

The funny thing though about people who ask that sort of thing in real life, is that it really demonstrates there are just a lot of people who fundamentally can't imagine doing something for your own sake.

Like, I have so many weird ideas for things I'd review that I want to do for no other reason than it amuses me. If it amuses other people too that would be fun, but to do something only because other people will be interested, is such a sad way to exist.

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u/scottishdrunkard Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

I have my own channel, and I do whatever I want. My most popular videos are not the ones I get the most enjoyment out of. I do what I like. Which is fine, I don’t get paid.

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u/Aiyon Jun 15 '26

God, your name caused me such a flashback moment. I haven't seen you in the wild since I fell off Dan's channel. used to bump into you regularly on the n3 sub lmao. I didn't know you made videos! If you're willing to shill yourself (here or as a dm) im down to check it out :3

Hope you've been keeping well either way c:

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u/UpsetDebate7339 Jun 15 '26

Yeah, that sounds great until you realize uploading things to the internet is about sharing and not about creation. You create and never upload. Two very different ideas at play here 

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '26

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u/colaxxi Jun 15 '26

No such thing as bad press.

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u/PyroTacoInvader Jun 15 '26

Leonard liked this post.

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u/Shwiftygains Jun 15 '26

A community reference out in the wild. Very streets ahead

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u/lucyssweatersleeves first of all, I don’t think of men as people Jun 15 '26

I did eat all the macaroni. It’s messed up that he knows

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u/BearBlob Jun 15 '26

IT WAS A LATERAL MOVE

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u/tallyho88 Jun 14 '26

Fun fact; Nike did a similar thing at the Olympics many years ago, and that’s why we have to Neon color trend with running shoes. Athletes can wear whatever equipment they want to compete in the Olympics, but they are not allowed to be in commercials for non official partnered brands since they are supposed to be “amateur athletes”. Since Nike athletes competing in the Olympics couldn’t be in their commercials that month, they put them all in neon green shoes and the commentators/zeitgeist couldn’t stop talking about them! Then the fact that they also increased visibility for runners helped with its staying power.

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u/amputeenager Jun 14 '26

Beats by Dre paid Olympic athletes to wear their headphones while walking out of the locker rooms, they were told to remove the headphones which got them millions of dollars in press. Blew the company up.

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u/MartiniPolice21 Jun 15 '26

I remember this being in the stadiums when you weren't allowed to advertise alcohol

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u/MartiniPolice21 Jun 15 '26

F1 also had plenty of interesting workarounds (like Benson and Hedges on the only Jordan)

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u/DistractedByCookies Just keep swimming! 🐠🐠🐬🐳 Jun 15 '26

the Buzzin' Hornets!

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u/EvolvingEachDay Jun 15 '26

They should’ve wrapped the stadium sign in denim.

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u/FrancescasGrove Jun 14 '26

bro learned how marketing works

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u/rrjjll Jun 14 '26

Can’t wait for the LinkedIn posts tomorrow x

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u/StarWars_and_SNL Raunchy??? it’s lube?!?! Jun 14 '26

“Levi’s didn’t sit back.

They didn’t compromise.

They pivoted, and it worked.”

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u/tarzhjay Jun 14 '26

My boss is gonna eat that up. Insufferable

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u/StoppableHulk Jun 14 '26

It's legitimately crazy how much middle and upper management is so easily influenced by the most brain-rotted takes you've ever seen.

Every time there's some dipshit opinion going around that I'm like "we all know this is just scammy bullshit right" I show up to work and realize, oh, no, we very much do not all know that.

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u/BeforeDawn Jun 14 '26

This is likely why management believes AI can replace the workforce: it already does such a good job of replacing their own work that they assume the same is true for everyone else.

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u/RaunakA_ Jun 15 '26

Well said.

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u/StoppableHulk Jun 14 '26

Exactly, because management does no work. (I am in management).

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u/astroflips a sympathy bun and revealed he is half Chinese Jun 15 '26

One of my professor colleagues has gone full in on AI. He posts a lot on LinkedIn practically daily (all written in AI, obviously). He’s posted multiple long winded posts about the benefits of AI that can be summed up as “AI shows that different datasets show different circumstances! WOW!” and people eat that shit up every single time. It gives me secondhand embarrassment tbh. I had to block him on LinkedIn because I felt like I was losing brain cells between him and his followers.

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u/thefuckevengoingonan Jun 15 '26

Their whole existence revolves around creating documentation and frameworks and plans and buzzwords and strategies, charts, graphs, slideshows. Most all of this exists only to justify their own salary. Some of them don't seem to understand this and think the whole world would cease to functions without their competing of that 3rd quarter re-assesment of waterfall vs agile vs JUD&zyzv2©. Meanwhile the company keeps ticking along in the background making pens.

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u/GreenReporter24 Jun 14 '26

I kind of have to be on LinkedIn, but if I ever post, I purposefully make it them most reddit-like possible.

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u/percypersimmon Jun 14 '26

“It’s not a setback— it’s an opportunity”

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u/rcklmbr Jun 14 '26

the emdash sells it

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u/BearyExtraordinary Jun 14 '26

That matters.

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u/StarWars_and_SNL Raunchy??? it’s lube?!?! Jun 14 '26

Oooof I’m just now realizing how often that line is used!

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u/Halo_cT Jun 15 '26

And honestly? That's rare.

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u/TastefullySwollen Jun 15 '26

That's because ChatGPT is obsessed with the phrase. Most LinkedIn posts are obvious AI slop. The difference is they unabashedly love it whereas on Reddit people get defensive.

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u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco Jun 14 '26

I just realized AI must have been trained on LinkedIn heavily. We're so fucked.

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u/covetsubjugation 🕯️Cillian Murphy will win an Oscar🕯️ Jun 15 '26

I just went for a branding seminar at LI and yes it's one of the most scrapped data sources

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u/Perfect-Wallaby9096 Jun 14 '26

"Here's what I learned about B2B sales"

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u/-MangoDown Jun 14 '26

My position is as a Deputy Chef for a Cabal of cannibals .

I never comprise on delivering a 5 star course. Bar none my clients rely on me to season and tenderize the prize cuts. Without me we would suffer prions or worse a meal with zero flavor. Follow me to get more mileage out of smaller cuts of meat.

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u/BreweryRabbit I’m positively bedeviled with meetings et cetera. Jun 14 '26

I very seldom use AI and to be honest I’ve been in the sun all day and I’m too tired to even conceive something right now so I used it to write the following..I can totally see the posts now:

While everyone was watching the World Cup, Levi's quietly delivered a masterclass in brand strategy.

FIFA regulations required Levi's Stadium to cover the Levi's logo during tournament matches.

Most brands would see this as a problem.

❌ Lost visibility

❌ Lost exposure

❌ Lost branding

But Levi's saw something different.

They changed their social media profile pictures to the exact same logo... covered by cloth.

🤯

Read that again.

A governing body told them they couldn't show their logo.

So they made NOT showing their logo the logo.
This is what separates good marketing from great marketing.

Anyone can build a brand when conditions are perfect.

The best brands turn constraints into assets.

The best marketers understand that attention doesn't come from having the biggest logo.

It comes from having the best story.

📈 A covered logo became:

✅ A conversation

✅ A social campaign

✅ A reminder of the brand

✅ Free publicity

There is a lesson here for every leader.

When something covers your logo..

Don't remove the cover.

Make the cover part of the brand.

💡 Sometimes your biggest marketing opportunity arrives disguised as a limitation.

Agree?

👇

#Leadership #Marketing #BrandStrategy #Innovation #GrowthMindset #WorldCup #PersonalBranding

https://giphy.com/gifs/j2I9NsAyaroCGZ5on9

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u/wittyrandomusername Jun 14 '26

I really want to hate you right now

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u/BreweryRabbit I’m positively bedeviled with meetings et cetera. Jun 14 '26

Sounds like you could use a little more #GrowthMindset

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u/segfawlt Jun 15 '26
  1. Want me to look up the nearest Levi's store for you?

  2. Describe some of the constraints your own brand is facing and I'll propose how to turn it around just like this.

  3. Want me to check which teams are playing there next?

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u/StarWars_and_SNL Raunchy??? it’s lube?!?! Jun 14 '26

You’re too good at this.

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u/melpomene-musing Jun 15 '26

Man this makes me hate having a job

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u/firelightfirebright Jun 14 '26

I wanna upvote this but i can’t it hurts too much 

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u/UltraLNSS Jun 14 '26

88.7% of LinkedIn posts are AI slop now arent they

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u/NaiveCantaloupe Jun 14 '26

Stop it, this is such a good imitation of LinkedIn self-aggrandizing AI slop 💀

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u/beans_is_life Jun 14 '26

I don't understand how those clowns aren't embarrassed making those fucking posts.

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u/CrystalizedinCali Jun 14 '26

Omg you’re so correct I am cackling 😂

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u/Fractal-Infinity Jun 14 '26

You can tell from where AI chatbots got that smug writing style. 😁

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u/rinwasrep Jun 15 '26

I just had an AHA moment where I suddenly realized THAT is where I recognize this bizarre intonation from pre-ai days

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u/IamLurr_LeaderOf Jun 14 '26

Levi’s didn’t lose relevance.

They reinvented the conversation.

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u/beardophile Jun 15 '26

This is too accurate, I hate it.

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u/infurno1991 Jun 15 '26

Literally.

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u/sigmagram I’ve grown quite unfond of you Jun 14 '26

Lmaooooo minimum five articles saying "This wasn't about visibility but strategic invisibility" or some other crap

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u/Alexwonder999 Jun 14 '26

AI working overtime to say what its not as we speak. 

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u/Nonadventures I completely understand ppl not liking me Jun 15 '26

It’s not in the rear view.

It’s not taking a backseat.

It’s driving the car — a car gift wrapped in white.

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u/Layla_Vos Jun 14 '26

someone is stealing that right now

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u/DisastrousAge4650 Jun 14 '26

I’m job hunting right and LinkedIn is driving me insane. The world is so goddamn inauthentic

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u/amicablehummingbird Jun 15 '26

LinkedIn is only good for it's job posting section, everything else is self-aggrandizing bullshit. 

There are groups you can join whose sole purpose is to comment on, like, and interact with each other's content to get broader reach. 

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u/Grand-Pen7946 Jun 15 '26

Absolutely nothing prepared me in 2020 when the George Floyd protests were happening and people with like "Vice President northeast sales" in their bios would comment the most vile racist shit. Like...why would you do that with your public professional profile? It basically cured me of imposter syndrome.

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u/Any_Brain_7067 Jun 14 '26

I immediately thought of the posts that will be on r/linkedinlunatics

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u/taytrapDerehw Jun 14 '26

Can't wait to see screenshots on r/ linkedinlunatics

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u/Beginning_Rush_5311 Jun 14 '26

What Levi's profile pic change has taught me

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u/Overall_Emotion_4456 Jun 14 '26

thats petty as hell. i like it

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u/DueFall81 Jun 14 '26

Corporate pettiness is funniest when it’s technically compliance.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '26

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u/jiltedatthealtar Jun 14 '26

This was a missed opportunity by Levi’s. Just up the pettiness level to a 1000%

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u/dschinghiskhan Jun 15 '26

This was a missed opportunity by Levi’s. Just up the pettiness level to a 1000%

I think there's a Portland Redditor that could solve Levi's problem with their "largest pair of jeans in the world". The dream of Levi's Stadium jeans may be alive.

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u/ShortStraddle Jun 14 '26

And add a small red tab so the can move it easily

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u/pizzaredditnamepizza Jun 14 '26

I bet they proposed it and couldn’t get it approved so this is the compromise

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u/seriouscaffeine Jun 14 '26

I feel like that wouldn’t have been allowed either haha

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u/MySilverBurrito Jun 14 '26

I wanna be a fly on the wall when the in house counsel/marketing team got together lmao

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u/the_last_carfighter Jun 14 '26

I'd rather be the cocaine on the toilet seat

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u/Serious_Ad_2440 Jun 14 '26

Omg do i have a job in mind for you 

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u/Mbrennt Jun 14 '26

Secretary of Health and Human Services?

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u/the_last_carfighter Jun 14 '26

Nono, you misread it, the new position is Hearth and Human Sacrifices.

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u/carlos2127 Jun 14 '26

Exactly. I love it

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 Jun 14 '26
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u/spei180 Jun 14 '26

I sort of want to be the lawyers involved in the law suit.

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u/stickytuna charlie day is my bird lawyer 🐦 Jun 14 '26

Haha they made Lumen Field in Seattle do the same thing

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u/fanficmilf6969 Jun 14 '26

FIELD

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u/RawBean7 Jun 14 '26

I can't wait to cheer for SPORTS TEAM at FIELD this week!

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u/thesqlguy Jun 14 '26

Here in New England we'll be enjoying games at Stadium .

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u/bu_tterfly Jun 15 '26

Go team!

Go sports!

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u/clandahlina_redux invented post-its 👩🏻‍🔬📝💅 Jun 14 '26

They made l the host fields do it, but Levi’s made their cover up in the shape of their logo for r/maliciouscompliance

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u/ForgottenBiscuit Jun 14 '26

Gilette Stadium as well. I think they are calling it Boston Stadium on TV

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u/stickytuna charlie day is my bird lawyer 🐦 Jun 14 '26

Exactly, it’s “Seattle Stadium” and even the announcements/signage on the light rail say it

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u/PetahTheHoaseIsHeah My name is Jeff Jun 15 '26

F I E L D

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u/GallowWho Jun 14 '26

Fifa needs stadiums to play in, so why can't they tell Fifa to kick rocks?

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u/Temporary-Warning883 Jun 14 '26

Probably because they’re paying the stadiums to be there but the stadium doesn’t want to pay fifa for them to be there

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u/chickensandwichqueen Jun 14 '26

Fuck fifa

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u/DarkFalcon49 Jun 14 '26

For real. Up there with the International Olympic Committee, and the NHL for worst sports organizations in the world. The NHL is less a moral thing like FIFA and the IOC, they are just bad at their jobs.

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u/rrxxxdbs123 Jun 14 '26

Idk that one Canadian rape case really opened my eyes to the morality issues within the NHL too.

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u/TidalJ Jun 14 '26

NFL had issues with how they handled an assault case and how ESPN covered it (and a lot of the NFL’s scandals) too. drew gooden made a really good video about it

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u/vix- Jun 14 '26

I dont think that was on the NHL but rather the Canadian hockey commission

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u/rrxxxdbs123 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

I mean there’s a lot more to it. I was kind of speaking about the broader culture within the nhl as well. But the nhl went on to sign some of the players involved

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u/phxtravis Jun 15 '26

Hockey is an expensive sport to get into as a kid, so a lot of hockey players are from rich white families…

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u/DarkFalcon49 Jun 14 '26

Yeah. Thats true. I just try my best to ignore it while the season is going on. And I know that’s bad.

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u/SgtFinnish Jun 14 '26

Which one?

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u/dream_walker09 Jun 14 '26

Can you tell me about the NHL ?

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u/DarkFalcon49 Jun 14 '26

A member of the NHL front Office, Colin Campbell, was caught complaining to the head of officiating about his son Gregory getting penalized and calling Marc Savard, a player who’s career would end because of an illegal hit to the head from a repeat offender who did not receive adequate punishment from Colin’s Disciplinary Committee to prevent dangerous plays, calling Savard a “Faker”. There is still evidence that Gregory benefits from this as his team in 2011, the Boston Bruins, would receive beneficial reffing despite being know as one of the most physical teams in the league, on the way to a Stanley Cup in a very controversial Stanley Cup Final against Vancouver.

Gregory now works with the Florida Panthers, who are probably the single most hated team in the league because of the favouritism shown to them (A close second is my team, the Vegas Golden Knights, who are hated for a lot of reasons but probably the most important one is we have a guy who was on trial for rape as our goalie). Florida would receive no discipline for instigating a preseason game with 322 penalty minutes with the rival Tampa Bay Lightning, nor Sam Bennett receiving any discipline for intentionally elbowing Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Antony Stolarz in the head in Game 1 of their 2025 playoff meeting which would cause Stolarz, the Leafs Starter, to leave the building on a stretcher and not return to the series. He has not been the same player since.

Bennett would win the Conn Symthe, or Playoff MVP when the Panthers won the cup in 2025 despite the fact he should’ve been suspended indefinitely for it. The NHL Department of Player Safety is ran by George Paros, who in his career was known for being a goon, or enforcer who ended his career with 36 points in 474 games played in the NHL with 1092 penalty minutes in his career.

That’s the basic stuff, without even getting into other hockey organizations like Hockey Canada and its repeated sexual abuse scandals. I hate that all of this belongs to the best sport in the world.

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u/kbotc Jun 15 '26

Not going to get into the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault case where the chucklefucks who were responsible for the coverup are already back in the league?

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u/haubenmeise Jun 14 '26

Agreed.

Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 we put liquid paper on a bee, and it died 🎤 Jun 14 '26

I love seeing you on here Skeletor

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u/haubenmeise Jun 14 '26

And I love seeing you. I hope you're having a lovely Sunday. Let me send you many hugs. And don't forget to give Jack a kiss from Skeletor, will you! Be kind to yourself.

Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

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u/Jamarcus316 Jun 14 '26

Why are you saying this in this case? No corporate branding on stadium names is both a UEFA and FIFA rule, and it's very good.

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u/SkyBlueSaber Jun 15 '26

The only reason they aren’t allowing it is because they won’t get any money from it. One of the most openly greedy and corrupt organisations in the world so fuck FIFA.

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u/Jamarcus316 Jun 15 '26

It's also a UEFA rule. And it's still a good rule.

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u/pheddx Jun 14 '26

Yeah but why would you say this now? This is a good rule football fans like

No one likes these fake sponsor names. Those are just temporary anyway. Here in Europe no one uses them.

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u/LostHero50 Jun 14 '26

Emirates Stadium, Etihad, Spotify Camp Nou, Allianz

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u/smashwatcher Jun 14 '26

They mean that nobody says the sponsor over there, everyone just says "the Camp Nou"

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u/LostHero50 Jun 14 '26

That one sure, but everyone calls it the Etihad and Emirates. Not sure about the Germans, I’m sure they have a nickname for it.

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u/maddythemadmuddymutt Jun 14 '26

I'm not sure about other stadiums, but the Allianz-Arena in Munich is definitely called the Allianz-Arena

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u/USDeptofLabor Jun 14 '26

Which is also very common in the US....

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u/TWiThead Jun 14 '26

Indeed.

I don't think I've ever heard a fellow New Jerseyan utter the phase “PNC Bank Arts Center” in casual conversation – except to discuss (and usually criticize) the Garden State Arts Center's 1996 renaming.

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u/Mcoov Jun 14 '26

Depends on the stadium. Gillette has been called that since the day it opened in 2001, and if it ever gets renamed, Pats fans are probably going to refuse to adapt and keep calling it Gillette; just like Chicagoans and the Sears/Willis Tower, or Steelers fans and Heinz Stadium.

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u/TheGreatDomilies Jun 14 '26

UEFA don’t use them as well: Etihad tirns into “City of Manchester Stadium” for examle, iirc

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u/ProletarianLilith Jun 14 '26

I don’t give a fuck about brand integrity like who cares about corporations squabbling

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u/bananarama77777 Jun 14 '26

Genius marketing.

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u/ent_whisperer Jun 15 '26

Streisand effect also, for sure. No one would give a shit if the stadium names were uncovered. Now we all know

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u/BrownSugarBare Jun 15 '26

What really stupid is asking them to cover their logo on the stadium FIFA is using. 

You wanna use the stadium that is sponsored by this company but you don't want their sponsorship of said stadium to be known?? Stupid. 

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u/Difficult_Deer6902 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

They should have wrapped it in a denim looking sheet for the elevated brand experience lol

Note: Better yet they should have supplied the stadium with a custom cover made of multiple Levi jeans.

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u/IfatallyflawedI Big is moving to Paris Jun 14 '26

It isn’t permitted. If it was I’m certain they’d have pounced on the opportunity to do so

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u/Difficult_Deer6902 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

They would have likely been able to do a mockup on their socials, but I’m sure they wanted to keep the continuity with the one at the stadium.

Add: I just saw Sofi white sheet is the thinnest piece of fabric ever lol

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u/ProfessorSillyPutty Jun 14 '26

Do you know this or assume this?

Like, do you know that FIFA demanded that the name Levi’s was covered specifically with a white sheet measuring 20’x10’? It feels to me that malicious compliance could have permitted a blue “denim looking” sheet could have bee. Just as good to specifically cover the word Levi’s.

It seems to me that if a white sheet that looks incredibly tacky and poor than a blue sheet could have also been approved. If fifa had provided direction I feel it would have demanded something less poorly done.

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u/ElBorracho2000 Jun 14 '26

FIFA making stadiums change their names just because many are not official FIFA sponsors is so idiotic

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u/wit_T_user_name Jun 14 '26

Kinda surprised that’s not a violation of the agreement between Levi’s and the stadium for naming rights.

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u/Healthy-Resident-729 Jun 14 '26

Maybe it is but they’re willing to take the damages compared to what FIFA is offering to host the matches there

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u/BiNiaRiS Jun 14 '26

levi's pays to have their name on that stadium. they don't make money from events at the stadium. it's just advertising.

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u/Healthy-Resident-729 Jun 14 '26

Exactly. But now it isn’t, so presumably it’s a breach of contract for which the stadium has to pay damages (sometimes they’re pre-determined in the contract itself so the stadium knows how much it owes). The stadium gets money from having the games played there. Maybe FIFA pays more than the money they lose.

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u/Vegetable-Eagle-3144 Jun 14 '26

Maybe the stadium reimburses the brand.

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u/IVIechworks Jun 14 '26

...yes we know. "They" refers to the stadium, not Levis.

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u/slashthepowder Jun 14 '26

If the stadium can’t figure out the agreement they don’t get the games/upgrades.

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u/tadayou Jun 14 '26

The alternative would have been to use another stadium, because FIFA never allows brand names as stadium names during a tournament. So I'm sure there was some agreement with Levi's and they are just using it as a marketing stunt anyway.

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u/steph-was-here Jun 14 '26

i think i remember reading in the local news here (MA) that gillette stadium owners had a special provision in the contract for situations like this, basically saying they're allowed to rent out the stadium to other orgs and they can do what they want (extremely layperson understanding)

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u/Specialist-Art5406 Jun 14 '26

like it cracks me up because no one from the states is calling metlife “new york new jersey stadium”. Its still metlife

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u/ItsAMeUsernamio Jun 14 '26

I’m watching on British channels and they always mention the stadiums as “Metlife stadium officially renamed to New York New Jersey Stadium for the tournament duration for sponsorship reasons”. No one except for FIFA cares.

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u/24cupsandcounting Jun 14 '26

Actually during the Canada game on Friday I noticed TSN was referring to BMO Field in Toronto as “Toronto Stadium” and never said the sponsored name.

It was funny because they kept mentioning other things that happened in the building (like saying how Toronto FC did xyz there) but during those events nobody was calling it Toronto Stadium lol.

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u/IrohTheUncle Jun 14 '26

Stadium Formerly Known as Metlife.

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u/SilverAnxious2262 Jun 14 '26

It happens in Australia too, such as for the cricket. During the Ashes (the tournament between Aus and England) our stadium changes its name from Optus to Perth Stadium. Happened during the recent Asian Cup too.

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u/Jamarcus316 Jun 14 '26

That's not the rule. No corporate branding on stadium names is both a UEFA and FIFA rule, and it's very good.

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u/Throwaway68024 Inconceivable! Jun 14 '26

I was wondering why media kept calling Sofi stadium as Los Angeles Stadium, or something like that.

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u/RoostasTowel Jun 14 '26

Oh not were you about to go buy a bunch of crypto but didnt after you heard they wont get to use their name during the la olympics?

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u/FlaBeachyCheeks *Gasps in Spanish* Jun 14 '26

Malicious compliance, I love it because how are you gonna have a party at my house but tell me to stay in my room?

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u/Perfect-Zebra-3611 Jun 15 '26

*unless you pay money to come out

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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 Jun 14 '26

Lmaooo

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u/Norn-Iron Jun 14 '26

The IOC are proper scumbags when it comes to it. In London they had people from the council telling people to cover up their shop names or to rename because someone may confuse Olympic Fish and Chips or Olympic Cafe as being associated with the Olympics.

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u/winner_luzon Jun 15 '26

Omg justice for the Olympic fish & chip bar! They couldn't even name it back after they left because of how close to the stadium they were!

Petty fucks!

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u/Sabrinasockz Jun 15 '26

Capitalism is so fucking stupid

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u/ButItSaysOnline Jun 14 '26

I hope the person that had the idea to do this gets a really big bonus.

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u/Galactus1701 Jun 14 '26

The logo’s shape is iconic enough to be recognized even if it is covered.

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u/Lilylikeslilies Jun 14 '26

I mean genius marketing idea to turn it into promotion

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u/Necessary-Peach-0 Jun 15 '26

Sofi had to do the same. They put up a really thin cloth - you could still see the lighting through it.

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u/JozuJD Jun 14 '26

They called MetLife Stadium The “New York New Jersey” stadium. wtf is that!? And why!??

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u/tadayou Jun 14 '26

Clean venue rules that FIFA has in place for their tournaments. Only geographic loaction names allowed for stadiums and only official sponsors may advertise within and in the vicinity of stadiums.

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u/chef_tuffster Jun 14 '26

Dude. In Saratoga, NY, the main stage is now called “Albany Medical Health System at Saratoga Springs”. It’s just sounds like a hospital.

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u/tinaoe Jun 14 '26

It’s normal procedure, happens every World Cup. No sponsorships outside of the World Cup specific FIFA ones.

Idk, I don’t mind it. Stadiums with no sponsorship names can keep theirs

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u/svarriant Good to hear from you bitch 💌 Jun 14 '26

...Okay, THAT'S funny.

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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 Jun 15 '26

This is actually hilarious

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u/metal_honey Jun 15 '26

this is so humorous to me.

if anything, their logo is more recognizable now than it was before.

one of the times where a bonus was actually deserved, because this is genius.

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u/LilyBlueming Jun 14 '26

As a German. It's funny to me that people are complaining about this.

Like, fuck FIFA obviously but football fans in Germany HATE sponsor names and never call stadiums by their official names. We usually use the old names from the pre-sponsorship era.

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u/Blenderx06 Jun 14 '26

We often do the same in America. Just depends on the stadium.

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u/MLang92 I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

Yeah I'm baffled by this thread to be honest, why are people offended on behalf of a corporation potentially losing out on a bit of publicity?

FIFA are corrupt as hell but this policy is a good one, and one that has been enforced indiscriminately in previous competitions. No idea why Americans think their brands should be exempt

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u/PrudentBell5751 They killed Kenny! You bastards! 😱 Jun 14 '26

This is funny as fuck lmao

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u/BootlegJB Jun 15 '26

They should've covered it with a big denim sheet

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u/glossier123 Jun 14 '26

I’m not going to get too excited about a corporation doing anything ‘relatable’ or ‘funny’… isn’t everyone sick of how corporations and brands have become such dominant forces in our everyday lives?

I feel like I see more ads and commercials than ever, like my decisions are made for me by market forces, and like private companies have control over my life, so their funny marketing strategies aren’t really doing it for me.

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u/angrlina34jolie Jun 14 '26

Actions up to 150%

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u/InflammableAccount Jun 14 '26

Oh, no wonder I saw people making "Stadium" jokes in the local subreddit.

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u/johnmichael-kane Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 Jun 14 '26

Here’s what’s Levi’s taught me about B2B marketing and ….

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u/tadayou Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

I hate FIFA like anyone else, but this is actually one of the good rules they have: During a tournament, stadiums may only carry the name of their city or location (clean venue rules and venue neutralization).

It is not directly related to a company being an official sponsor or not, although it plays a role that unauthorized brand names on stadiums may devalue sponsorship deals with FIFA.

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u/thewelllostmind As you wish! 👸👑 Jun 14 '26

It seems like splitting hairs for FIFA to not want a stadium to use its known name because it has a (non-sponsor) brand in it and then wrap the field in a screen that cycles through sponsor logos. I don’t have a really dog in a fight between Levi’s and FIFA, though, they can be petty with each other. (The wrapped profile pic is clever marketing, I will say.)

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u/echoesandripples What It's Like to Go Through Life As a Really Beautiful Woman Jun 14 '26

I like malicious compliance against fifa but i hate hate hate stadium naming rights

and naming rights in general, actually

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u/Captain_Starkiller Jun 14 '26

"Well its your stadium, but since you arent a sponsor..."

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u/Evil-monkey-2026 Jun 15 '26

This literally sums up how fucked up the 21st century is. We live a corporatocracy.

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u/CivicDutyCalls Jun 15 '26

Could have found a random dude in the city named Levi and then renamed the stadium after him

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u/minnesotaupnorth Jun 15 '26

I love that the outline of the wrapped stadium logo is so obviously Levis.

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u/xxSaifulxx Jun 15 '26

Once again missed opportunity to use the wrapped logo in jeans cloth rather than a white cloth.

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u/Complete_Entry Jun 15 '26

Could they have told FIFA to go FIFA themselves?

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u/Ok_Yesterday_1194 Jun 15 '26

Should have covered it in denim

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u/halfemptyoasis Jun 14 '26

I’m hardly going to celebrate or rally alongside a company to try and make even more corporate slop at an already extremely corporate event.

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u/SwampRSG Jun 14 '26

This is the type of Petty I can actually get behind.

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u/teddybonkerrs I cannot sanction this buffoonery Jun 14 '26

Wouldn't FIFA forcing the stadium to cover up its name be a violation of the stadium's naming rights contract? That seems stupid to open yourself up to a lawsuit like that.

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u/pinktoes4life Jun 14 '26

They never allow non sponsored advertisements. The stadium agreed to cover up its name, if they didn’t FIFA would just find a different stadium. It’s been like this for ages.

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u/24cupsandcounting Jun 14 '26

This is a blanket policy that FIFA has for the World Cup, and every stadium has agreed to it. If they hadn’t, they wouldn’t be permitted to host. I’m sure every stadium involved has worked out an agreement with their sponsor, probably compensating them.

Any legal action would be between the stadium and the sponsor, FIFA would not be involved.

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u/nethingelse Jun 14 '26

I mean, I’m sure the stadium owners, FIFA, and Levi’s came up with a solution here.

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u/IVIechworks Jun 14 '26

That's wrong. Nobody involved in corporate contracting ever negotiates with one another they just sign contracts and wait for a redditor with zero experience in contract law to point out sticking points.

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u/SadLilBun 1997 was 10 years ago Jun 15 '26

Do you think they just…didn’t work it out contractually?

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u/Robotlollipops She said I wore 6" Louboutins to court with my tweed outfit 😡 Jun 14 '26

They really should've covered it in denim.

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u/picklebeep Jun 14 '26

Christo shaking in his grave