I'm not a fan of jersey sponsors but it's also not a deal-breaker for me, provided it's on the sleeve. What I really dislike is soccer's tendency to have the sponsor front and center on the chest, which I dislike enormously.

Revenue makers feel like slippery slopes to me. If you can add more to your bottom line as a team and as a league, why wouldn't you? And where do you stop? For example, if Motorola is willing to pay $20 million for something at the chest level does the league then accept chest level ads? This is one of those things that only time will tell for me. 

On 7/26/2022 at 4:23 PM, Ubaldo Castillo said:

Revenue makers feel like slippery slopes to me. If you can add more to your bottom line as a team and as a league, why wouldn't you? And where do you stop? For example, if Motorola is willing to pay $20 million for something at the chest level does the league then accept chest level ads? This is one of those things that only time will tell for me. 

Indeed. I mean occasionally there are really good chest logos. Look at MN United’s Target kit. It’s pretty awesome, clean, and barely feels like a sponsorship while also obviously being a sponsorship.

Most teams and corporations aren’t that clever. It’ll be an eyesore far more often than it isn’t.

I remember as a kid trying to peel the "Bryant" sticker off the batting helmet on the helmet day giveaway. So, no.

I'm from a soccer country and something that took place here in the last few years is that fans can buy their team jerseys without the sponsors. Players on the field have the sponsors on their jerseys, but fans don't have to. Here's an example from my team in Brazil. 

@Thiéres Rabelo that is a really cool concept. It makes me wish other teams did the same. Was this always an option when buying a Cruzeiro jersey?

@Ubaldo Castillo not really, but in the last ten years or so, Brazilian soccer teams began selling several spots of the jerseys for sponsorship, as opposed to having only one, in the front, as it always used to be. Sadly, nowadays Brazilian teams carry sponsors on up to six different spots, on the front and the back. It's like a freaking billboard! So they decided to remove the sponsors from the fans' jerseys.

@Thiéres Rabelothat is awesome. I would never stop buying jerseys if that was to happen. Part of me wonders if sponsors would value their ad placement less if they were not placed on jerseys that were sold to the public. This sponsor conversation has so many different aspects that I feel like it will never end.

I’m not a jersey buyer or wearer so it won’t make any difference to me one way or the other. 
 

But I would definitely not buy one with a sponsor logo on it. 

@BruisedCrew Fair point. Does it make a difference to you seeing that on the field?

7 minutes ago, Ubaldo Castillo said:

@BruisedCrew Fair point. Does it make a difference to you seeing that on the field?

Not really, but I find it kind of sad. I’m an old traditionalist who enjoys classic uniform styles and I hate seeing advertisements on those uniforms. I’m not a fan of all of the alternate uniforms which seem like a thinly veiled attempt to peddle  more merchandise. 
 

Hopefully any sponsor messages  will be subtle enough to not detract from the style; I wouldn’t want to see the Brewers (or anyone) wearing a big “Chico’s Bail Bonds” sign on their backs.