A recent item on TSN asked some players about advertising logos on NHL jerseys.
It's interesting to hear players talk about having to compromise.
Excuse me, but where is the compromise? You either allow them or you don't. If you allow them it's not a compromise.
Corporations and businesses have long owned the buildings. They now name the buildings in their name. There is advertising everywhere including all along the boards surrounding the ice.
It's E V E R Y W H E R E...except the players uniform, helmet and stick.
But thats still not enough so the teams and players are bring asked to "compromise" again.
It's bullshit. They can't leave one thing along untouched by their grubby hands.
I was reminded of this when shopping for some summer shirts. It used to be a time manufacturers and brands were content to have their logos insider the shirt collar. That hasn't been good enough for awhile as logos and tags have moved to the outside of clothing stamped in any number of places or as tags sewn to seams, pockets, hems, waists and wherever they can place it.
I don't want to see NHL sweaters turn into the ugly billboards players wear in Europe where you can barely make out the team emblem or even know immediately which team is which.
Leave the NHL uniforms alone. They remain one of the few things people can see as untouched by the crass commercialism (and, yes, I know replicas are sold).
Leave it alone.
It's interesting to hear players talk about having to compromise.
Excuse me, but where is the compromise? You either allow them or you don't. If you allow them it's not a compromise.
Corporations and businesses have long owned the buildings. They now name the buildings in their name. There is advertising everywhere including all along the boards surrounding the ice.
It's E V E R Y W H E R E...except the players uniform, helmet and stick.
But thats still not enough so the teams and players are bring asked to "compromise" again.
It's bullshit. They can't leave one thing along untouched by their grubby hands.
I was reminded of this when shopping for some summer shirts. It used to be a time manufacturers and brands were content to have their logos insider the shirt collar. That hasn't been good enough for awhile as logos and tags have moved to the outside of clothing stamped in any number of places or as tags sewn to seams, pockets, hems, waists and wherever they can place it.
I don't want to see NHL sweaters turn into the ugly billboards players wear in Europe where you can barely make out the team emblem or even know immediately which team is which.
Leave the NHL uniforms alone. They remain one of the few things people can see as untouched by the crass commercialism (and, yes, I know replicas are sold).
Leave it alone.
