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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
And I have no problem with Dick Nozzle logos on Daniel Negreanu’s jersey.
Laurel native Greg Merson won the World Series of Poker Main Event recently and did so wearing an Orioles jersey modified with patches advertising his sponsors.
This caused exactly no consternation on the part of the Orioles, which could come as a surprise for a team playing in an image-conscious league like Major League Baseball. It has yet to relent on its life-time ban of hits leader Pete Rose (who bet on his own team, of course).
But a little card game worth nearly $9 million, in which one guy happens to wear a baseball jersey (he paid for) with some logos for Best Bet Jacksonville, Ivey Poker and Draft Kings? Not a problem.
“Greg wearing an Orioles jersey was something we got a kick out of seeing, and we congratulate him on his win,” wrote Greg Bader, recently promoted to vice president of communication and marketing. “I know many of us with the ballclub enjoyed seeing the Orioles colors displayed during the tournament. At no time were any concerns expressed about the advertisements on his jersey.”
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Posted: November 13, 2012 at 02:24 PM | 12 comment(s)
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1. Belfry Bob Posted: November 13, 2012 at 02:54 PM (#4301504)However, we were offended that the advertisement for the grand re-openning of "new urban hot spot gentlemens club" Lollypops, was not featured more prominantly.
Was so annoyed when they got knocked out.
Merson is a great player, he also won the tournament before the main event for $1.1 million.
A little surprised MLB wasn't all over this ... unless somebody actually did pay the licensing fee.
Do you think they'd be mad that he was wearing the jersey? or mad that he would be wearing it with the buttons/patches on it?
Has it really been reduced to a life-time ban? Will Rose become eligible upon his death?
Once you decide to sell officially branded apparel to the public, don't you waive that right (at least wrt the merchandise)? It's not like baseball jerseys come with an end user license agreement.
This although #9 is probably right. But I'm pretty sure I've seen plenty of corporate logos fuzzed out on new broadcasts and stuff. But, yes, I was thinking about how they don't let movies, games, etc. use real team names/logos unless they paid. But maybe they've eased up on that anyway (thinking back to Seinfeld, Mets, Yankees) which would be sensible.
is he saying this as some sort of viable excuse for rose? if so, that meme has to stop.
afaik, rose's ban is still 'permanent'. to me, that means forever, but i'm just a poster on a website.
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