Commercialization of College Sports - Jersey Patches

BuzzerBeater

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Sad how many people are willing to sell out anything they care about or love to increase revenue flows. People are so conditioned to seeing ads they don’t even stop to think about how perverse it is that every available square inch of space is filled with corporate ad slop. Ads on the uniforms of teams representing state universities does not sit right with me at all. Especially considering tuitions are at all-time highs and ROIs of college degrees are near all-time lows. Just adding straws to the camel’s back on my interest in college football. Sooner or later it’s going to break.

On that note, thank you to the admins and moderators of this site for not putting ads everywhere here. One of the few corners of the internet that doesn’t burn advertisements into your retinas constantly.
 

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BuzzerBeater said:
Sad how many people are willing to sell out anything they care about or love to increase revenue flows. People are so conditioned to seeing ads they don’t even stop to think about how perverse it is that every available square inch of space is filled with corporate ad slop. Ads on the uniforms of teams representing state universities does not sit right with me at all. Especially considering tuitions are at all-time highs and ROIs of college degrees are near all-time lows. Just adding straws to the camel’s back on my interest in college football. Sooner or later it’s going to break.

On that note, thank you to the admins and moderators of this site for not putting ads everywhere here. One of the few corners of the internet that doesn’t burn advertisements into your retinas constantly.
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It’s not selling out. It’s simply living in modern times. If you think about it you could say the same thing about just about every aspect of life in the US. Times change and in 40 years it will be different than today.

Also, interests for every person change as they age. I use to love Smurfs then moved on to He-Man and then to Ninja Turtles, then sports, then girls, then job, then career, then money, then cross fit, then etc etc. I’m sure the day will come where I won’t schedule my Saturdays around GT football but that doesn’t mean the sport is bad it just means you’ve changed. My kids in their 20’s love current college football, They can’t believe we use to simply pick a champ by the media voting. And to that generation who has seen Juan as oto and Shohei get hundreds of millions and NBA players forcing trades, they don't give two thoughts to NIL because they went to high school with players who openly bragged about “what they got” to sign.

Times change. The bottom line is this fall GT will have 11 players on the field for each play. If you are upset they are getting paid or transferred in 9 months ago as opposed to being here for 24 months then that’s a decision we all get to make whether we watch or not. GT fans as a whole showed up more in 2025 than for any year in the past decade so it’s working for GT.
 
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Ramble1885 said:
A season without corporations on our uniform. THAT would be the benefit.
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We probably should've waited a season before trying the portal too according to that rationale ...

I don't love the idea of adding logos either, but not taking advantage of changes from the start just puts you behind the field. It aint going away, so may as well lead the pack.
 

BuzzerBeater

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SOWEGA Jacket said:
It’s not selling out. It’s simply living in modern times. If you think about it you could say the same thing about just about every aspect of life in the US. Times change and in 40 years it will be different than today.

Also, interests for every person change as they age. I use to love Smurfs then moved on to He-Man and then to Ninja Turtles, then sports, then girls, then job, then career, then money, then cross fit, then etc etc. I’m sure the day will come where I won’t schedule my Saturdays around GT football but that doesn’t mean the sport is bad it just means you’ve changed. My kids in their 20’s love current college football, They can’t believe we use to simply pick a champ by the media voting. And to that generation who has seen Juan as oto and Shohei get hundreds of millions and NBA players forcing trades, they don't give two thoughts to NIL because they went to high school with players who openly bragged about “what they got” to sign.

Times change. The bottom line is this fall GT will have 11 players on the field for each play. If you are upset they are getting paid or transferred in 9 months ago as opposed to being here for 24 months then that’s a decision we all get to make whether we watch or not. GT fans as a whole showed up more in 2025 than for any year in the past decade so it’s working for GT.
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It is selling out, and it doesn’t really matter if you watched Smurf’s and played with Barbie’s. Cowing to corporate pressure in order to “keep up” or gain some form of advantage is quite literally selling out. Next year GT football will have ads on uniforms, an ad on the field, and the literal name of the field they’ll play on is an ad. At the very least it’s off-putting, and at worst it’s downright disgusting how much corporate dollars have infiltrated every aspect of our lives.
 

stingerman

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L41k18 said:
I feel confident CBK could care less if Tech has patches on the uniform. What he no doubt does care about is maximizing revenue streams. And after all, don't we all care about that in our personal lives and businesses?
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I doubt most of us maximize revenue in our personal lives and businesses. Do you all take vacations and watch football on your days off, or are you hustling for Uber on those days? Everyone draws a line, and for me, I would draw it short of selling space on uniforms.
 
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stingerman said:
I doubt most of us maximize revenue in our personal lives and businesses. Do you all take vacations and watch football on your days off, or are you hustling for Uber on those days? Everyone draws a line, and for me, I would draw it short of selling space on uniforms.
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Interesting observation. I agree in that I didn't have a side hustle that I worked on my days off prior to retiring but I did and still do like ways of increasing revenues or income that require little to no effort on my part, which is what happens when you sell space on your jersey to a sponsor. This increases tenfold where my job is somewhat revenue dependent. So, if I am the AD or HFC, my team will have patches on their jersies.
 

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stingerman said:
I doubt most of us maximize revenue in our personal lives and businesses. Do you all take vacations and watch football on your days off, or are you hustling for Uber on those days? Everyone draws a line, and for me, I would draw it short of selling space on uniforms.
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That's fine.

JMO but I want us doing all we can to keep pace with our competitors. The revenue stream is paramount.
 
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4shotB said:
Interesting observation. I agree in that I didn't have a side hustle that I worked on my days off prior to retiring but I did and still do like ways of increasing revenues or income that require little to no effort on my part, which is what happens when you sell space on your jersey to a sponsor. This increases tenfold where my job is somewhat revenue dependent. So, if I am the AD or HFC, my team will have patches on their jersies.
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I understand we have to keep up with the Jonses, but there has to be a limit, or so it seems to me. I wonder why NFL (I started to write "pro") football doesn't "maximize revenue"?
Just for the sake of argument, and supposing no limit was placed on the number, how many patches would you put on our jerseys? How much space on our jerseys would be for sale? How about pants and helmet? Maybe like this, but with a little space allotted for the numbers?:

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