July 25 at 7:48 am
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Manchester United AIG. - Ontario Emperor
European Champions!! Hoping to catch a a game in a couple weeks at Old Trafford - Stewart Rogers
Newcastle on 17 August, or a preseason game? - Ontario Emperor
I love the Premier League, but I really hope we never get to a point in American sports where we get excited about what advertiser's name goes on the jersey. Keep it to Dodgers, Lakers and Kings, thank you.... - Chris Reed
Chris, I'm writing a blog post on this. - Ontario Emperor
Here it is: http://mrontemp.blogspot.com/2... - Ontario Emperor
pre-season Juventus on August 6th - Stewart Rogers
Nice blog.... It's even worse in Japan's baseball league. The Tokyo Giants were renamed the Yomuri Giants after the Yomuri newspaper (can you imaging the New York Times Yankees?) and there are the Nippon Ham Fighters, which is the name of a ballteam and the brand of ham that sponsors them. It did happen in the U.S. arena football league, where we had the Miami Hooters for a while... - Chris Reed
I suspect (excluding soccer) that minor league baseball may be the first instance in which a U.S. sports team sells its team naming rights. - Ontario Emperor
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