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Sports leagues are ‘stepping up’ to ‘save’ you from sports betting adsThe burgeoning sports gambling industry in America took a blow Wednesday after professional leagues across the country combined forces to form the Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising, a group designed to “regulate” the boom in bookie ads currently flooding the internet and corruptin...

Decoldest Crawford’s first NIL commercial is wonderfulI know these days there are many people who start watching games a half hour late so they can fast forward past all the commercials, or spend their football Sundays watching seven hours of commercial-free football with Scott Hanson....

Let’s be real here, now that NHL has sold division naming rights, there’s no going backIn a shrewd display of the importance of the almighty dollar, the NHL has sold the naming rights for one year of its four divisions. ...

If New Rules Weaken NCAA Control Over Athletes, That’s A Good Thing

In this time of big companies grabbing up small-business loans — or fucking over their employees to the point of death, news of the NCAA lurching toward the right thing, if belatedly and clumsily, is still something of a shock. It’s what happens when the bar is so low. “The NCAA: The butter is under...

Report: MLB Considering Adding Dopey Advertising Patches To Uniforms

According to the Sports Business Journal, we are one step closer to living in a world in which every possible moment spent watching a sporting event will also be a moment spent absorbing corporate advertising. That’s because MLB is reportedly considering following the NBA’s lead and adding advertisi...

Naturally Integrate Me Into A Hole, Please

Because you’re normal, you probably did not read a Q&A with Ringer CEO Bill Simmons that was published yesterday. Bear with me for a moment, though, and take a look at the final question and answer, concerning The Ringer’s ad partnerships:...

Source: ESPN.com Altered A Headline And Buried Stories To Placate Advertisers

ESPN.com altered the published headline of one story and deleted Twitter and Facebook posts about it, and halted the promotion of another story, all under pressure from advertising partners, according to an ESPN source and internal emails viewed by Deadspin....

What The Hell Is The Hopewell Fund?

The NFL PR playbook is so obvious at this point that it’s shocking the league’s executives are still impressed by the idea: When people get upset, throw money at the problem. ...