NFL On-Field Ads: Nuisance or Over the Line?

[HammerDown]

Leave it to New Orleans to cross the line into tasteless.

These are going to get old real quick. Opinions?

 

[Cobiemonster]

A lot of these are just local TV broadcasts doing it - you won't see FOX, CBS, NBC or ESPN do this come the regular season

 

[BOTSLAYER]

C. Both

Soccer does it but I understand, they give you 48 whole minutes of uninterrupted play. Greed ruins everything.

A lot of these are just local TV broadcasts doing it - you won't see FOX, CBS, NBC or ESPN do this come the regular season

I feel like I have but can't say for sure.

 

[SteveDallas]

I can't imagine anything that would make me turn off a game any faster. End of story, and I hope Goodell and his minion's pick up on that because in the end nobody needs the NFL. We enjoy it so we watch it. Don't mess this up shithead.

 

[Southieinnc]

Im not seeing any on-field ads. Don't if they are electronic and being removed by AFN
or I just screen them out. (I'm ADHD - I can screen out a fire alarm)
Maybe all the flags all over the field covered the ads up?????

 

[NinerSickness]

If companies will pay for it, I don't see them going away. I can't imagine anyone refusing to watch any more 'cause there's a Red-Zone Ad'.

 

[(Un)]

C. Both

Soccer does it but I understand, they give you 48 whole minutes of uninterrupted play. Greed ruins everything.



I feel like I have but can't say for sure.

This. Although I can't recall seeing the ads digitally covering the pitch. With soccer it's primarily ads on the jerseys and banner ads along the perimeter of the field. And I consider that completely forgivable considering, as you said, they give you 45+ minutes of uninterrupted play.

With American Football we're already getting blasted with commercial break throughout the game.

- team scores a touchdown
- commercial break
- team kicks the extra point
- another commercial break <<<< is this 2nd break truly necessary?
- then you get the kickoff

 

[(Un)]

A lot of these are just local TV broadcasts doing it - you won't see FOX, CBS, NBC or ESPN do this come the regular season

That's good to know.

However, I would chalk that up as "for now"

 

[wildturkey]

Get use to it. Within 2 years, all the national games will have these.

 

[NEhomer]

They'll do surveys and sech. If NFL fans promptly drop or avoid those products, it'll stop.

 

[Wolvie]

They'll give us these stupid ads and then they'll say "we understand the heartbeat of our fans and therefore we'll offer a service for a small fee to have those ads removed for those viewers willing to pay."

 

[cowboycolors]

next thing you know the players will be looking like Nascar drivers

Its a distraction I don't like at all

 

[bocomo007]

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Leave it to New Orleans to cross the line into tasteless.

These are going to get old real quick. Opinions?

"tasteless"

hahahaha...i see what you did there

 

[nebearsfan70]

The game is being ruined by this shit.

 

[Broncos6482]

Terrible. I think this is bad enough that I hope the fan backlash would be big enough to put a stop to it.

 

[J-Rod]

I don't like it. Did anyone see the huge Toyota ad that took up at least 20 yards? That was the worst one.

 

[darken65]

Imagine if they allow this for the playoffs and the SB? How much would a company pay for that? NFL money grab.

 

[Wolvie]

NFL will no longer allow virtual on-field advertisements during preseason game broadcasts - ESPN
Looks like the NFL has nixed the ads. And it was the local broadcasts doing it, not the NFL

 

[HaroldSeattle]

NFL will no longer allow virtual on-field advertisements during preseason game broadcasts - ESPN
Looks like the NFL has nixed the ads. And it was the local broadcasts doing it, not the NFL

Yes!

 

[Cobiemonster]

NFL will no longer allow virtual on-field advertisements during preseason game broadcasts - ESPN
Looks like the NFL has nixed the ads. And it was the local broadcasts doing it, not the NFL

About time