When the NBA owners approved that teams will be able to ads to their own jerseys on a three-year trial basis everyone got all hopped up about what kind of sponsors would be with individual teams. The internet had a field day with different designs on different teams and some of them were huge, others were small and went along with the guidelines and others just took over the whole jersey in general.
Outside of the size specifications, similar to the Kia ads on the 2016 NBA All-Star jerseys, the NBA jersey ads will have a similar look, small, similar to the team color scheme and they will seemingly be sold to the teams highest bidder.
Now the jerseys will also have restrictions as far as who can purchase the space. So regretfully, you won’t see a bottle of Hennessey on the New York Knicks jerseys, you won’t see a pack of Marlboro’s on the Kings jerseys and Donald Trump, thankfully, won’t be able to have his own NBA jersey ads.
Following from ESPN’s Darren Rovell.
NBA tells teams it can't sell jersey ad to companies involved with: Alcohol, tobacco, gambling, politics, media company or Nike competitor.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 4, 2016
NBA teams can do marketing deals with daily fantasy companies, but daily fantasy company logos will not be allowed on NBA jerseys
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 4, 2016
