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    Say hello to on-field ads at Wrigley

    Under Armour logo placement to "grace" doors amid the ivy...

    Cubs show tradition the door with ad deal

    By Paul Sullivan
    Tribune staff reporter
    Published February 14, 2007, 10:56 PM CST

    MESA, Ariz. -- Bricks and ivy have made up most of the outfield walls at Wrigley Field for the last 70 years, but the Cubs will alter the ballpark's famous backdrop for at least the next two years with advertisements on the old green doors.

    The Cubs announced a multiyear deal Wednesday with Under Armour, a sports apparel company, agreeing to place its logo and name on the outfield doors. Terms of the agreement were not announced, but the ads will be in place at least through 2008.
    Doesn't bother me in the least, so long as they spend the revenue on players...

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    Under Armour artist's concept for how this will look...
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    • #3
      "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
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      • #4
        Who cares?

        We like being capitalists until it shows up on our SPORTS Teams? Who are, you know, in the business of making money?
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        • #5
          Must capitalism wrap its tentacles around everything? Shouldn't tradition have some value? I mean, yeah, in the cosmic scheme of things, who gives a ****, but this is just... tacky. (I'm trying very hard not to go off on my standard rant here, made all the more difficult by the recent decisions of my hospital...)
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          • #6
            Must capitalism wrap its tentacles around everything?


            Yes . Its the nature (and great gift, IMO) of capitalism. That it cuts through traditions.

            Shouldn't tradition have some value?


            Perhaps in the rules of the game (hard to sell them)... or when it can be sold (like Yankees/Red Sox) .
            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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            • #7
              Who wants to be like the Yankees?
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              • #8
                Exactly, Slow. Forget about all this BS 'tradition' stuff and that meaning no advertisements. It didn't kill the English Premier League (in fact it made it richer for hardly anything).

                Minor league teams place ads all over the walls and no one complains.
                Last edited by Imran Siddiqui; February 15, 2007, 23:05.
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                • #9
                  If they're going to sell space, it should be minimal to the extreme, and the cost relative to that fact. Limited edition.
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                  • #10
                    It's on a door in the outfield... I mean really.

                    I bet you were complaining when they we thinking of putting lights in Wrigley.
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                    • #11
                      THEY'RE PUTTING LIGHTS IN WRIGLEY FIELD??!!!!!!
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                      • #12
                        hehe
                        I'm not a big fan of this idea, because I think the only reason people like the cubs is because of the architectural work that is Wrigley Field ... but honestly I'm a sox fan so, who cares
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                        • #13
                          From the subject I thought it was gonna be about ads actually on the field, or virtually imposed like the line to make a 1st down.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Lord Avalon
                            From the subject I thought it was gonna be about ads actually on the field, or virtually imposed like the line to make a 1st down.
                            Well, they actually do that (virtually imposed) on the area behind the catcher.

                            That's technically on the field, I guess .
                            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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