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Final Note

NBA jerseys are getting ads

Kai Ryssdal Apr 15, 2016
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JaVale McGee of the Denver Nuggets in the front row after saving the ball against the New Orleans Pelicans at Pepsi Center on November 21, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Final Note

NBA jerseys are getting ads

Kai Ryssdal Apr 15, 2016
JaVale McGee of the Denver Nuggets in the front row after saving the ball against the New Orleans Pelicans at Pepsi Center on November 21, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
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Just days after the NBA’s regular season went out in a double-blaze of Steph Curry/Kobe Bryant gloryNBA owners voted Friday to allow ads on players jerseys starting in two years.

It’s not much, teams will sell a 2.5-inch square patch, quite a bit less than say, soccer uniforms.

Commissioner Adam Silver says the program should bring in about $100 million.

Still, just no.

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