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sports Wednesday 20 april 2022
Padres 1st MLB team to reach uniform ad deal, with Motorola

By RONALD BLUM troleum company Eneos in
AP Baseball Writer 2019, when there were no
NEW YORK (AP) — There will helmet ads.
be a new pitch on Major Eintracht Braunschweig,
League Baseball fields next then in the Bundesliga, be-
season. came the first German club
The San Diego Padres be- with advertising in March
came the first team to an- 1973 under an agreement
nounce a deal for ads on with Jägermeister.
their uniforms, saying Tues- Jersey ads in Britain’s pro-
day that patches with a fessional leagues started
Motorola logo will be worn with Scotland’s Hibernian
on the sleeves of their jer- during the 1977-78 season
seys. and Bukta, a sportswear
The March 10 memoran- company, and extended
dum of understanding for a to English League fields
new collective bargaining when Liverpool reached
agreement between MLB an agreement with Hitachi
and the players’ associa- ahead of the 1979-80 sea-
tion gave the 30 teams the son.
right to sell patch ads on Juventus began shirt ad-
uniforms and sticker ads on vertising in Serie A under a
helmets. The sides adopted This photo provided by the San Diego Padres shows Padres third baseman Manny Machado deal with Ariston in 1979,
an Aug. 6, 2021, proposal gesturing towards the Motorola patch on his jersey in Peoria, Ariz., March 18, 2022. and Real Madrid started in
by MLB to amend a sec- Associated Press Spain’s La Liga with Zanussi
tion of the Official Baseball tation with the players’ as- ment Tuesday. Yankees and Tampa Bay in 1982, according to foot-
Rules which states: “No part sociation.” MLB and the union agreed Rays had sleeve ads and ballpink.net.
of the uniform shall include MLB decided to launch the that player commercial helmet decals for the Japa- Major League Soccer be-
patches or designs relating uniform ads with the 2023 deals in place as of the nese electronics company came the first of the major
to commercial advertise- season and says it may start start of the 2022 season Ricoh in 2004; the Oakland North American leagues
ment.” the helmet ads with this cannot be challenged by Athletics had Pepsi ads on to allow jersey ads in 2007.
MLB’s proposal read: “Not- year’s postseason. the league or its teams. their sleeves and the Bos- Real Salt Lake was the first
withstanding the foregoing The Padres will have the ads Baseball has had ads in the ton Red Sox EMC in 2008, to announce a deal, with
or anything else in these on the right sleeves of left- past for special events. For when Ricoh was on both the dietary supplement
rules, a club may license handed hitters and pitch- the opening series in Tokyo, teams helmets; the Seattle juice company XanGo.
to third-party commercial ers, and the left sleeves the New York Mets and Mariners had Boeing on Among other North Ameri-
sponsors the right to place of righties — so as to face Chicago Cubs wore sleeve sleeves and Oakland Ath- can leagues, the NBA start-
their name, logos and/or cameras more often. patches in 2000 for the in- letics had the social app ed selling sponsorship logos
marks on the uniform, pro- “Motorola’s iconic logo surance company AIU and company Gloops in 2012, for the 2017-18 season. The
vided that the patch or on our jersey is a perfect helmet decals for the am/ when Gloops was on both NHL launched helmet ads
design is approved in ad- alignment with our Padres pm convenience store sleeves; and Oakland had for the 2020-21 season and
vance by the Office of the brand,” Padres CEO Erik chain, according to uni- MGM Resorts on sleeves began jersey advertising
Commissioner after consul- Greupner said in a state- watch.com. The New York and Seattle had the pe- this season.q

Deshaun Watson reports to

Browns for first offseason program

By TOM WITHERS Twitter of Watson, wearing sessions. Browns coach
AP Sports Writer a heavy winter jacket, be- Kevin Stefanski is sched-
CLEVELAND (AP) — De- fore he entered the build- uled to meet with reporters
shaun Watson walked ing. One of the reasons Wednesday. Watson is not
through snow on the way the three-time Pro Bowler expected to take any re-
to his first day of work with and Georgia native, who porter’s questions.
the Browns. Baker Mayfield played at Clemson in South Watson also faces disci-
was nowhere in sight. Carolina, initially turned pline from the NFL, which
Watson reported to Cleve- down the Browns in their is investigating whether he
land’s offseason program pursuit before changing violated the league’s per-
Tuesday to restart his ca- his mind was because of sonal-conduct policy. It’s Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry, left, new
reer with the Browns, who Northeast Ohio’s frigid, win- possible he’ll be suspended quarterback Deshaun Watson, center, and head coach Kevin
mortgaged their short-term try weather. for part of the 2022 season. Stefanski pose for a photo during a news conference at the NFL
future by acquiring the The Browns convinced The three-time Pro Bowl football team’s training facility, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Berea,
controversial quarterback Watson to join him and QB has professed his inno- Ohio.
accused of sexual miscon- then traded three first- cence. Two grand juries Associated Press
duct in a trade last month. round draft picks and six in Texas have declined to
With temperatures in the selections overall in March indict him on any criminal The Browns did their own ing with Watson — that
30s and late-spring snow to Houston for the 26-year- charges. However, Watson background check on they signed him to a fully
falling, the former Houston old, who faces 22 civil law- is still dealing with the civil Watson, and owners Dee guaranteed $230 million
QB arrived at the team’s suits from women accusing lawsuits and has been giv- and Jimmy Haslam felt so contract after he waived
facility in Berea, Ohio. The him of sexual misconduct ing depositions in recent confident in the research — his no-trade clause to
Browns posted a photo on during massage therapy weeks. and after personally meet- come to Cleveland.q