Did the NBA Just Make Its Biggest Move Yet to Put Ads on Jerseys?

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Did the NBA Just Make Its Biggest Move Yet to Put Ads on Jerseys?
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Soccer jerseys have sponsors front and center; NASCAR vehicles are essentially rolling billboards

Soon, the NBA could join them in giving advertisements a prominent position next to their athletes.

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The NBA logo will appear on the back of players' jerseys next season, a move that has caused speculation that ads could soon appear on the newly vacated space on the shoulder. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has called ads on jerseys "inevitable (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24492704/adam-silver-ads-on-jerseys-inevitable)."

Previously, the NBA logo only appeared on the shoulder of jerseys

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Starting next season, the logo will move to the back, leaving open the space in which the league previously considered (http://adage.com/article/news/logo-nba-accept-ads-uniforms/236220/) putting adsESPN's Uni Watch (http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11107535/charlotte-hornets-new-uniforms-show-pizzazz?ex_cid=espnapi_public) first **ticed the change in the new uniforms released by the Charlotte Hornets Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/20/nba-ads-on-jerseys/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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