Anti-Redskins Ad Gets TV Debut During NBA Finals Game 3
 

Anti-Redskins Ad Gets TV Debut During NBA Finals Game 3
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An ad calling on the Washington Redskins to change its team name aired during halftime of the NBA finals game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, a Native American tribe based out of California's Capay Valley, sponsored the ad's live television debut. It premiered online January 7, several weeks before the Super Bowl.

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Several websites promoted the ad heavily when it debuted, arguing that the NFL would **t air it at the Super Bowl because of its message. However, aside from the e**rmous amounts of cash the tribe would have had to shell out to win a Super Bowl spot, the NFL's advertising policy bans activism ads Read more...

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