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