Sponsorless kits look so good. I wish that was the norm. The financial realities of the modern game make that a pipe dream though.
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I would never buy a jersey with a big digital blur logo on it unless they spent decades innovating in the fashion industry on top of their crypto junk.
I'm paying for an overpriced shirt, and giving them free advertising?
No thank you.
I've honestly thought about the car thing too, after I saw a car without a make on it (I think it was a custom built thing for some super-rich guy). I was thinking about replacing the logo with something fun, but couldn't be bothered to figure out what it meant for the insurance (believe it or not, it can mean something).
It just occurred to me my jeans likely do. If I can find a clean way to remove them, I'll do it.
Car: Good point. I guess I won't as it will affect the resale value (and cost money to remove it properly). But when buying a car, if I get the option to get the same car without the name, badge, etc - I'd take that option.
Backpacks: Rarely use them, but you have a point. If I can cleanly remove them or buy quality ones in the future that don't have a logo, I'll do it. I suppose I could just put duct tape on the logo.
Note: I'm not against people intentionally keeping the logo if they want to promote the brand - this is not a moral crusade on my part. I just want the product at a cheaper price if I am going to provide them with free advertising.
Our youth club got a pretty good discount from Nike to switch from Adidas, but it came with the stipulation that the socks need to have the swoosh on them too. You can buy soccer socks with the swoosh at any sporting goods shop for the same price as any other soccer socks, so it's not a big deal.
Our club is a 501c3 with open books, meetings, etc and the expectation that parents are involved, so I can confirm that absolutely no logo appears on anything unless it has some sort of benefit to the club. The sales reps that visit don't assume otherwise, so it's a pretty safe bet that this is standard practice everywhere.
Credit where credit's due, the NHL has some really great jerseys going on right now.
In a way, it was a PR step to cash grabbing.
Also, practically all football club ownership is a loss-making activity.
Which is a folly. How can Stoke-on-Trent ever compete with London. Even if London market is fragmented in 6 or more clubs it's still much much bigger.
Fans of small teams are left hoping that some entrepreneur from their town wins big on the stock market and then decides to buy some love with the help of clever lawyers to circumvent the Financial Fair Play.
In the US, spending caps are set and enforced in other ways.