The unique role that sports teams play in their communities makes it all the more sad when they sell their fans out to advertisers, by doing things like selling naming rights to a stadium or plastering ads on players' uniforms.
> And they don't have a choice, since most major professional sports are not subject to ordinary anti-trust restrictions.
You seem to imply there are monopolies in professional sports? You get that they literally compete against each other? And there are plenty of valid substitute products (other sports).
(Free trivia tip: both of Baltimore's major teams used to be called the Browns.)