{"id":107891,"date":"2019-06-27T06:31:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=107891"},"modified":"2019-06-27T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:31:04","slug":"sports-betting-companies-can-now-get-pro-soccer-stadium-naming-rights-sponsorship-patches-on-players-jerseys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sports-betting-companies-can-now-get-pro-soccer-stadium-naming-rights-sponsorship-patches-on-players-jerseys\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting Companies Can Now Get Pro Soccer Stadium Naming Rights, Sponsorship Patches on Player Jerseys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major League Soccer (MLS) has become the first US professional major sports conference to allow for paid sponsorships from sports betting and liquor companies.<\/p>\n

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MLS Commissioner Don Garber has been advocating partnerships between pro soccer and betting companies. A new rule allows for sponsorship patches on uniforms and stadium naming rights, from sports betting businesses. (Image: Joe Robbins\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It means these types of businesses can now name soccer stadiums used by the league\u2019s 24 teams. Or, they can have company patches placed on players\u2019 uniforms.<\/p>\n

The new MLS<\/a> policy goes into effect immediately, having been approved on Wednesday, Fortune <\/em>reported. The initiative could be followed by similar moves by other pro conferences such as: the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, and the National Hockey League.<\/p>\n

Since 2017, the NBA allowed limited sponsorship patches on uniforms. Fortune<\/em> magazine reports the NFL, MLB and NHL may permit similar changes.<\/p>\n

Specifically, MLS will permit sports betting companies to advertise in stadiums or put ads on broadcasts of soccer games. They can also use team logos in ads.<\/p>\n

The teams additionally can present programs that deal with wagering topics, such as on odds.\u00a0MLS teams can also open sports betting venues in stadiums — with licensed operators — if allowed by local and state law, Fortune <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to \u2026 provide our clubs with an appropriate level of flexibility,\u201d Carter Ladd, senior vice president of business development at MLS, was quoted by the magazine. \u201cWe strongly believe this is going to help drive new revenues\u2026. Right now, we want to take advantage of the widespread legalization of sports betting in the US.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initiative follows an announcement in March that MLS named MGM Resorts International as its first official gaming partner. Roar Digital, a joint venture between MGM and GVC Holdings, was also named the sports betting partner of MLS.<\/p>\n

Sensitivity to Young Soccer Fans<\/h2>\n

Given concerns about age-appropriate marketing, MLS will prohibit such patches from gambling companies put on youth-sized jerseys. The patches will not be found on uniforms given to any MLS academy or youth players.<\/p>\n

No MLS players are permitted to appear in sports betting ads or marketing materials, the report further said.<\/p>\n

The problem is not about the partnership,\u201d James P. Whelan, co-director of the University of Memphis\u2019 Institute for Gambling Education and Research, told Casino.org<\/em> when asked about the MLS move. \u201cIt is about the regulations and the educational messages about potential risks.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People should be free to choose, but they need to be appropriately informed about the risks and there needs to be the appropriate safeguards for adolescents,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

As far as those with gambling problems placing bets during a game, Whelan said there \u201cis not any science to inform us about the potential risks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Capital One Arena Sportsbook<\/h2>\n

One instance of forthcoming in-stadium sports betting is at Capital One Arena<\/a>. It will have its own onsite sports book when Washington, DC launches sports betting starting in September.<\/p>\n

Monumental Sports owns the stadium. It is home to the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Valor and Washington Mystics.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Richard McGowan, a finance professor at Boston College who has extensively researched the subject of gambling, told Casino.org,<\/em> \u201cIt certainly seems that is the way professional sports is going.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If online sports betting is legalized then you would also have in-game betting,\u201d McGowan said. \u201cIn soccer, who would score the first goal or which team will receive a red card. \u00a0All sorts of bets could be placed while you are watching the game at the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several states unfurled sports betting last year after the US Supreme Court in May rejected a ban that had been put into place by the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA) in 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Major League Soccer (MLS) has become the first US professional major sports conference to allow for paid sponsorships from sports betting and liquor companies. It means these types of businesses can now name soccer stadiums used by the league\u2019s 24 teams. Or, they can have company patches placed on players\u2019 uniforms. 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