Ads on NBA Jerseys: An Inevitability?

ESPN reported last week that the NBA selling advertising space on its jerseys was no closer to becoming a reality since the idea was discussed in 2011. However, the article also makes it very clear that advertising on NBA uniforms will happen eventually.

According to the article, there are two big hitches uniform ads becoming a reality: The fact that teams would be competing with each other for advertisers, and potential advertising conflicts that could arise with the NBA's TV partners, ESPN and TNT.