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Originally Posted by Toonage
Just my opinion: The player represents the team who makes the endorsement deal for the jersey. He'd wear it regardless of a personal sponsorship. No conflict. If he wears a hat of a competing brand say, during an interview or a photo session, then there is a conflict.
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A couple fun, to me, related stories:
When Tim Lincecum was with the SF Giants he was sponsored by Reebok. The shirts the players wore under their jerseys were Nike, and had a swoosh logo in the middle on the neckline. Tim would cut this out. When his deal with Reebok ended, and he signed with Nike, he stopped cutting the logos out.
When the 1992 Dream Team was accepting their gold medals, they all partially unzipped their Reebok jackets to cover up the Reebok logo, as most of them were Nike guys. Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Magic Johnson covered up the jackets with American flags, just to be sure Reebok wouldn't show.
