Alternate Link: FTX, the uniform patch nightmare company, files for bankruptcy; what's next? (CCS)
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Will Bankrupt FTX Patches Disappear from Ump Uniforms?
MLB's first-ever umpire patch partner FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, filed for bankruptcy just 18 months after signing a sponsorship deal with Major League Baseball and replacing uniform sleeve real estate previously occupied by memorial patches honoring fallen umpires. Does FTX's bankrupcy failure mean that the patches will disappear and umpires will get their beloved left sleeves (and right chests) back?
According to Columbia University's Joe Favorito, it's a distinct possibility: "If there's no company, the branding goes away"...but with precedent to sell ad space already established, what ill-fated financial alchemy tech company will take doomed-to-fail FTX's place?
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Alternate Link: FTX, the uniform patch nightmare company, files for bankruptcy; what's next? (CCS)
Alternate Link: FTX, the uniform patch nightmare company, files for bankruptcy; what's next? (CCS)
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