Remember when sporting events weren't named after a company? Of course not, you were probably born after 1980 and never knew a world without cable television or MTV.
Well, back in the day, company's just showed their commercials during the football game or basketball game or what ever it was they were sponsoring. I remember when the Super Bowl was called the Super Bowl, not the Bank of America Super Bowl.
I also remember when sporting arenas weren't named after corporations; they were named after people, important people who either meant something to this country or to the game being played inside. What a crazy concept, eh?
It's a shame we've traded our heritage for corporate sponsorship. Big companies sponsor every aspect of a game from the Chili's Halftime Report to the Degree Antiperspirant Play of the Game.
So what's next, the Oreo Cookie Free Throw? Mmmmm... Oreos.
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