FROM CBS SPORTS: “Sponsorship opportunities in basketball have become more widely accepted in recent years, particularly in the NBA, with teams donning patches on uniforms to prominently display those with financial interests in the teams. But a team agreeing to be renamed — and at the college level? This is a first-of-its-kind agreement for amateur athletics.”
PERSPECTIVES: B.S. in Major College Sports Has a New Name–“MSU Spartans Presented by Rocket Mortgage”
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