{"id":5288,"date":"2018-04-20T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:30:32","slug":"sports-branding-which-do-people-prefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2018\/04\/20\/sports-branding-which-do-people-prefer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Branding: Which Do People Prefer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/04\/image003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5289\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/04\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/04\/image003.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/04\/image003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/04\/image003-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Does anyone really consider what brands matter to athletes?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You might think that this would be a big deal to professional athletes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But what about at the college level?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The University Times decided to ask.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Kristijan Gavrilovski, who is a former guard on the University of Maine at Presque Isle men\u2019s basketball team, said, \u201cAthletes like to play in brands that are most comfortable and look the best for them. Also, athletes take into consideration when looking for colleges or where to play college sports because of what brand the school is sponsored by.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Brands play roles in even the school that people go to. People often think that athletes just play in whatever brands that are there.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But this is not always the case, because they may pick the brand that makes them look the best when playing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kevin Collins, a senior guard on the University of Maine at Presque Isle men\u2019s basketball team, said, \u201cWhen I am playing at my highest level of competition, it is when I am comfortable.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And what I am wearing plays a role. Also, people tend to play better and more confidently when they are in the brand of clothes or shoes that make them feel the most comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Who would have thought that there are that many factors to how people pick schools or what makes them play at their highest level? Most of the highest level college schools are sponsored by one of the top brands. Schools get sponsors from these brands to help get people or athletes to come to their school. These brands are used as a \u201cpitch\u201d to get more people to the school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Does anyone really consider what brands matter to athletes?\u00a0 You might think that this would be a big deal to professional athletes.\u00a0 But what about at the college level?\u00a0 The University Times decided to ask.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kristijan Gavrilovski, who is a former guard on the University of Maine at Presque [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8679,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions\/8679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}