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Sponsored Balls: The Boldest Branding Move in Soccer History

Sponsored Balls: The Boldest Branding Move in Soccer History

Update: 2025-06-19
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Every inch of a soccer uniform is a battlefield for brand exposure—except one. Until now.


In this episode of The Marketing Nerds Podcast, host Ellie Marx dives into a guerilla campaign so bold it had 50 million viewers doing a double take. 


It was awkward. It was brilliant. And it worked.


This isn’t just a story about soccer or cancer awareness—it’s a masterclass in going where no brand dares, for all the right reasons.

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Sponsored Balls: The Boldest Branding Move in Soccer History

Sponsored Balls: The Boldest Branding Move in Soccer History

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