Election Day

Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this) is Election Day, and in case you didn’t notice, it’s a Presidential election year.  So lets take a look and see some ways that Election Day and sports are overlapping:

• Kevin Garnett and Tracy McGrady have Adidas sneakers that encourage people to “Vote ’08″
• Both Barack Obama and John McCain will be interviewed at halftime of tonight’s Monday Night Football game
• The New Jersey Nets are encouraging fans to buy tickets and “Vote Nets” – they will also provide live election updates during the game
• The Dallas Mavericks have partnered with a local radio station, 1200 WOAI, for a $12 Election Night ticket offer
• The Los Angeles Kings are offering 44% off of tickets and select merchandise in honor of electing our 44th President

Ironically (or maybe by design), four of the seven NHL games tomorrow are hosted by Canadian teams, avoiding a conflict with the election.  On a league level, I know the NHL is going to start their all-star balloting soon.  Election Day would have been a great marketing platform to launch the balloting and drive “voters.”