# When celebrities change brands

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-change-brands/774185>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-change-brands/774185 "2016-12-08T07:16:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-change-brands/774185/21 "2016-12-09T18:04:11Z")

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If we’re going to go back a ways, Babe Ruth and Will Rogers hawked dozens of products each, simultaneously. Ruth appeared in multiple cereal ads in the same magazines, I have heard.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-change-brands/774185/22 "2016-12-09T20:32:05Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> If we’re going to go back a ways, Babe Ruth and Will Rogers hawked dozens of products each, simultaneously. Ruth appeared in multiple cereal ads in the same magazines, I have heard.

To be fair, you could easily believe the Babe if he claimed he multiple bowls of cereal every morning.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-change-brands/774185/23 "2016-12-09T21:39:45Z")

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Pro Golfers switch equipment companies all the time. A few months ago, Nike got out the Golf Equipment business so chances are Tiger is going to representing another manufacturer in his latest comeback. He already switched to a Bridgestone ball and TaylorMade Woods for the tournament he played last week.

Tiger is staying with Nike for soft goods (clothes, shoes, hat).

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