The NBA’s reversal of a ban on liquor advertisements appearing courtside has sparked a lot of talk about how bad the economy is and how your mom is blowing guys on the street to make ends meet and how little Carson has to enroll at public school now because Daddy got laid off from his investment firm because he was too busy snorting coke off his secretary’s ass to realize that the American economy had overextended personal credit. Not that this exact same thing has happened every 90 years or anything.

The league is also crafting policies that could allow teams to offer hard liquor advertising on team Web sites, point-of-sale retail locations or in-arena promotions. Those decisions are expected shortly.

The vote to ease the restrictions was taken last week during the NBA’s sales and marketing meetings in Phoenix. It opens new revenue streams for all 30 teams, who have been prohibited from selling courtside/TV visible hard liquor signage since 1991.

The decision follows Major League Baseball, the NHL and NASCAR in allowing spirits advertising within camera view. The NFL does not allow any hard liquor signage within camera view in their stadiums.

Really, it was just one of those silly prohibitionist things, and I’m kinda glad they got rid of it. Kinda.

[Sports Business Journal, via GameOn]