MacInnis, Moorman, and Jaworski’s (1991) brand information processing framework articulates that the effectiveness of brand advertising fundamentally depends on the viewer’s motivation, opportunity, and ability to comprehend, make sense of, and draw meaning from the brand information contained in an ad. To establish H1a and H1b, we assumed that viewers comprehend, make sense of, and draw meaning from the brand sponsor displaying its brand information in colors matching the team, but such an assumption may not hold.