--- "title": "HBCU football team becomes first with a jersey sponsorship" "description": "For the first time this season, an HBCU football team will wear jerseys with a sponsorship patch on the sleeves. Alabama A&M University announced Friday the school has secured a $250,000 sponsorship by San Diego-based tech services firm Omni2Max. The announcement featured a social media video with AAMU athletic director Dr. Paul Bryant and Omni2Max [โ€ฆ]" "date": "2026-07-31" "authors": - "name": "Chris Stevens" "url": "https://hbcusports.com/2026/07/31/hbcu-football-team-becomes-first-with-a-jersey-sponsorship/" "categories": - "Football" - "News" "tags": - "Alabama A&M" - "SWAC" --- # HBCU football team becomes first with a jersey sponsorship For the first time this season, an HBCU football team will wear jerseys with a sponsorship patch on the sleeves. Alabama A&M University announced Friday [the school has secured a $250,000 sponsorship by San Diego-based tech services firm Omni2Max](https://aamusports.com/news/2026/7/31/football-alabama-am-athletics-announces-historic-jersey-patch-partnership-with-omni2max.aspx). The announcement featured a social media video with AAMU athletic director Dr. Paul Bryant and Omni2Max Business Development Manager ShaVonne Cammack, an Alabama A&M alumna. > ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ > > ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐›๐š๐ฆ๐š ๐€&๐Œ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐๐‚๐” ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก. > > ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐›๐š๐ฆ๐š ๐€&๐Œ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฑ ๐Ž๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ.[\#๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง](https://x.com/hashtag/%F0%9D%90%83%F0%9D%90%9A%F0%9D%90%B0%F0%9D%90%A0%F0%9D%90%8D%F0%9D%90%9A%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A8%F0%9D%90%A7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/WDtXV1x4tf](https://t.co/WDtXV1x4tf) > > โ€” Alabama A&M Athletics (@\_AAMUAthletics) [July 31, 2026](https://x.com/_AAMUAthletics/status/2083236957857960136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > โ€œThis is a historic moment for Alabama A&M University, our football program and HBCU athletics,โ€ Bryant said. This agreement reflects the innovative direction of our athletics department and the tremendous value of the Alabama A&M brand. Omni2Max shares our commitment to excellence, leadership and creating opportunities, making the company an ideal partner for Bulldog Athletics.โ€ โ€œOmni2Max is honored to make history alongside Alabama A&M University,โ€ Omni2Max President and CEO Dr. Allen F. Maxwell added. โ€œThis partnership extends beyond the placement of our logo on a football jersey. It represents our investment in a distinguished institution, its student-athletes and the next generation of leaders. We are excited to support Bulldog Athletics and build a relationship that creates a lasting impact on the university and its community.โ€ The Bulldog football team will debut their new uniforms Saturday Aug. 29 against Howard in the annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge at CenterParc Stadium in Atlanta.