sponsorhip and sport

[Eagleheart]

Okay sporting organizations need sponsorship to survive, fact.But when a team change's it name or puts the companys name as part of the teams name all in the name of dollars is a bit off.It annoys me that a company will take advantage that way 'it is really soul destroying and of top of that it can make the team less appealing take the perth wildcats they are now called the "bankwest wildcats" talk about doing a deal with the devil another example is how the ACB changed the name of the domestic cricket comp from The Sheffield Shield to the pura milk cup how appealing is that name sounds like the name of an under 13's comp.Lets hope footy never goes down that path imagine the eagles selling sponsorship rights to say KFC then calling themselves the kentucky fried eagles ,or the cheesecake shop dockers or the chicken treat bombers.But just for fun if your team had to put a sponsors name in front what would you want ,for me it would be the Steelmark Eagles.

 

[The Ball]

For me it would be the "Boeing Bombers".

 

[sandie]

Sorry eagle heart it is already happening, you had the blues m & m's, roos orange jumper, didn't take much notice of their sponsors for that, hocking becoming whiskas,
all we can do is not support the companies that are using footy to promote their products, by taking away the traditions of the clubs.

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Mantis

 

[Eagleheart]

Yea i forgot about those ones but they were just one of deals lets hope those type of sponsorship gimmicks only happen few and far between.Sad but true the only other way for a team to become finacially secure is on field sucsess,every one loves a winner.

 

[JUBJUB]

The AFL should be sponsored by a brothel.You get screwed by both !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"The good humour man can only be pushed so far ". -Bart Simpson

 

[Grendel]

Yea, but at least at the brothel you know your getting what you paid for, well most of the time anyway!

 

[CJH]

Hmmm! We've gone through 11 Coaches in the past 20 years. No wonder our sponsors slogan is 'Bloody Idiot'

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