| Sponsors and the soul of football 10:38 - Jan 12 with 2862 views | Dyland |
Who cares? It's dead. The writing is on the wall.
In decades to come the battle lines will be drawn between corporations and despotic states. It's only a matter of time before clubs change their names and we have Alphabet Wanderers vs Facebook FC, and Texaco Trotters vs Abu Dhabi Arsenal.
It's finished.
I wonder if new generations will be into it though, once the soul is completely dead and the only attraction is the game play itself. One could argue that will be football at its purest but that's bollix. The game is not that exciting in itself and without club identity beyond their corporate owners the whole sorry business will die. Good.
Er... coyfb.
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:41 - Jan 12 with 2832 views | Bluefish |
Apparently we should all be desperate to be wolves but getting a sponsor is selling out
We must spend big and cheat ffp like the others but if we get a sponsor we should remember that we are still a family club |  |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:43 - Jan 12 with 2829 views | Dyland |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:41 - Jan 12 by Bluefish |
Apparently we should all be desperate to be wolves but getting a sponsor is selling out
We must spend big and cheat ffp like the others but if we get a sponsor we should remember that we are still a family club |
Our new sponsor's logo is ridiculous. We now look like a circus troupe.
At least there's an opportunity for some gags somewhere in there. | |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:45 - Jan 12 with 2823 views | J2BLUE |
I kind of agree. At times I watch Sky Sports News and wonder if the season is just the build up to the transfer windows. Sky constantly w@nking on about how record amounts have been spent. |  |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:45 - Jan 12 with 2823 views | FinidiCentenary |
Football is becoming it's own 'Hard Sun'.
We can all see the way it's headed. It's on a trajectory that is quite simply unstoppable unless the likes of FIFA intervene, which they won't because the game is heading away from romance, tradition and common sense and even further into the monetisation of the untapped worldwide markets. Those that could stop this from happening are the ones with the financial interest in it happening.
It's so sad that on one hand I enjoy ITFC not having given into this inevitable clusterf***, and holding out for so long, but at the same time that's one of the reasons why we are rotting in the Championship and it's dire to watch and a chore to attend.
It feels like we were one of a number of houses in a beautiful forest setting for 100 years, but all the other neighbours have now sold up and allowed grey factories to be built in their places. It doesn't matter now whether we carry on with our couple of trees among the smog or give in and sell out too. Both scenarios are awful. |  |
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| nicely put (n/t) on 10:46 - Jan 12 with 2811 views | Dyland |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:45 - Jan 12 by FinidiCentenary |
Football is becoming it's own 'Hard Sun'.
We can all see the way it's headed. It's on a trajectory that is quite simply unstoppable unless the likes of FIFA intervene, which they won't because the game is heading away from romance, tradition and common sense and even further into the monetisation of the untapped worldwide markets. Those that could stop this from happening are the ones with the financial interest in it happening.
It's so sad that on one hand I enjoy ITFC not having given into this inevitable clusterf***, and holding out for so long, but at the same time that's one of the reasons why we are rotting in the Championship and it's dire to watch and a chore to attend.
It feels like we were one of a number of houses in a beautiful forest setting for 100 years, but all the other neighbours have now sold up and allowed grey factories to be built in their places. It doesn't matter now whether we carry on with our couple of trees among the smog or give in and sell out too. Both scenarios are awful. |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 12:20 - Jan 12 with 2737 views | Johnny_Boy |
Surely selling the soul of a club is only acceptable if the amount pumped-in is extravagant enough.
£600k a season sounds cheap to me. Almost as cheap as the poorly Photoshopped Magic Vegas logo.
Of course, I don't have £600k or £2m just lying around, but you can't tell me there isn't a local Suffolk company or start-up which could have matched the amount. At least keep it local.
Would anyone really be bothered if Qatari owners splurged £200m into our club? [Post edited 12 Jan 2018 12:22]
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 12:22 - Jan 12 with 2729 views | Lord_Lucan |
It all started with Pioneer. |  |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 12:34 - Jan 12 with 2703 views | Keaneish |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 10:45 - Jan 12 by J2BLUE |
I kind of agree. At times I watch Sky Sports News and wonder if the season is just the build up to the transfer windows. Sky constantly w@nking on about how record amounts have been spent. |
I can't do Sky any more. Cancelled my account. Sick of the circus and the monotonous cliched noise from pundits, commentators and the talentless presenters with their witless banter. Life is much more peaceful without it. |  |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 14:21 - Jan 12 with 2671 views | Berkshire_Blue |
Sky Bet on the sleeves, Magical Vegas on the front, can it get any more irresponsible? | | | |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 14:26 - Jan 12 with 2664 views | nshearman1 |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 14:21 - Jan 12 by Berkshire_Blue |
Sky Bet on the sleeves, Magical Vegas on the front, can it get any more irresponsible? |
Personally, I've had enough. I won't be going to any more Town games under Evans. Is there an Evans Out campaign group yet? We are indeed a bunch of circus clowns under him. | | | |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 14:48 - Jan 12 with 2647 views | Bent_double |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 12:20 - Jan 12 by Johnny_Boy |
Surely selling the soul of a club is only acceptable if the amount pumped-in is extravagant enough.
£600k a season sounds cheap to me. Almost as cheap as the poorly Photoshopped Magic Vegas logo.
Of course, I don't have £600k or £2m just lying around, but you can't tell me there isn't a local Suffolk company or start-up which could have matched the amount. At least keep it local.
Would anyone really be bothered if Qatari owners splurged £200m into our club? [Post edited 12 Jan 2018 12:22]
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Would anyone really be bothered if Qatari owners splurged £200m into our club?
I would. It's not the way forward for clubs like us, or football in general.
Let ManCity, ManUre, Real Madrid, Barca et al go down that route and disappear up their own backsides. I wouldn't even be too bothered if the PL announced tomorrow that it was becoming a closed league with no relegation or promotion from the Championship. |  |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:26 - Jan 12 with 2579 views | RonFearonsHair |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 12:20 - Jan 12 by Johnny_Boy |
Surely selling the soul of a club is only acceptable if the amount pumped-in is extravagant enough.
£600k a season sounds cheap to me. Almost as cheap as the poorly Photoshopped Magic Vegas logo.
Of course, I don't have £600k or £2m just lying around, but you can't tell me there isn't a local Suffolk company or start-up which could have matched the amount. At least keep it local.
Would anyone really be bothered if Qatari owners splurged £200m into our club? [Post edited 12 Jan 2018 12:22]
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£600k a season probably doesn't even cover the lost ticket sales that Evans' mismanagement of the club has caused. |  | | |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:28 - Jan 12 with 2575 views | Trequartista |
I blame Leo Muff |  |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:32 - Jan 12 with 2568 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:28 - Jan 12 by Trequartista |
I blame Leo Muff |
And Broad Oak Farm sausages. | |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:47 - Jan 12 with 2545 views | Trequartista |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:32 - Jan 12 by Lord_Lucan |
And Broad Oak Farm sausages. |
Parrot Records | |
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| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:59 - Jan 12 with 2533 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Sponsors and the soul of football on 18:47 - Jan 12 by Trequartista |
Parrot Records |
Actually I sponsored the scoreboard once, I had forgotten about that. I nicked it from Hawk Express. I also had a sizeable board advert think in pioneer stand. I was in the process of selling the business when the contract was up so I didn’t renew. The board though stayed up for another four years as they had no one to take the slot over. I reckon half of the advert boards aren’t paid for. | |
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