Quote ="Starbug"But was this SL or Championship clubs
All the Championship clubs combined support only adds up to about the same as a Leeds or a w1g4n
What I am suggesting is that the clubs actually purchase a smallish british based manufacturer
I doubt it would need a lot of actuall cash to get a 50 % share in one at the moment especially with a potential 1/2 million quid a year order on the table as well
Stick with a few basic designs to start with and get all printing done abroad , have the initial start of season supplies manufactured abroad with top ups and specials put together locally
Every item sold makes money both for the club buying/selling it and for all the other clubs as well who are part of the consortium
You end up with a brand name and 20 outlets for that brand name spread out over the country
Possibly easier then to try to get bigger more lucrative sponsorship on every clubs shirts , ie you could approach say the Co-oP to have the main sponsor on every shirt for every televised game , ie 20 odd matches a year
The clubs then have an incentive to sell their branded goods to other local sports clubs be they footy,netball,RU,RL ,anything , making extra evenue outside of their main business of RL'"
i'm with you on this one. the more things we can do centrally, the better placed we'll be to excel in other areas.
the case above did concern championship clubs.
