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| Quote ="MadDogg"900k a year, up from 750k from First Utility.'"
Is that actual pound notes or yet another graduated scheme based on take up of an "offer"
If it's hard cash then congratulations are due and we've come a long way from the Stobbart deal.
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| Good to see some bigger names sponsoring rugby league these days such as Ladbrokes and Dacia as well.
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| Warrington and Salford bagged two blue chippers in Emirates and Mitsubishi.
Slowly but surely.
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| Wasn't there a lot of fuss being made when Bradford were sponsored by an equally "immoral" company?
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| Provident I think.
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| Quote ="Willzay"Provident I think.'"
Correct. They're still our main sponsor and are the one's backing the somewhat wacky (yet actually quite good) season ticket deal we have going this time round.
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| Should be chippies only with mushy peas if we get desperate
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| Gambling is one of the industries that Theresa May has been reported as wishing to rein in. I think there is an inquiry into aspects, including TV advertising. A large chunk of premier league football clubs, I believe, are sponsored gambling industry. I guess the sponsor is getting in just in case new deals are banned?
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| I bet Ladbrokes are chuffed.
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| Ladbrokes could have put in a higher bid for the rights. As they didn't, it's none of their business.
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| Love to know what's in it for Fred Done, as he certainly has no interest in Rugby League. As a Salfordian he was asked to come on board and help us out in our hour of need before MK arrived, but he wasn't interested, his only interest is "nited"
Betfred passionate about Rugby Leauge my ar$e !
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| Quote ="Salford red all over"Love to know what's in it for Fred Done, as he certainly has no interest in Rugby League. As a Salfordian he was asked to come on board and help us out in our hour of need before MK arrived, but he wasn't interested, his only interest is "nited"
Betfred passionate about Rugby Leauge my ar$e !'"
I don't know if he's bothered about RL or not but taking on a club in the position Salford were in is an entirely different prospect to sponsoring a competition and is a massive undertaking both financially and reputationally.
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| Quote ="Him"I don't know if he's bothered about RL or not but taking on a club in the position Salford were in is an entirely different prospect to sponsoring a competition and is a massive undertaking both financially and reputationally.'"
A different prospect agreed, my point was he has no interest in Rugby League so there must be something in it for him and his organisation. He is "nited" through and through, He even got a consortium together to try and buy them before the Glazers came in.
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| Knowing the RFL it'll just be £900ks worth of free bets
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| Quote ="Steve0"Knowing the RFL it'll just be £900ks worth of free bets'"
In which case, just lump it all on Wakefield to win the league and hope nobody notices any 'interesting' ref decisions.
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| Quote ="Salford red all over"there must be something in it for him and his organisation. '"
Of course there is, he hasn't made a charitable donation, it's sponsorship. They pay the money and the business gets exposure and a load of potential new customers.
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| Quote ="Sir Kevin Sinfield"Of course there is, he hasn't made a charitable donation, it's sponsorship. They pay the money and the business gets exposure and a load of potential new customers.'"
A very shrewd guy and likeable. If you recall he paid out early on United winning the league, which they subsequently didn't and the story was that on the strength of that publicity he managed to open three new betting shops in the North East
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| Just shows how far we've fallen back, in 2001 Carlsberg-tetly paid SLE £3m for the naming rights over a three year period.
The RFL are a fooking disgrace and yet still pay themselves more than their own auditors recommended salary increases.
And some are congratulating them for a job well done, sickening.
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Just shows how far we've fallen back, in 2001 Carlsberg-tetly paid SLE £3m for the naming rights over a three year period.
The RFL are a fooking disgrace and yet still pay themselves more than their own auditors recommended salary increases.
And some are congratulating them for a job well done, sickening.'"
If that's correct (I have no reason to doubt it) then the game has been undersold ....
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Just shows how far we've fallen back, in 2001 Carlsberg-tetly paid SLE £3m for the naming rights over a three year period.
The RFL are a fooking disgrace and yet still pay themselves more than their own auditors recommended salary increases.
And some are congratulating them for a job well done, sickening.'"
Or it shows that Tetleys paid too much and didn't get out of it what they wanted. Otherwise they'd have continued. The fact is not enough people watch and are involved in the sport.
It also marks a move away from bitter to lager by people. Tetleys as a whole are a brand in decline and have been for some time. Carlsberg and the other lager brands can market themselves to a much larger market in football. Which is why we've seen brands like Kingstone Press pushing themselves in RL. They don't have the clout for football sponsorship/marketing but can be a big player in RL.
This is and has been the problem with RL. The world changed and RL didn't keep up. Some of that is the RFL's fault, but given the power of the clubs in RL I think the majority of the blame should be laid at their door. They recklessly spent/wasted their assets and capital, didn't invest in any sense and were well and truly left behind as the world moved on.
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| So the difference is 300k over the 3 years?
Ie 10%. Is 10% really a huge fall from 15 years ago given the poor deals since then and the increase from First Utility? I'm no fan of the RFL but do you have an example of what they're paying themselves in relation to what's recommended?
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Just shows how far we've fallen back, in 2001 Carlsberg-tetly paid SLE £3m for the naming rights over a three year period.
The RFL are a fooking disgrace and yet still pay themselves more than their own auditors recommended salary increases.
And some are congratulating them for a job well done, sickening.'"
No, I've read the thread again and there isn't a sickening level of RFL congratulatory posting, but, feel free to "hear what you want to hear and disregard the rest" as the song goes
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| Quote ="Seth"So the difference is 300k over the 3 years?
Ie 10%. Is 10% really a huge fall from 15 years ago given the poor deals since then and the increase from First Utility? I'm no fan of the RFL but do you have an example of what they're paying themselves in relation to what's recommended?'"
I'm sorry, are you questioning whether getting a deal 10% worse than one that could be achieved 15 years ago isn't a failure.
I have no idea if it is correct that it was 1m a year 15 years ago, but lets look at this as if its true. Using the Bank of England inflation calculator, £1m in 2001 would be essentially £1.5m in 2015 (it doesn't go to 2016 yet, but safe to assume it would be just above £1.5m in 2016) [urlhttp://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/resources/inflationtools/calculator/flash/default.aspx[/url
So, an equivalent deal would be £1.5m per year in 2016.
This is without any growth. With 15 years to try and grow the game, I would say the failure to barely get 50% of an inflation adjusted amount is a massive failure!
Over 15 years you would hope to see the long term strategy starting to work, sadly, if this is true it wouldn't point to that, in fact it would be a catastrophic failure.
If the £1m figure isn't correct, the fact that someone could still actually make a defence of it as if it was is absolutely ridiculous.
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| Quote ="jimlav"I'm sorry, are you questioning whether getting a deal 10% worse than one that could be achieved 15 years ago isn't a failure.
I have no idea if it is correct that it was 1m a year 15 years ago, but lets look at this as if its true. Using the Bank of England inflation calculator, £1m in 2001 would be essentially £1.5m in 2015 (it doesn't go to 2016 yet, but safe to assume it would be just above £1.5m in 2016) [urlhttp://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/resources/inflationtools/calculator/flash/default.aspx[/url
So, an equivalent deal would be £1.5m per year in 2016.
This is without any growth. With 15 years to try and grow the game, I would say the failure to barely get 50% of an inflation adjusted amount is a massive failure!
Over 15 years you would hope to see the long term strategy starting to work, sadly, if this is true it wouldn't point to that, in fact it would be a catastrophic failure.
If the £1m figure isn't correct, the fact that someone could still actually make a defence of it as if it was is absolutely ridiculous.'"
Al that you mention here, if the numbers are correct, is correct but, although there was no doubting the failure, I think you should take the line from the Stobbart deal onwards, which has us going from nothing (well, just about) to £1 million, which is good going.
Of course, if things had moved forward properly, the deal should have been almost double where we are but, the fact is the sponsorship went severely backwards, leacing us to "start again" and in this context, its a good deal, not brilliant but, better than most would have expected.
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