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Bye bye 32Red?

Bye bye 32Red?

princeinpieces said:
Be interesting to know just how much more these gambling firms are prepared to pay to sponsor us than other companies. I don't agree with them and in time we will hopefully see gambling advertising go the way of cigarette advertising.
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A lot more then most companies are prepared to offer hence why most teams are sponsored by gambling firms and not local companies anymore
 
Jack Daniels said:
So, by your reckoning, we shouldn't have Peter Ridsdale at the club as Hemmings pays him out his own pocket, not the clubs pocket...

Hmmm.

Good Luck to Derby. They spotted a loophole. They get a top top quality player.
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Not the same, Ridsdale is not a Sponsor, he's Employed by the Owner to advise him on Matters. But it Ridsdale thinks he can Play, get him on at the Weekend.
 
FootballcrazyP_ said:
I got a feeling we have another Sponsor already. Clear View, Sponsored the Sleeve on the FA Cup Shirts.
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They did but that would have cost them peanuts compared to what a "principle" sponsor pays. Be nice for the club to take a stance on this and actually refuse to have a gambling firm sponsor the club. Nothing against people having the freedom to gamble but these companies make a fair percentage of their profits off the people who sometimes end up losing everything.
 
princeinpieces said:
They did but that would have cost them peanuts compared to what a "principle" sponsor pays. Be nice for the club to take a stance on this and actually refuse to have a gambling firm sponsor the club. Nothing against people having the freedom to gamble but these companies make a fair percentage of their profits off the people who sometimes end up losing everything.
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Be nice if when we play Derby, we have "F*ck 32red" or no sponsor on our shirts. No Sponsor could be blamed on a Clerical error.
 
europne said:
But who is actually paying him?

What is the link with his ‘sponsors’?

If it’s directly from the sponsors that could bring up ownership and registration issues.

If it’s the club paying that means the sponsors are paying the money into the club, it’s just another income stream, Derby must therefore be paying Rooney, but they could use it to pay anyone.

Just more bending of the rules by a club who are already under scrutiny for flouting the financial regulations.
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They are. They agreed a deal where they got an extra bonus in sponsorship money for the signing of a 'star player'
 
Did anyone watch Football Focus on Saturday (just gone)? I think the team featured was Headingly FC, and talked about how one of their players took his own life after being unable to talk to anyone about his gambling addiction. I’m not against the odd bet but it just doesn’t feel right having a betting firm emblazoned across the shirt of a founder member of the Football League. Come on Peter Ridsdale and Trevor. Do the decent thing and ditch em. I’d rather see nowt on the shirts except numbers and names.
 
The Splash said:
Did anyone watch Football Focus on Saturday (just gone)? I think the team featured was Headingly FC, and talked about how one of their players took his own life after being unable to talk to anyone about his gambling addiction. I’m not against the odd bet but it just doesn’t feel right having a betting firm emblazoned across the shirt of a founder member of the Football League. Come on Peter Ridsdale and Trevor. Do the decent thing and ditch em. I’d rather see nowt on the shirts except numbers and names.
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If we made a principled stand, in the current environment, the publicity would be worth a lot. Goodwill would put a few on the gate and sell a lot of shirts. And whichever (more ethical) company took the place on our shirts would also get added publicity when the story broke. So maybe, all things considered, it might cost little or even nothing to ditch 32Red. Need to be the first club to do it though- if we want to maximum publicity. That’s if we can leave our current contract.
 
If we were to break our contract for anti gambling stance it would just see their name all over our TV screens.

They would sue us for the price of a new striker.

How long is the deal for anyway?
 
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