: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:18 pm  

?????????????????????????????????????????????? Don't know to be honest

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:28 pm  

Bradford Bulls - JCT 600 - JCT600 operating from 32 dealerships across the North of England

Celtics - Brains Beer - Wales leading drinks and hospitality company

Huddersfield - Huddersfield Uni - enough said

Hull - P&O Ferries - enough said (Port city team being sponsored by a Ferry)

Hull KR - Parasol - MD happens to be a VP at Rovers

Leeds - Leeds Building Society - enough said (local)

Salford - Trafford Centre - enough said (local)

St Helens - Pilkington Glass - UK head office and huge employer to local community

Wakefield - Eric France - based in Osset (no idea!)

Warrington - Vestas - Has an office in Warrington (thats it!)

Wigan - JJB - Mr Whelan!

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As you can see, a lot of sponsors have a link to the local community, whereby their brand presence is targetted to their immediate comsumers, that the positive association to a local team with benefits to the community can be measured and used to their advantage.

The Quins/St Marys tie up is 100% along the lines of these existing deals. The majority of sponsors are small scale players, looking to use local succesful sports teams, with deep roots in a community to enhance their brand within an affordable budget.
RL teams arent asking for Global Budgets, sponsors arent looking to pay Global Budgets - simply because they are targetting local markets with local products.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:33 pm  

ExiledFromHull wrote:

Bradford Bulls - JCT 600 - JCT600 operating from 32 dealerships across the North of England

Celtics - Brains Beer - Wales leading drinks and hospitality company

Huddersfield - Huddersfield Uni - enough said

Hull - P&O Ferries - enough said (Port city)

Hull KR - Parasol - MD happens to be a VP at Rovers

Leeds - Leeds Building Society - enough said (local)

Salford - Trafford Centre - enough said (local)

St Helens - Pilkington Glass - UK head office and huge employer to local community

Wakefield - Eric France - based in Osset (no idea!)

Warrington - Vestas - Has an office in Warrington (thats it!)

Wigan - JJB - Mr Whelan!

Fascinating. Just out of interest, why did you waste your time finding all this out? What are you trying to prove?

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:35 pm  

Im trying to prove that the precedent and current trend amongst SL teams is for sponsors to be associated with the local community.

As you can see, a lot of sponsors have a link to the local community, whereby their brand presence is targetted to their immediate comsumers, that the positive association to a local team with benefits to the community can be measured and used to their advantage.

The Quins/St Marys tie up is 100% along the lines of these existing deals. The majority of sponsors are small scale players, looking to use local succesful sports teams, with deep roots in a community to enhance their brand within an affordable budget.
RL teams arent asking for Global Budgets, sponsors arent looking to pay Global Budgets - simply because they are targetting local markets with local products.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:40 pm  

ExiledFromHull wrote:

Im trying to prove that the precedent and current trend amongst SL teams is for sponsors to be associated with the local community.

My question to you was WHY they pay money to sponsor the teams? So they pay money to the clubs because they are local? And that is it? For the local community, and not to boost business? P & O Ferries want to be associated with the local community and not boost their business in the North?

Additionally, I suppose there is NOBODY in London interested in such a proposition? There are no local businesses in the South? Nobody could possibily benefit from the exposure being a SL club brings? Really?

Seeing as you are the expert, how much do you think the club will be recieving from this magnificent deal? And don't give me any tosh about non-financial gains.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:41 pm  

Thanks for putting your post in bold, I can read, stop being so sanctimonious.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:42 pm  

ExiledFromHull wrote:

The Quins/St Marys tie up is 100% along the lines of these existing deals. The majority of sponsors are small scale players, looking to use local succesful sports teams, with deep roots in a community to enhance their brand within an affordable budget.
RL teams arent asking for Global Budgets, sponsors arent looking to pay Global Budgets - simply because they are targetting local markets with local products.[/b]

You honestly think that a sponsorship deal with St Marys College is along the same lines as businesses that turnover millions of £?

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:43 pm  

Plus, I haven't once mentioned anything about "global budgets", so no idea where you got that one from.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:45 pm  

I wont give you Tosh about any non financial gains, as this is part of it. Not 100% but part of it.

From such a partnership with Quins, St Marys could do any of the following

- use Quins facilities for conferences, business meetings, etc for university purposes which makes the brand attraction stronger. Uni's are now business operations as well as seats of learning!

- Quins can now go to UK Sport and bolster their chances of receiving grants/funding/facility upgrades by being associated with Quins

- Use of Quins staff for summer schools and facilities during not out-of-term months is far more desirable.

- Could 'possibly' use the Quins tie-up in literature to attract prospective students to St Marys by calling themselves an Elite Sporting Uni (which in the post 2012 sporting rush is invaluable!)

Cash sums - no idea! (i wont even lie to you!)

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:47 pm  

Additionally, I suppose there is NOBODY in London interested in such a proposition? There are no local businesses in the South? Nobody could possibily benefit from the exposure being a SL club brings? Really?

.......im gonna say a big fat resounding NO.........you know why..........because if there was someone...........they'd be sponsoring Quinsa by now!

Or does the obvious nature of your question blind you from its obvious answer!