I reckon it would take just two 'major' nations to get together and boycott (say England and Germany). I guess the risk of one going alone is great as FIFA could just punish them.
Who remembers the 1978 World Cup? I'd say that was as controversial as Qatar, just for different reasons. Was there much opposition / threat of boycott then?
I completely stand with the views on sport and advertising being partnered up together. Just like @Malone has drawn comparisons with Tobacco and Alcohol sponsorships that they have all disappeared (and rightly so). Cricket has been laughed at with their Hundred Sponsorship where every team is sponsored by a KP brand of crisps or nuts.
However where does the line get drawn? We could go down the route of banning the high sugar and fatty foods & products but which other businesses will have the available funds to sponsor the top-flight teams? There is always going to be a negative view on all businesses, Mobile phones and their link to radiation, Transport companies (like Ford or BA) and pollution, the list could go on?
There are so many proven examples of real and significant harm caused by corporations that we don’t need to include speculation about mobile phone radiation in such a list.
@Chris Just the fact that you've got 1 like and 1 dislike (at 12:00 today) already has proven that the mobile phone radiation is a split opinion. All of those examples that I gave above ALL have positive and negative points about how those businesses run and how they are seen. Some people just want to focus on the negative aspects of a company / business section, some only look at the positive and there is a small section that trys to have a balanced view.
However, the community's opinion is very clear which side of the argument they stand on when new sponsorship deals are announced in whatever sporting environment.
Of all the reasons to go back in time and watch a football match in the distant past, one of the best would be looking around and seeing no advertising hoardings and no shirt sponsors.
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I reckon it would take just two 'major' nations to get together and boycott (say England and Germany). I guess the risk of one going alone is great as FIFA could just punish them.
Who remembers the 1978 World Cup? I'd say that was as controversial as Qatar, just for different reasons. Was there much opposition / threat of boycott then?
Don't want to get all DevC about it, but how many Wycombe fans called for a boycott of the Man City game last season?
As many that thought a League Cup third round tie was the same as the (second?) biggest sporting event on Earth.
I completely stand with the views on sport and advertising being partnered up together. Just like @Malone has drawn comparisons with Tobacco and Alcohol sponsorships that they have all disappeared (and rightly so). Cricket has been laughed at with their Hundred Sponsorship where every team is sponsored by a KP brand of crisps or nuts.
However where does the line get drawn? We could go down the route of banning the high sugar and fatty foods & products but which other businesses will have the available funds to sponsor the top-flight teams? There is always going to be a negative view on all businesses, Mobile phones and their link to radiation, Transport companies (like Ford or BA) and pollution, the list could go on?
There are so many proven examples of real and significant harm caused by corporations that we don’t need to include speculation about mobile phone radiation in such a list.
@Chris Just the fact that you've got 1 like and 1 dislike (at 12:00 today) already has proven that the mobile phone radiation is a split opinion. All of those examples that I gave above ALL have positive and negative points about how those businesses run and how they are seen. Some people just want to focus on the negative aspects of a company / business section, some only look at the positive and there is a small section that trys to have a balanced view.
However, the community's opinion is very clear which side of the argument they stand on when new sponsorship deals are announced in whatever sporting environment.
I think they're great sponsors. Who doesn't like crisps?!
Loans.co.uk!
@mooneyman Amazing point and you could include Wonga in that bracket for their sponsorship of Newcastle which went down well.....
Exactly that.
You could probably find a reason to moan about every single potential sponsor if you looked deep enough.
You could argue sugar is a bigger health problem than anything else.
But for food and sugary drink you tend to apply a "well you have to eat/drink in moderation".
But that'd be the same for gambling and booze?
Don't get me wrong, I avoid both of those things like the plague.
Don't worry about the money.
Thanks @Malone.
Of all the reasons to go back in time and watch a football match in the distant past, one of the best would be looking around and seeing no advertising hoardings and no shirt sponsors.
But pretty much every single other element would be worse.
This'll separate the wheat from the chaff: which was the first English club to have a shirt sponsor?
Bolton?
Edit: I looked it up afterwards and my 1 in 92 shot was incorrect, surprisingly.
It was Kettering Town. Kettering Tyres.
Who said anything about it being one of the 92? 😉
That's the one!
Ah, I had Coventry (some researcher, me!).
Close enough geographically
'From Kettering Tyres to Etihad Airways and Skybet: How Football Sponsorship Went From Novelty to Unsavoury'
Absolute thunderbastards which barely get off the ground might be my favourite type of goal. How sweet is this! https://twitter.com/edward_w97/status/1575938418273812480?t=oBBxHT2RTB4FO3mhzstebg&s=19
He even did a Frank Talia tribute celebration!
If you thought attending games over here was expensive, tickets for Mallorca - Barcelona tonight started at... €140 (£123) 😬
Has Haaland been tested for extraterrestrial DNA yet?
Such a shame Aston Villa's claret and blue clashes with the all white of Leeds.
Think we could ‘borrow’ him during the Workd Cup so he can keep his fitness? He’s a dead ringer for….
Damn
The manager merry go round in this year’s Championship is ridiculous. 19 out of 24 clubs have had a new manager within the past 365 days.