Lets Discuss Stadium Naming Rights

[lfc4ever]

Yeh, but a reversal, Barca are actually paying to have unicef on the shirts.

The moral high ground maybe, but to be commended for taking it.

[Neil Young]

I think they've sorted one now, Barcelona

Yes they've gone for a charity option by linking up with UNICEF. Of course they could have got gazillions of cash by linking up with McDonalds or Bechtel or someone. I meant that I think they've gone for the charity option so the fans will accept shirt sponsorship (after all, the president gets elected so needs to keep the fans happy and make sure a potential rival can't undermine him) and then next time round they'll sell it off to the highest bidder.

[kopdan]

Stanley Park Arena according to a chap at the NWDA*


















*in my mind

[lfc4ever]

Yes they've gone for a charity option by linking up with UNICEF. Of course they could have got gazillions of cash by linking up with McDonalds or Bechtel or someone. I meant that I think they've gone for the charity option so the fans will accept shirt sponsorship (after all, the president gets elected so needs to keep the fans happy and make sure a potential rival can't undermine him) and then next time round they'll sell it off to the highest bidder.

Wrong way round, they are actually paying unicef for the rights:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/12/sports/soccer.php

[Mumsafan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAKhOcU3Qs

Seems to think Anfield - i say Anfield as well. My opinion has wavered, but ultimately some things have too high a price!

Sometimes the new name does stick. Take Cov for example. Everyone calls it the Ricoh. Mainly because no-one knows the name of the road it's on

[Sir Bob]

I love barca's stance on shirt sponsorship. In this age when everything in football is geared towards cash, its their way of saying no amount of cash can buy the barca name or indeed the sacred Barca shirt. i'd love us to follow suit.

[Neil Young]

Wrong way round, they are actually paying unicef for the rights:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/...rts/soccer.php

I know.

Perhaps I should have said, "...so the fans will accept a name on the shirts" rather than "so the fans will accept shirt sponsorship".

Don't you think it's possible that UNICEF is a gentle way to get fans to accept a name on the shirt?

[Guest]

Actually the Stanley Park arena wouldn't be a bad name.

[kopdan]

I know

It was mentioned in my chat to Rick Parry at the lfc shop opening

[kopdan]

in my mind

[Guest]

flmao

Do his perms look nice from close ?

[lfc4ever]

I know.

Perhaps I should have said, "...so the fans will accept a name on the shirts" rather than "so the fans will accept shirt sponsorship".

Don't you think it's possible that UNICEF is a gentle way to get fans to accept a name on the shirt?

No, although I'm prob not as cynical as you, I do think it is purely for the moral high ground, oneupmanship as it may be though, but at least I prefer that to seeing a beer sponsor on ours, sadly.

Why not squeeze more money out of Adidas for an overall package, and let Adidas take all shirt money thereinafter, and we get a clean shirt and a known amount up front for 2 or 4 or whatever years.

But then again, I'm not a suit in a dark & murky world, just a bloody fan!

[Neil Young]

I prefer UNICEF to a beer sponsor, even if the reason for it isn't so altruistic as the spin would have it.

Am I really being cynical? It just makes sense to me to see it that way.

[red g]

dont give a **** what its called as long as we are parading trophies there

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Yeh, but a reversal, Barca are actually paying to have unicef on the shirts.

The moral high ground maybe, but to be commended for taking it.

Absolutely.

Still call me cynical but perhaps it was done to spite/show up that great rival club of theirs, who, it seems, will apparently put their clubs name on anything to make money.