Big Yellow Crooked Teeth Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Why would anyone play for Canada when they won't even pay for insurance. What next, they won't pay for guiness??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Big Yellow Crooked Teeth What next, they won't pay for guiness??? I didn't realize that was such a sticking point for national teams members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 It used to be that national teams only had their government funding, association-related funding (like youth fees to the CSA in Candada) and the gate from games to look at. Canada does worse at this as we play too little at home, so we rely overly on direct funding and the masses playing at a kid level. But now national teams are finding strong sponsors coming in, and there is a marketing factor they have picked up on after looking at the well-marketed clubs. Since a national team has the advantage to be the only side in a country in the given sport to sponsor (unlike, for example, a bunch of top-flight Czech clubs all fighting for the sponsors in their land) they have great opportunities for new revenue. The lure of qualifying for the World Cup is as strong a draw, creating a speculative climate for sponsors, much in the same way a sponsor could look at a good bet for promotion into top flight from a lower division, or a modest team challenging to appear in UEFA or even Champions (Artmedia Bratislava, Villareal) and think that a sponsorship deal could pan out well if results go along. So this is where the clubs have a stronger argument for payment or compensation in some form or another than say 10 years ago, when national team marketing was still relatively weak and funding sources were more limited. Add to this the same marketing capacity of FIFA itself, which is enormous, and it is logical that the clubs will make a better case now, simply on the basis of what national teams and FIFA could reasonably respond with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Yellow Crooked Teeth Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Hey Rudi, Beer and Footie go together like Bangers and Mash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Or rye and ginger. (Two n's in Guinness). Edit; Hey, I feel a whole new topic coming on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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