NWAkron Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Sully's Tool and Party Rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 People like to make fun of soccer for plastering sponsorships everywhere, but I'd agree to replacing the Zips midfield logo with the Goodyear logo if it meant eliminating media timeouts. A 48 minute game shouldn't take 3 1/2 hours to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 39 minutes ago, Sportsjunkie330 said: The only surprise in this is how long it has taken. Pro & College sports have become such a big business. These organizations/schools would be dumb not to take the money and put logos on their jerseys. As far as college goes, it's Big Business for some schools. For the rest (like us) it's survival. The need for outside money has been increasing dramatically for years. That's why we already have "naming rights" contracts on so many things, and why we have several people dedicated just to pursuing yearly corporate sponsors. You're right. It's a surprise it has taken this long. And the ways to generate revenue will have to continue to get more and more creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 3 hours ago, kreed5120 said: People like to make fun of soccer for plastering sponsorships everywhere, but I'd agree to replacing the Zips midfield logo with the Goodyear logo if it meant eliminating media timeouts. A 48 minute game shouldn't take 3 1/2 hours to watch. Why on earth would they do that? They'd continue to have the Commercial breaks for the $$$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 3 hours ago, skip-zip said: As far as college goes, it's Big Business for some schools. For the rest (like us) it's survival. The need for outside money has been increasing dramatically for years. That's why we already have "naming rights" contracts on so many things, and why we have several people dedicated just to pursuing yearly corporate sponsors. You're right. It's a surprise it has taken this long. And the ways to generate revenue will have to continue to get more and more creative. And there it is, the problem in our society. The guys on the top squeeze every last drop they can out of something, letting everyone else fight over the what little trickles down to them. Those big universities squeeze so they can make even more. The small, desperately copy to get whatever they can out of it just to stay afloat. It's what leads to the scenarios of the G5 never getting a seat at the table for a National Championship. Ever. While those biggest of the big boys like OSU get gerrymandered in whenever possible. The day a company logo appears on a Zips or Browns or Cavs jersey is the day I stop watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted February 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) On 1/26/2017 at 7:19 PM, Balsy said: The day a company logo appears on a Zips or Browns or Cavs jersey is the day I stop watching. Uh, oh, Balsy. The Cavs called your bluff Goodyear reaches agreement with Cavs to place patch on jerseys (Wonder if the contract stipulates "We get out of the contract when LeBron retires,"? ) The Cavs are believed to be the fifth NBA team to reach agreement on a sponsorship patch, joining the Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets. The NBA is beginning a three-year trial program next season that includes sponsorship patches on jerseys, an initiative Adam Silver has supported since taking over as the NBA’s commissioner. (BOLD mine.) I hadn't considered this... The deal is a victory for Goodyear, particularly with Akron native LeBron James back in Cleveland. The defending champions are on national television nearly 30 times a season. James and Kyrie Irving consistently rank as two of the league’s top jerseys in sales annually. ...the patch will, naturally, be included on all replica jersey sales. Edited February 10, 2017 by Blue & Gold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 41 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Uh, oh, Balsy. The Cavs called your bluff Goodyear reaches agreement with Cavs to place patch on jerseys (Wonder if the contract stipulates "We get out of the contract when LeBron retires,"? ) The Cavs are believed to be the fifth NBA team to reach agreement on a sponsorship patch, joining the Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets. The NBA is beginning a three-year trial program next season that includes sponsorship patches on jerseys, an initiative Adam Silver has supported since taking over as the NBA’s commissioner. (BOLD mine.) I hadn't considered this... The deal is a victory for Goodyear, particularly with Akron native LeBron James back in Cleveland. The defending champions are on national television nearly 30 times a season. James and Kyrie Irving consistently rank as two of the league’s top jerseys in sales annually. ...the patch will, naturally, be included on all replica jersey sales. It was going to happen. Just glad we got a local company. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 They were supposed to be reserving that money for the Goodyear Arena in downtown Akron! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 23 minutes ago, zippy5 said: They were supposed to be reserving that money for the Goodyear Arena in downtown Akron! Let's hope this makes them money, and they can have an extra pile of cash made for us on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 Interested to see what happens when a big time player has a sponsorship conflict and doesn't want to wear the uniform with the conflicting company logo on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 2 hours ago, zippy5 said: They were supposed to be reserving that money for the Goodyear Arena in downtown Akron! NO kidding. That's what I thought too. I'm pissed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 27 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Interested to see what happens when a big time player has a sponsorship conflict and doesn't want to wear the uniform with the conflicting company logo on it. How many players are sponsored by Continental Tire or Michelin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Kangaroo Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 Looks like a tribute to the old Akron Wingfoots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 Instead of a patch, they should put wings on the players shoes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, zippy5 said: How many players are sponsored by Continental Tire or Michelin? DeAndre Liggins is working out a deal with Firestone as we speak. For example, LeBron has endorsement deals with Coca-Cola, Nike, Upper Deck, Samsung, Audemars Piguet and Dunkin Donuts. Nike, McDonald’s, Beats, Tencent and Kia, among others. Edited February 10, 2017 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Looks like a tribute to the old Akron Wingfoots? Turns out that was a Photoshop (a very good one) from reddit. I think it looks great and I can see Goodyear playing up the old Wingfoot connection. That logo or the diamond emblem logo would look pretty good and not overbearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, ZachTheZip said: Turns out that was a Photoshop (a very good one) from reddit. I think it looks great and I can see Goodyear playing up the old Wingfoot connection. That logo or the diamond emblem logo would look pretty good and not overbearing. We could bring back Larry Brown to christen the jerseys as a famous former Wingfoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 6 hours ago, Blue & Gold said: Uh, oh, Balsy. The Cavs called your bluff S***. I was thinking about buying a Cavs jersey, definitely not going to now. And I'm not kidding, this turns me off to watching them even though they won a championship. Side Note: I wonder if the Jersey companies have to agree to the partnership. Because then you'd have like a Goodyear patch on a Nike jersey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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