You can't be held to ransom by your shirt sponsor - Wrath of the Barclay

You can't be held to ransom by your shirt sponsor

Anyway, I don't really see the problem - Anelka is an idiot but he's apologised and he's not going to be stupid enough to do it again.

Posted By: King on January 19th 2014 at 16:09:31

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What should West Brom do? (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 19, 16:06:21
- One for the lawyers (Other Football) - norway, Jan 19, 16:15:06
  - My thoughts exactly. (n/m) (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Jan 19, 16:19:57
    - But then, what exactly has team selection got to do with the sponsorship contract? (Other Football) - norway, Jan 19, 16:22:40
      - they probably have the right to pull the deal (Other Football) - phrankin, Jan 19, 16:25:32
        
        Team selection should not be relevant though. (Other Football) - norway, Jan 19, 16:33:54
        
        I would doubt that a single incident like this could be construed as a material breach. (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Jan 19, 16:37:17
        
        I think these contracts normally have escape clauses (Other Football) - phrankin, Jan 19, 16:41:17
        
        I'm a contract's manager Phrankin. All contracts have to be equitable; if one party has an (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Jan 19, 16:57:21
- You can't be held to ransom by your shirt sponsor (Other Football) - King, Jan 19, 16:09:31
- paper claims FA are going to charge him over it - if banned, then they will certainly be (Other Football) - South_West_Canary, Jan 19, 16:08:04
  - Which makes selling Long all the more strange.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 19, 16:37:57

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