I understand the money imperative but

It seems that the FA have listened to those that are arguing we've gone to far in normalising and making respectable something that has really bad social consequences. It's not just kids - even big ones like Joey Barton. F1 used to do it with tobacco sponsorship - glamourising something that whilst legal, has a lot of social negatives to it, so should be far from glamourised. The TV companies bid silly money for sport, then saturate their channels with gambling adverts ..... sadly I'm old enough to remember when tobacco companies saturated TV advertising, thankfully no longer.

I understand the club feels it doesn't have a choice - but I'm sure they do, just not one as lucrative. If the FA's stand is the start of a change, then the least I hope for is that it also gives our suits pause for thought. Is the extra dosh worth it for the negatives ? Is that what we've come to - the shirt available to the highest bidder?

Posted By: Tressells Broadbrush on June 23rd 2017 at 13:21:57

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So, will our 'family' club follow - (Other Football) - Tressells Broadbrush, Jun 23, 12:30:20
- I wish we'd totally give up shirt sponsorship. not worth ruining the shirt for 1mn quid (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 23, 17:46:19
  - Agree, fuck em all (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jun 23, 18:36:10
- I was talking about Hearts yesterday (Other Football) - Jambocanary, Jun 23, 13:29:46
- I honestly don't care who we who're our shirts out to (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jun 23, 13:22:38
  - MS-13 (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jun 23, 13:25:39
    - Ultras (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jun 23, 20:25:28
    - How much they offering? (n/m) (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jun 23, 14:02:51
- I wish we were sponsored by a good ole Norfolk family business eg Thorns, Jarrolds or (Other Football) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 23, 13:15:50
  - Bloody hell (Other Football) - Tressells Broadbrush, Jun 23, 13:50:58
    - ;-) (n/m) (Other Football) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 23, 14:02:59
  - all that fucking loot we creamed off the Prem and we still have to whore our ass to shit (Other Football) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 23, 13:19:47
    - We should print Poll & Withey on every shirt as standard. #justforoldtimes (n/m) (Other Football) - col canary, Jun 23, 14:06:33
- The point of shirts sponsors is really about replica shirt sales. (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jun 23, 13:00:00
  - Children's shirts can't have a betting logo I think. (n/m) (Other Football) - avenging canary, Jun 23, 14:12:08
    - So in which case we could have two shirt sponsors? (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jun 23, 15:27:16
  - Carlesburg? did you buy your LFC kit off the market pal? (n/m) (Other Football) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 23, 13:16:37
    - ha ha I believe you know what I meant. (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jun 23, 13:20:01
- if they are the only company willing to pay what we need then we have to accept it (Other Football) - Kar1, Jun 23, 12:58:37
  - everyone has a choice to make on whether they buy from the shirt sponsor (Other Football) - Kar1, Jun 23, 13:10:02
- as City already accept gambling sponsorship (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 23, 12:40:11
  - Since our CEO came from Coral I suspect that the club will (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 23, 12:51:48
    - I understand the money imperative but (Other Football) - Tressells Broadbrush, Jun 23, 13:21:57
      - I don't disagree but we would have more of a choice if (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 23, 16:12:02
      - When I was a kid I (although sponsorship didn't come in until my pre teens) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 23, 15:33:16
        
        That I appreciate (Other Football) - Tressells Broadbrush, Jun 23, 19:09:07
    - And note. Coral is Ladbrokes. (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jun 23, 13:01:35

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