quite the opposite actually...

Barca are paying Unicef, I'd call it a pretty refreshing story of a football club being nice:

Barcelona soccer club to help children with AIDS
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The Barcelona soccer club and the U.N. children's agency, UNICEF, announced a deal on Thursday in which the team will donate $1.9 million (1.5 million euros) a year over the next five years to help poor children with AIDS in developing countries.

The first installment of the club's money will pay for AIDS programs in Swaziland, a tiny, impoverished country in southern Africa where some 40 percent of adults are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The money will fund efforts to prevent mother-to-child
transmission and infection among adolescents and to support and care for children orphaned by the disease.

As part of the deal, the Spanish and European champion's scarlet and blue jersey will have UNICEF's logo on its front, the first time in the club's 107-year history it has allowed such an arrangement.

Posted By: HairyBobbingManAss on September 8th 2006 at 12:30:33

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I'm surprised more wasn't said about this (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 8, 12:21:59
- It doesn't say that Unicef have paid for the priveledge, or have they? (n/m) (Other Football) - HairyBobbingManAss, Sep 8, 12:25:47
  - No I wondered that, but does call it a "deal" (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 8, 12:27:11
    - no cash mentioned but here is more detail from Barca's website (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Sep 8, 12:32:45
    - quite the opposite actually... (Other Football) - HairyBobbingManAss, Sep 8, 12:30:33
      - This says it cost them $20,000,000 (Other Football) - Ben, Sep 8, 12:38:57
        
        Is UNICEF run by Americans? (n/m) (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Sep 8, 12:51:15
        
        may as well be, unless they want nuking (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Sep 8, 12:53:52
      - Although this does refer to sponsorship (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 8, 12:31:45
        
        in the headline yes, but then fails to elaborate sufficiently..... (Other Football) - HairyBobbingManAss, Sep 8, 12:38:55
    - Oh, hang on a mo (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 8, 12:29:47
- people here are pissed off, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Sep 8, 12:25:41
  - Well you can tell them it's not a sponsorship deal.... (Other Football) - HairyBobbingManAss, Sep 8, 12:32:25
    - it's the sponsor being on the front of the shirt that is the problem, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Sep 8, 12:39:08
    - Yup. Quite refreshing. I take back my initial reaction. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 8, 12:34:41
    - Some people obviously getting plenty of exercise.... (Other Football) - Beth Nal Green, Sep 8, 12:33:33
- Me too, that is pretty disgraceful. (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Sep 8, 12:23:45
  - yeah donating money to help with AIDS in the third world is awful. (n/m) (Other Football) - HairyBobbingManAss, Sep 8, 12:35:55
    - especially when you'd think major powers would see the importance (Other Football) - pants, Sep 8, 12:47:33
    - agreed (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Sep 8, 12:43:33
    - Well it will all end up in the pockets of drugs companies anyway (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 8, 12:38:22

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