Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[Miguel Sanchez]

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[Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo]

37 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said:

Makes a change from the methylated spirits, I suppose.

[The_Kincardine]

2 minutes ago, Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo said:

Makes a change from the methylated spirits, I suppose.

You accusing me of fragrancy?

[Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo]

Just now, The_Kincardine said:

You accusing me of fragrancy?

You look like a tramp and have a pungent odour?

I would never do such a thing.

[Salvo Montalbano]

Sponsorship in sport.
Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account.
I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training.
I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots,

I think the Coca-Cola thing was that they had heard that Pepsi were planning a "guerilla advertising campaign" and had a big group of spectators who were planning on setting together and who all had Pepsi shirts, or placards that when held would say "DRINK PEPSI" or something. I'm sure that spectators wouldn't be allowed to take their own food and drink into the stadium even if it was Coca-Cola to be honest.

[tamthebam]

44 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said:

9 hours ago, GordonD said:

Sponsorship in sport.
Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account.
I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training.
I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots,

I think the Coca-Cola thing was that they had heard that Pepsi were planning a "guerilla advertising campaign" and had a big group of spectators who were planning on setting together and who all had Pepsi shirts, or placards that when held would say "DRINK PEPSI" or something. I'm sure that spectators wouldn't be allowed to take their own food and drink into the stadium even if it was Coca-Cola to be honest.

It would have been fun to take a poster that says "Jesus says Drink Pepsi" just to annoy the Bible bashers you used to see with their posters at the Olympics.

[tamthebam]

10 hours ago, GordonD said:

Sponsorship in sport.

Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account.

I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training.

I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots,

I went to the Olympics football at Hampden, Old Trafford, St James Park and Coventry. They covered up a lot of the Stadia to hide club advertising for products that were not IOC approved. I remember seeing in the Old Trafford bogs that they had even covered up the name of the pipe manufacturers!

[weirdcal]

4 hours ago, coprolite said:

Hibs

I usually would have thought partick as the usual hipsters choice but I did say premiership and they are closer to the seaside than most fish and chip shops

[Boghead ranter]

1 hour ago, tamthebam said:

I went to the Olympics football at Hampden, Old Trafford, St James Park and Coventry. They covered up a lot of the Stadia to hide club advertising for products that were not IOC approved. I remember seeing in the Old Trafford bogs that they had even covered up the name of the pipe manufacturers!

I carried the torch as part of the relay, and when I got my pre-relay instructions through the post, the list of things I could/couldn't do, could/couldn't wear etc, ran to 3 sheets of A4.

[spud131]

Sponsorship in general I'm basically ok with but stuff like stadiums being rebranded I'm not a huge fan of. The idea of moving from Highbury or Maine Road to 'The Emirates' or 'The Etihad' doesn't sit right with me - especially when you consider that in those examples those stadia almost don't have non-corporate names at all. Who remembers Ashburton Grove, the original name of the Emirates? Stuff like that feels like an intrusion of corporate values into areas that are too important to people. 
In a similar vein, it really pains me to see kids wandering about wearing kits emblazoned with gambling logos, or payday loan companies or whatever. It's quite distasteful how these companies which cause misery and are basically parasitic on sport seek to mediate our enjoyment of it. Football is at root one of the most egalitarian sports there is so it's a shame it is so often bound up with exploitation.
Edit: In a similar vein, I'm currently watching the Southampton vs Man City game on catch up on the BBC. City are a great team and watching the likes of de Bruyne and Sterling is a joy - but the knowledge that the City 'project' is at least as much about PR for an authoritarian Middle East regime as it is about football slightly tarnishes things for me. 

I think the difference with the stadiums is when they are renamed, it's a new build stadium and it's given a corporate name in the first year or so I don't think it's so bad as it is generally only known by that name, and would prob be known by that name (emirates or etihad) even when any sponsorship deal ends.

[Empty It]

Imagine using Emirates and Eithiad as an example but forgetting about the world famous Simple Digital Arena or the Tony Macaroni Arena.

[Gaz FFC]

What are Dumbarton calling there ground this week?

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

3 minutes ago, Gaz FFC said:

What are Dumbarton calling there ground this week?

Average.

[Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo]

5 minutes ago, Gaz FFC said:

What are Dumbarton calling there ground this week?

The North of Scotland Stadium.

[tamthebam]

2 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:

I carried the torch as part of the relay, and when I got my pre-relay instructions through the post, the list of things I could/couldn't do, could/couldn't wear etc, ran to 3 sheets of A4.

Was lighting your fag with it on the list of things you couldn't do?! 

[Shotgun]

3 hours ago, spud131 said:

 I think the difference with the stadiums is when they are renamed, it's a new build stadium and it's given a corporate name in the first year or so I don't think it's so bad as it is generally only known by that name, and would prob be known by that name (emirates or etihad) even when any sponsorship deal ends.

The Denver Broncos demolished their 50-year old "Mile High Stadium" in 2001 and moved into a new one right beside the original. Since then the new stadium has been known as "Broncos Stadium at Mile High", "Invesco Field at Mile High", "Sports Authority Field at Mile High" and currently goes by the name of "Empower Field at Mile High." Most locals call it "Mile High Stadium".

(You may notice a theme in the names. Denver is 5,280 feet above sea level.)

[coprolite]

1 hour ago, Shotgun said:

The Denver Broncos demolished their 50-year old "Mile High Stadium" in 2001 and moved into a new one right beside the original. Since then the new stadium has been known as "Broncos Stadium at Mile High", "Invesco Field at Mile High", "Sports Authority Field at Mile High" and currently goes by the name of "Empower Field at Mile High." Most locals call it "Mile High Stadium".

(You may notice a theme in the names. Denver is 5,280 feet above sea level.)

Disappointed tbh. I thought the mile high club was a bit more racy. 

[Shotgun]

11 minutes ago, coprolite said:

Disappointed tbh. I thought the mile high club was a bit more racy. 

Fun fact: A number of people think, erroneously that they've qualified for the Mile High Club after doing the deed in Denver. Unfortunately, the requirement is that you need to be a mile from the ground, not sea level. My personal best is a little under 2.5 miles but even so, that was on the ground. Well, apart from a brief period at the end at least.

[Robin.Hood]

Forced myself awake so I'm able to get asleep this evening for 6pm to be up at 11.45pm.

Its shite 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

4 hours ago, Shotgun said:

Fun fact: A number of people think, erroneously that they've qualified for the Mile High Club after doing the deed in Denver. Unfortunately, the requirement is that you need to be a mile from the ground, not sea level. My personal best is a little under 2.5 miles but even so, that was on the ground. Well, apart from a brief period at the end at least.

^^^pumped by the abominable snowman type post.