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26/02/2010, 12:50 PM
Schumi

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Originally Posted by prodsc

When I try to log on to LOI site I get redirected to:

http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php

but have problems loading the page because the server can't be found!!

It's working for me now anyway.
26/02/2010, 12:51 PM
dahamsta

It's the Oirish way: we have our own top level domain, but sure shtick onto a dot-com, it'll be grand. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by prodsc

When I try to log on to LOI site I get redirected to:

http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php

but have problems loading the page because the server can't be found!!
26/02/2010, 12:54 PM
SeanDrog

Looks a pretty decent site - maybe in time they create a better domain name
26/02/2010, 1:00 PM
OneForTheFuture

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Originally Posted by SeanDrog

Looks a pretty decent site - maybe in time they create a better domain name

Is it not just the LoI site rebranded?
26/02/2010, 1:02 PM
Scrufil

Its a terrible name to start with. Secondly they are off to a bad start showing Cork City in the premier, Kildare County still there, no Salthill Devon etc!
26/02/2010, 1:11 PM
Soccer Mom

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Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne

Is the amount too embarrassingly small to publicise?

I must be missing something here. I thought that the whole idea of sponsorship was 1) the financial value to the Sponsoree 2) the PR value to the Sponsor. A major announcement without stating the amount seems pointless. We know what Airtricity is getting out of it but not what the League of Ireland is getting. Strange - to say the least.

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Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne

Are the FAI considering opting out of involvement with the League of Ireland in 2 years time when the current agreement ends. And if so why are they taking the sponsorship with them?

My take on that is that it is a bit (and the bit depends upon the financial value of the sponsorship) of a threat / inducement to the clubs not to try to break away from the FAI in two year's time.
26/02/2010, 1:14 PM
Boo_Boy

airtricityleague.com is the exact same site as loi.ie was. Just the banner at the top has been changed from League of Ireland to Airtricity League.
26/02/2010, 1:21 PM
Dodge

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Originally Posted by Soccer Mom

I must be missing something here. I thought that the whole idea of sponsorship was 1) the financial value to the Sponsoree 2) the PR value to the Sponsor. A major announcement without stating the amount seems pointless. We know what Airtricity is getting out of it but not what the League of Ireland is getting. Strange - to say the least.

Maybe its strategically important to the league not to announce it (and its by now means the only sponsorship deal not to announce figures - usually as they're low)

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My take on that is that it is a bit (and the bit depends upon the financial value of the sponsorship) of a threat / inducement to the clubs not to try to break away from the FAI in two year's time.

Wow, you've learned a lot in the last week seeing as you claimed to have no interest in the league?
26/02/2010, 1:31 PM
Fester

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Originally Posted by OneForTheFuture

Is it not just the LoI site rebranded?

Looks like it to me!
26/02/2010, 1:40 PM
mr.untitled

christ lads, almost 3 pages of mostly moaning, dont like the name, why is it not .ie, amount must be embarrassingly small, Its a veiled threat from the FAI.... jaysus. Fact is, a league that is in awful shape has managed to get sponsorship in an economy that is in awful shape. that is a monumental achievement. A 'glass half full' approach is badly needed.
26/02/2010, 2:01 PM
osarusan

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Originally Posted by mr.untitled

christ lads, almost 3 pages of mostly moaning, dont like the name, why is it not .ie, amount must be embarrassingly small, Its a veiled threat from the FAI.... jaysus. Fact is, a league that is in awful shape has managed to get sponsorship in an economy that is in awful shape. that is a monumental achievement. A 'glass half full' approach is badly needed.

I'd agree with some of that. I actually emailed the FAI saying well done for getting sponsorship given the state of the league and the economy.

That said, it's not necessarily a monumental achievement unless the money is decent, and I do agree that swapping between "league" and "league of Ireland" doesn't help to build a brand. I couldn't care less about the domain registration.
26/02/2010, 2:01 PM
dahamsta

I don't know how you can call it monumental unless you know the amount. The sponsorship deal could have been for free electricity to the FAI offices for all you know. Foot.ie could afford that ffs.
26/02/2010, 2:04 PM
Dodge

So why didn't you get invoved adam? :D

If you listen to some here, the league should be done away with, so for an upwardly mobile company to agree to attach their name to it, then its fairly big

Perception sometimse means more than reality
26/02/2010, 2:11 PM
Soccer Mom

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Wow, you've learned a lot in the last week seeing as you claimed to have no interest in the league?

Well actually I have learned a lot thanks to you and others so it's been worth the effort even if I did have to suffer the slings and arrows at times.

I never said that I have no interest in the League. I may not be as passionate about it as you, and others, might wish me to be, but I definitely do have an interest in it. I wouldn't be on this forum otherwise

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Originally Posted by mr.untitled

christ lads, almost 3 pages of mostly moaning, dont like the name, why is it not .ie, amount must be embarrassingly small, Its a veiled threat from the FAI.... jaysus. Fact is, a league that is in awful shape has managed to get sponsorship in an economy that is in awful shape. that is a monumental achievement. A 'glass half full' approach is badly needed.

Didn't mean to be negative and of course you're right that it is an achievement to secure sponsorship in the current climate but I would still like to know both sides of the deal. Presumably it will come out at some stage.
26/02/2010, 2:37 PM
mr.untitled

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Originally Posted by dahamsta

I don't know how you can call it monumental unless you know the amount. The sponsorship deal could have been for free electricity to the FAI offices for all you know. Foot.ie could afford that ffs.

fair enough, maybe 'monumental' was a bit of a stretch but you get my point. No disrespect to foot.ie, but having a large established company associate itsself with the the league can only be good, no matter what the amount. It will certainly help individual clubs get sponsorship if the business world sees that the brand is worth sponsoring.
26/02/2010, 2:40 PM
dahamsta

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Originally Posted by Dodge

So why didn't you get invoved adam? :D

I offered them a fiver and a handjob, but Airtricity outbid me. Apparently the monetary amount was the same, but the considerations were improved upon significantly. I wasn't willing to go any further than the handjob. ;)

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Originally Posted by mr.untitled

fair enough, maybe 'monumental' was a bit of a stretch but you get my point. No disrespect to foot.ie, but having a large established company associate itsself with the the league can only be good, no matter what the amount. It will certainly help individual clubs get sponsorship if the business world sees that the brand is worth sponsoring.

I'm not knocking it, just saying that people shouldn't attach too much significance to it. Foot.ie could get a mainline sponsor tomorrow if we gave it up for nothing.

Anyway, I'm not as big a fan of Airtricity as I used to be, so I'm probably just being bitchy. :)
26/02/2010, 2:43 PM
Dodge

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Originally Posted by Soccer Mom

Well actually I have learned a lot thanks to you and others so it's been worth the effort even if I did have to suffer the slings and arrows at times.

I never said that I have no interest in the League. I may not be as passionate about it as you, and others, might wish me to be, but I definitely do have an interest in it. I wouldn't be on this forum otherwise

I didn't mean that question mark at the end. I was actually saying that even though you're a relatively new fan, you've hit it spot on
26/02/2010, 2:56 PM
redobit

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Originally Posted by mr.untitled

christ lads, almost 3 pages of mostly moaning, dont like the name, why is it not .ie, amount must be embarrassingly small, Its a veiled threat from the FAI.... jaysus. Fact is, a league that is in awful shape has managed to get sponsorship in an economy that is in awful shape. that is a monumental achievement. A 'glass half full' approach is badly needed.

Thank You
26/02/2010, 3:54 PM
sligorover

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Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

Spot on too.
People are still calling it the Eircom League, including some managers recently.

On the other hand, it's all very positive to get a new sponsor onboard, let's hope now we all get free electricity with our season ticket purchase.

This quote is from the Airtricity League website ffs!!

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Paul Cook is currently sampling his first taste of the eircom League of Ireland

http://www.airtricityleague.com/inde...d=23&Itemid=22
26/02/2010, 4:22 PM
Acornvilla

sounds like a bad comic book concisting of superheroes such as super ted and captian planet, possibly the gayest name possible but moneys money i guess
26/02/2010, 4:46 PM
R�iteoir

Might start calling it the "Atrocious League"
26/02/2010, 4:52 PM
ped_ped

Unfortunate that it's the Airtricity League and not League of Ireland but if there's any money in it for the League, who's really complaining? The fact that the site hasn't been uploaded in months bothers me though. No club site still has last years tables, why should the official league site?
26/02/2010, 5:23 PM
TonyD

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Originally Posted by R�iteoir

Might start calling it the "Atrocious League"

Beat me to it (sort of) I was hoping to be the first to brand it the "Atrocity League".
26/02/2010, 5:27 PM
bluemovie

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Originally Posted by Dodge

If you listen to some here, the league should be done away with, so for an upwardly mobile company to agree to attach their name to it, then its fairly big

Perception sometimse means more than reality

Agree. On the flipside, if I was a marketing executive with a service I wanted to portray as dynamic, progressive and efficient, the last thing I'd sponsor is a league where nobody knew who'd be in what division til 10 days before the season started.
26/02/2010, 5:29 PM
dahamsta

Sure it'd be no fun if there was any sort of organisation or competence involved!
26/02/2010, 5:38 PM
bluemovie

True. Wait til you see the First Division!
26/02/2010, 6:17 PM
Sam_Heggy

picture of the launch on sportsfile.com

http://www.sportsfile.com/id/405451/
26/02/2010, 6:17 PM
Doomofman

So has everyone done the Atricity League fan survey?
26/02/2010, 6:33 PM
SkStu

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Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

picture of the launch on sportsfile.com

http://www.sportsfile.com/id/405451/

*thanks* for Georgia Salpa.
26/02/2010, 7:54 PM
R�iteoir

http://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w...566/405452.jpg

Sives: "What the hell is this?"
Salpa: "It's called the Premier Division Trophy Craig - don't get too used to holding it - you won't be seeing it for a good few seasons"
27/02/2010, 8:06 AM
Buile Shuibhne

The prize money isn't even decided yet

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.............. Certainly, this year's launch was markedly different to the more salubrious affairs of recent times. Managers weren't invited, while there were no press releases about prize money because the powers that be haven't decided whether they will reduce it or not.

FAI CEO Delaney defended the delay in an announcement until next week, in addition to arguing that the Abbotstown authorities were blameless in the Cork affair and an emerging controversy with respect to the transfer of Limerick FC's licence from one company to another, with Jack McCarthy, the original holder, claiming to be left in the dark.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-2082480.html?
27/02/2010, 9:58 AM
Magicme

personally am glad it was a "less salubrious affair" this season. Like all companies, the FAI are gotta be feeling the pinch a little and its better that the spend what money they have on things that will help the league than wasting it feeding dignatries, chairman and managers at a big lauch event. All the really needed was the press attention and they got that by announcing the Airtricity deal and drafting in some beautiful young ladies to poss with the trophy and players. Well done FAI for not wasting money and for getting such a visible sponsor on board.
27/02/2010, 12:22 PM
Buller

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Originally Posted by R�iteoir

http://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w...566/405452.jpg

Sives: "What the hell is this?"
Salpa: "It's called the Premier Division Trophy Craig - don't get too used to holding it - you won't be seeing it for a good few seasons"

Haha! Uncalled for... :p

Airtricty League of Ireland would have been far better but what can ye do.... Did they have to completely change the logo too? I quite liked the one we had. Suffice to say, I'll be still calling it LoI anyway.
27/02/2010, 8:09 PM
Buile Shuibhne

Call me an old cynic but:

The last League launch I was at was 4 or 5 years ago in the Law Library in Blackhall Place.There was no food or drink provided and I'd imagine the hall hire was cheap enough.

The norm at league launches is to provide lots of photo ops and interviews with managers mainly and players also, to provide plenty of copy and publicise the upcoming league.

No managers were invited this year for fear they might speak out of turn.

The D4 Berkley Court Hotel doesn't come cheap - but the rooftop where all the photos were set up provided an opportunistic backdrop of the Aviva Stadium
27/02/2010, 9:05 PM
Sam_Heggy

Im just concerned about whether we have to get new jerseys, we already have the LOI logo sublimated into the jersey.
28/02/2010, 1:28 PM
Magicme

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Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne

Call me an old cynic but:

The last League launch I was at was 4 or 5 years ago in the Law Library in Blackhall Place.There was no food or drink provided and I'd imagine the hall hire was cheap enough.

The norm at league launches is to provide lots of photo ops and interviews with managers mainly and players also, to provide plenty of copy and publicise the upcoming league.

No managers were invited this year for fear they might speak out of turn.

The D4 Berkley Court Hotel doesn't come cheap - but the rooftop where all the photos were set up provided an opportunistic backdrop of the Aviva Stadium

Cynic!

The rumour that the managers werent invited due to them speaking out was just that, a rumour. Originally all they wanted was a player from each squad for the photos and the press. The chairmen were then invited out of courtesy. People will always look for something to throw at the FAI even when there is no substance to the claims.

The Berkley probably have a deal with the FAI as the new Aviva stadium will bring them lots of business so they are eager to work with them so I doubt it cost much. And I think the roof with the Aviva stadium in the background was the perfect place to take the pics as the new stadium is something football (and Rugby of course) can be really really proud of.
01/03/2010, 7:44 AM
Macy

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Originally Posted by mr.untitled

christ lads, almost 3 pages of mostly moaning, dont like the name, why is it not .ie, amount must be embarrassingly small, Its a veiled threat from the FAI.... jaysus. Fact is, a league that is in awful shape has managed to get sponsorship in an economy that is in awful shape. that is a monumental achievement. A 'glass half full' approach is badly needed.

I'll save the back slapping when we see the actual benefits to the league, thanks. At the moment, all we know is they've sold the name down the swanny for some undisclosed sum, of which the league might get zero net benefit.
01/03/2010, 8:05 AM
passinginterest

Disappointed to see Airtricity have a massive front and back page spread on the Metro this morning that makes no mention of the league whatsoever. Not the best of starts, maybe they'll do something later in the week.
01/03/2010, 9:40 AM
Fester

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Originally Posted by passinginterest

Disappointed to see Airtricity have a massive front and back page spread on the Metro this morning that makes no mention of the league whatsoever. Not the best of starts, maybe they'll do something later in the week.

Would not hold my breath, but here's hoping.
01/03/2010, 1:25 PM
marinobohs

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Originally Posted by Buller

Haha! Uncalled for... :p

Airtricty League of Ireland would have been far better but what can ye do.... Did they have to completely change the logo too? I quite liked the one we had. Suffice to say, I'll be still calling it LoI anyway.

funnily enough everyone I spoke to about it over the weekend called it the "Airtricty league of Ireland" as well, hopefully people power will make that name stick !

PS maybe Sives did not recognise the trophy without the red and black ribbons on it :D

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