Agreed on main sponsorships, that's codology of the highest order. Gates, season tickets etc can be estimated, a poor run can lead to poor gates, but agree, depending on a sponsor to get through a season is madness.
In all seriousness, how much can clubs really get from a main sponsor anymore?
€10,000? €20,000? €50,000?
It's not as if companies see the LOI as a huge chance for marketing to a wide audience. I'd guess only Rovers have a chance of getting any sort of substantial sponsorship and even with that, how many weeks wages would it cover? Not many I'd guess.
Sam, can I say from here in Russia. The only non-government main sponsors are putting in low-low 6figure sums for club in the Premier. 1 very prominent 1st Division club is getting $45,000 for the season from a private company, this is a club which will average multiples of what most Irish clubs get through the turnstile and be on tv weekly.
All budgeting is to a large extent estimation but it can be broken down and justifiedOriginally Posted by Spudulika
- sponsors/commitments already agreed versus expectation
- crowds/ merchandise expectation (and basis on which the figure was arrived at)
- Rent (Income or expenditure) and whether this is actual or estimated (basis for estimation)
Unless there was a 90% chance of a sponsor coming on board very soon after it should have no basis for inclusion in a budget projection. Similarly figures should not be accepted without a real chance of achievement. Anyone in Prem Div (with the exception of possibly Shams and promoted sides) that predicted increased or even steady gates (on previous season) in current financial envoirnment should have been questioned about how this was achievable.
Difficult to allow for unexpected (contracted sponsor collapse etc) but in the current climate it is better to err on the side of caution.
From what I'm lead to believe Monaghan 'budgeted' for far more in Sponsorship than Pats bring in, and Nissan is a nice sponsor for Pats to have
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Mons obviously had a gentleman's agreement with somebody but it ended up going tits up.
Its a shame to see this happening year on year. Since teh FAI took over the running of the league its been nothing but money problems galore. This licencing committee is obviously not qualified enough. Take last season for example, Galway didnt get a licence and then where allowed compete in the Premier Division.
Ridiculous if true. And as marinobohs said, clubs should be erring on the side of caution.
Can anyone tell me how much registration fees were before the FAI took charge of the league? Have they always been around €19000?
The Clonakilty Pudding deal is the highest in Cork Citys history - at least the highest we'll actually receive after the non paid Nissan deal
Citys*
(*All three clubs from Cork that have used the name City)
yawn
can we not use this thread for petty point scoring
I agree. Go back to Limerick ye fool.
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How many times does it have to be pointed out that Sean South (as in the foot.ie poster) is not from Limerick
I don't want to speak for Nigel but I'm fairly certain he was being facetious.
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Zing.
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Still holding on?
Have I missed it?
Can Monaghan fans explain why their players found out that the club was pulling out of the LoI through social media?
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