Three to sponsor IRFU

Larbre34

.ak wrote: »

Ehm.... Hate to break it to ya, but Munster are in serious financial issues over Thomond.[/QUOTE

Yes but the naming rights as proposed at the time wouldnt have solved where they are now, plenty of other factors. Difficult as things are at least they didnt sell their souls

.ak

Larbre34 wrote: »

.ak wrote: »

Ehm.... Hate to break it to ya, but Munster are in serious financial issues over Thomond.

Yes but the naming rights as proposed at the time wouldnt have solved where they are now, plenty of other factors. Difficult as things are at least they didnt sell their souls

I dunno, I don't think there's such a thing as taking the moral high ground regarding sponsorship.

People can give out all they want about Aviva, for example, but at the end of the day if they want to pump a load of money into the sport we love then fair fecks to them, let them call it Aviva's Amazing Candy Coated Circus for all I care.

Risteard

Would have definitely eased it though. At the time of building the new Thomond Park, Munster were one of, if not the most marketable rugby club in Europe and as such would have commanded a high price for the naming rights.

Locking a company into a long term contract would have been a big boost to the coffers. Even selling naming rights for both stands would have helped, it's not like there's an emotional attachment to the names East and West stand.

Ms Happy

So will The O2 (The Point) become "The 3"

ScissorPaperRock

Larbre34 wrote: »

What I'm getting at is that the '3' logo isnt good enough for your precious rugby shirt, you're being a snob.

Larbre34 wrote: »

To suggest something nicer is needed for the national rugby kit is snobbish, it implies its good enough for other codes.

You're ridiculous. You're not even making any sense.

a) I didn't say 'good enough'. I said it looks 'cartoony'. How that translates into being snobby, I don't know. Do snobs hate cartoons?

b) You just sound weirdly insecure. I didn't even mention other codes. I was looking at some of these images https://www.google.ie/search?q=ul+bohs&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ejXIUfPZEcnC7Abo_YGwAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1373&bih=718.

If it makes you feel any better I don't think the Three logo looks nice on the national football kit either. Given that this is the rugby forum, and that the football team is not being discussed here, I didn't really think that was relevant.

awec

The 3 logo on the football kits is stinkin' looking. No thank you.

B0X

awec wrote: »

The 3 logo on the football kits is stinkin' looking. No thank you.

Yeah, not a fan of how it will look.

Lelantos

B0X wrote: »

Yeah, not a fan of how it will look.

Surely a team of Mike Ross' will strike fear into the heart of even the All Blacks!

mfceiling

B0X wrote: »

Yeah, not a fan of how it will look.

At least Mike Ross will look good...

Hagz

Christ.

.ak

Really took me a minute to realize there was any difference tbh. It's just another white blip in a different shape now.

conf101

I'm not mad on it but I honestly don't think it looks any worse than O2 on the jerseys

ScissorPaperRock

It's not as bad as I imagined it would look actually

wicklowwonder

By the way guys the sponsorship change will be one of the first things to happen when 3 take over O2. They ate phasing out the O2 brand over two years from now. They can't do anything for 6 months but once that time is up and competition authority gives the go agead they won't be investing in O2 brand building as it would be pointless so the sponsorships will change immediately.

My only worry would be 3 are now the biggest player in Irish sport sponsorship, what happens of they decide to do a Vodafone and scale back on sport sponsorship? Irish sport could be goosed, you could have international soccer and rugby, UL Bohs, Shannon, Waterford GAA, Waterford Soccer team all looking for sponsorship add this to alcohol sponsorship frowned upon and there may not be enough money to cover all if they where to come free at once.

garv123

The white specs all over the jersey between the sponsor, crest and puma logo makes the pic above makes it look crappy.

Looks good on some jerseys

Dravokivich

B0X wrote: »

Yeah, not a fan of how it will look.

They aren't going to retro fit it onto a current jersey though are they?

ColmH81

Between 3 phasing out the O2 brand(which they will do as soon as they're legally allowed) and Puma doing a hop skip and jump out of Ireland, it'll be interesting to see what they come up with after the 6N...

irishbucsfan

ColmH81 wrote: »

Between 3 phasing out the O2 brand(which they will do as soon as they're legally allowed) and Puma doing a hop skip and jump out of Ireland, it'll be interesting to see what they come up with after the 6N...

When Joe wins us a grand slam people will be queuing up with their bank details for us

Robbo

ColmH81 wrote: »

Between 3 phasing out the O2 brand(which they will do as soon as they're legally allowed) and Puma doing a hop skip and jump out of Ireland, it'll be interesting to see what they come up with after the 6N...

I believe there's quite a few debenture tickets for Lansdowne, dating back to continuations of the 1983 drive to build the East Stand, which ran out at the end of this years 6N and have not been renewed. Interesting times ahead for the finance heads in the IRFU.

tolosenc

irishbucsfan wrote: »

When Joe wins us a grand slam people will be queuing up with their bank details for us

I think we should wait until we have the back-to-back-to-back grand slams and the world cup before signing an undervalued deal. Green crew tshirts from Penneys until then.

crisco10

tolosenc wrote: »

I think we should wait until we have the back-to-back-to-back grand slams and the world cup before signing an undervalued deal. Green crew tshirts from Penneys until then.

Thats what I told my tag team.