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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game

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Tc91

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Can't wait to see Kagawa in the Premier League, what a difference it was when Anderson came on for Hernandez and Kagawa was pushed up field.
 
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Tc91

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So there's a article in Forbes claiming that the Glazers could be tempted to sell the Old Trafford naming rights. Not sure how I feel about that seems like everyone will go down that route at some point.
 
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Vivalaraza

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Tc91 said:
So there's a article in Forbes claiming that the Glazers could be tempted to sell the Old Trafford naming rights. Not sure how I feel about that seems like everyone will go down that route at some point.
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Its inevitable IMO.

I'm against it but if the Glazers do chose to do it, it won't be one of those "glazers are horrible" things I don't think cos so many clubs now do it.

Fwiw I think the current story is a leak to help the IPO.
 
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Tc91 said:
So there's a article in Forbes claiming that the Glazers could be tempted to sell the Old Trafford naming rights. Not sure how I feel about that seems like everyone will go down that route at some point.
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Manchester United’s stock was greeted with a big shrug by Wall Street yesterday, ending its first trading session at $14, right where the IPO began. But the Glazer family, which still controls 98% of the soccer team’s voting shares, may have an ace up its sleeve: selling the name to its stadium to a sponsor.

While Manchester United has been adamant in the past that it would not sell out its heritage, there is little doubt that auctioning the advertising rights to Old Trafford would instantly give its profits and stock price a big boost. Conservative estimates by sports marketing experts place the value of a 20 year naming rights deal at $500 million, or $50 million a year, as the Red Devils are the most valuable brand in soccer, worth $269 million, in part due to their immense popularity in Asia and more than 300 million supporters worldwide. Last month the soccer team signed a record-breaking seven-year $559 million shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet, the auto brand made by General Motors.

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With few notable exceptions, like MLB’s New York Yankees and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, big U.S. sports teams have been selling naming rights for years. Last year New York’s Giants and Jets sold the rights to their stadium, which the two football teams share, to insurer MetLife for an average of $17 million annually over 25 years. The most lucrative rights deal thus far is the 30-year, $600 million Farmers Insurance Group has agreed to pay for the proposed football stadium in Los Angeles.

But English soccer teams have been reluctant to do so because of tradition and fear it could anger their supporters. That has begun to change in recent years. English soccer teams have more pressure to increase revenue than U.S. teams because they do not have salary caps and payroll taxes to help them control player costs. Also, the new fair play rules require teams to fund operations from cash flow to discourage debt.

Premier League rivals Arsenal inked a stadium deal with with Emirates airline that bean in 2006 worth 100 million pounds over 15 years and Manchester City sold their naming rights to Etihad Airways in 2011 for 400 million pounds over 10 years. Thursday Liverpool, another iconic English soccer team, which in the past had ruled out selling the naming rights to its stadium, said it would consider the idea of selling the rights to Anfield. Liverpool is owned by John Henry, who also owns baseball’s Boston Red Sox.

Selling the naming rights to Old Trafford would indeed make many Manchester United fans cringe. But it would make the team’s shareholders smile.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoza...-billion-for-manchester-uniteds-shareholders/
 
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Just seen this @FootballFunnys

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Gotta feel for Chicharito.
 
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Fady K said:
No way Dc :[ Chelsea seem to have a hard time gelling - they had 4 bad preseason games in a row, starting with an average performance in the 2nd game and ending horribly by the 5th game.

I look forward to tomorrow, may it be an enjoyable game for the both of us :)
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What games are you playing at the moment Fady?
 
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Kyoufu

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Fergie was looking for some pasties in Germany. Anderson said he wouldn't leave the country without his pasties. Club business yo.
 
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