Guest thenorthumbrian Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Is this a rare example of a football club showing a but of principle, bearing in mind the Wonga deal, and does it matter anyway ? http://www.allvoices.com/news/14595726-sheffield-wednesday-turns-down-payday-lender-as-sponsorship-deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Nice gesture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Probably got a better offer from an alcohol or gambling organisation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chicken little Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 fair play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Bolton Wanderers on the other hand... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/29/bolton-wanderers-new-sponsor-quickquid#ixzz2UhE08NeS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-olton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton Wanderers on the other hand... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/29/bolton-wanderers-new-sponsor-quickquid#ixzz2UhE08NeS http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22791288 Bolton Wanderers drop QuickQuid pay-day loan firm sponsor Bolton Wanderers Football Club have dropped plans to be sponsored by pay-day loan company Quickquid after fans protested against the move. The club said it had taken the decision after "feedback" from fans and discussions with "local and national politicians". A petition against the Championship club's two-year sponsorship deal received almost 5,000 signatures. The club will now be sponsored by Bolton-based energy company FibrLec. The team's kit will carry its logo along with the Bolton University logo, as the firm grew from the university. In a statement, the club said: "Whilst we anticipated some negative responses from the initial agreement, we underestimated the adverse reaction to the sector of business in which the sponsor operated". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wonder how much they've lost because of that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were only getting £500k from it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? I don't understand the hypocrisy either really tbh. I suppose rich people would bet but wouldn't go to a short term loan company so the latter must be the one who takes advantage of vulnerable people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? my thoughts as well, throw in alcohol sponsorship into the mix which pass's without notice by most, theres not all that big a difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 The top and bottom of our Wonga deal is that it was money being given to us, and MA and DL couldn't give a fuck what anyone else thinks. Even a petition carrying hundreds of billions of signatures wouldn't have made them change their mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 So much hypocrisy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? my thoughts as well, throw in alcohol sponsorship into the mix which pass's without notice by most, theres not all that big a difference. not to mention LIBOR riggers sponsoring the league we are in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I don't like payday loan companies but I also don't like rigging the banking system, pushing alcohol or promoting gambling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? I don't understand the hypocrisy either really tbh. I suppose rich people would bet but wouldn't go to a short term loan company so the latter must be the one who takes advantage of vulnerable people. There's quite a big difference. These scummy loan companies can work for some, particularly in helping people build up some decent credit history, but in many cases they're geared to push people into more and more financial distress. I don't see the comparison with betting companies, unless you want to see gambling made illegal in this country. And before you say it, I would like to see ridiculous 1000%+ APR (or whatever) borrowing banned in this country, but part of the fault of their growing prominence needs to be laid at the foot of the more orthodox lending companies and other factors. I know that there are a few people on here who can't see why poor people would choose to borrow £200 before pay day or whatever but that's your problem if you don't get it and I'm not sure why it's still getting peddled as a reason of justification for these horrible companies existing. "Stupid cunts, being reckless with their own lives/money/choices", it doesn't wash with me in this instance, it reads like a Daily Mail line of thought where the poor being poor is inevitably always their fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 The fact that many people have to go to PayDay Loan people shows that something is horribly wrong with our economy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I don't really see that wanting the practice to be illegal in this country has much to do with it or not. I don't like gambling, but I wouldn't necessarily want it banned. Alcohol companies exist to get people to buy (read: drink) as much alcohol as they possibly can. Betting companies want everyone to gamble. Wonga want people to take out expensive loans. I guess three wrongs don't make a right, but it seems strange to draw the line here. (Although, like cigarettes, we could ban the advertising of these products without banning the actual things) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? my thoughts as well, throw in alcohol sponsorship into the mix which pass's without notice by most, theres not all that big a difference. not to mention LIBOR riggers sponsoring the league we are in. We should limit club shirt sponsorship to companies that always behave in the most advantageous manner for society and then enjoy the fact the football shirts no longer have sponsors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Well it's quite obvious what I'm saying Ian, I think one thing is morally wrong and the other isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Bolton were sponsored by 188Bet last season, is one really that much worse than the other? my thoughts as well, throw in alcohol sponsorship into the mix which pass's without notice by most, theres not all that big a difference. not to mention LIBOR riggers sponsoring the league we are in. We should limit club shirt sponsorship to companies that always behave in the most advantageous manner for society and then enjoy the fact the football shirts no longer have sponsors. i'm all for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlouismag Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Bolton were only getting £500k from it. Plus the interest would have eaten up most of the parachute payment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I love a flutter, but the way betting is advertised in football these days is just as bad, if not worse, than having the pay day loans companies. You cannot watch a game these days without constantly being told to "bet now!" or Ray Winstone popping up and telling you to "have bang on this", and you don't have to look beyond this site to see what happens when people get ahead of themselves betting on the footy. Not to mention that no-one batted an eyelid when smaller clubs had Wonga or similar companies blazoned across their shirts, yet the second we do it everyone's aboard their high-horses marching to the moral high ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 We are an awful club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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