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[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, LV said:

Surely they’ll just keep banning it until they make up new permanent rules. Otherwise what was the point of a temporary ban? 

We already threatened them with legal action over this. It’s very difficult for them to keep doing it indefinitely with such threats over them. 

[wormy]

54 minutes ago, LV said:

Surely they’ll just keep banning it until they make up new permanent rules. Otherwise what was the point of a temporary ban? 

 

I think you're giving them too much credit by implying they have a coherent plan for what they're doing. These are desperate pushes to find anyway to impede the club. 

[LV]

27 minutes ago, wormy said:

 

I think you're giving them too much credit by implying they have a coherent plan for what they're doing. These are desperate pushes to find anyway to impede the club. 

I agree they want to impede the club but I certainly don’t think they have a coherent plan. Hence the usual tactic of kicking the can down the road, because they can do that without any outside governance. 

[The Prophet]

There's a Premier League meeting today for what it's worth.

[Kanji]

I think the new framework is supposed to be announced today, with the clubs now able to submit the sponsor terms to the committee for review and the approvals are supposed to be very swift. 

[Magpie]

 

[Numbers]

So are all the historical deals done by Man City etc up for Review?

[gjohnson]

1 minute ago, Magpie said:

 

So essentially the other 13 collectively realised that by stopping our sponsorships they'd be restricting themselves too?

 

Expect a challenge on the fairness of the vote from 5 of the Rich 6 by the end of the day

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, Numbers said:

So are all the historical deals done by Man City etc up for Review?

Of course not. They are protected by these artificial glass ceilings put in place to protect the big 6. 

[LRD]

What is fair value? Man Utd currently have the biggest sponsorship. If we get the same money, is it fair value?

[r0cafella]

Just now, LRD said:

What is fair value? Man Utd currently have the biggest sponsorship. If we get the same money, is it fair value?

This is the next thing they throw the toys out of the pram at. 

[Kanji]

I think fair value is like-kind brand or type of business. So tyre sponsors have a range, etc. 

[gjohnson]

3 minutes ago, LRD said:

What is fair value? Man Utd currently have the biggest sponsorship. If we get the same money, is it fair value?

Isn't most of their sponsorship only paid if they're successful in winning things?

Certain i read that the full 750m from Chevrolet was conditional that they won the league and champions league or finished in the top 4 for the duration?

 

Obviously they'll still get a stupid amount, but without a trophy to show in a few years it is probably a fair bit less.

[FloydianMag]

2 minutes ago, Kanji said:

I think fair value is like-kind brand or type of business. So tyre sponsors have a range, etc. 

so Aramco would likely be in the top range of sponsorship i.e £10’s of millions.

[gjohnson]

5 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

so Aramco would likely be in the top range of sponsorship i.e £10’s of millions.

Could see Sabic being in or around, given their relatively local ties

[FloydianMag]

All those tat shop signs down just in time for new sponsorship 

[xLiaaamx]

Meh. There's no way these rules won't massively restrict us.

[Dokko]

The initial drama of the takeover seems to be dying down. Soon as 1 PL club trades with us then that threat goes out the window as well.

[geordiesteve710]

If nothing else, gives us scope to spend spend spend now and argue about it later.

[Guest reefatoon]

Wonder what/who they have lined up. Going to be interesting finding out.

[bowlingcrofty]

I think it’ll end up being like the takeover where we’ll agree a deal, people will kick up a stink but eventually it’ll get passed because no one can legally stop it.

[FloydianMag]

18 minutes ago, Dokko said:

The initial drama of the takeover seems to be dying down. Soon as 1 PL club trades with us then that threat goes out the window as well.

Aye…….mind it still hasn’t died down on groomers?

[wormy]

The club should agree a bumper sponsorship that falls way out of the PL's defined 'range' and when pulled up on it, ask whether they thought the surplus equals fair value for the decade of Sports Direct advertisements.

 

Professional? No. Petty? Yes. I guess that's why I'm not a businessman.

[Scoot]

46 minutes ago, LRD said:

What is fair value? Man Utd currently have the biggest sponsorship. If we get the same money, is it fair value?

 

Isn't fair market value the value of the highest sonship deal +10%?

 

I'm sure I read that somewhere, not sure how true it is. So if the most valuable sponsorship is 100 million per season, that means we can have a sponsor that pays us 110 million a year!

[TRon]

12 minutes ago, geordiesteve710 said:

If nothing else, gives us scope to spend spend spend now and argue about it later.

 

Worked out ok for the Man City owners.