Quitting as sponsor of the Super League after this season according to Chris Irvine on Twitter. Like I said a few months back, probiz to step in..? viewtopic.php?f=2&t=485390&p=15908737&hilit

Quitting as sponsor of the Super League after this season according to Chris Irvine on Twitter. Like I said a few months back, probiz to step in..? viewtopic.php?f=2&t=485390&p=15908737&hilit

Looks more likely now doesn't it?

Are Probiz the new Carnegie when it comes to sponsoring anything that moves?

The sport needs to be careful about who it takes on as its commercial partners - you lie down with dogs and you'll catch fleas.

I'm very afraid that we're gonna see a Stanford happen to Rugby League.

www.marketingweek.co.uk/3025666. ... email=true

www.marketingweek.co.uk/3025666. ... email=true

Interesting piece, particularly the comment about expansion to 15 teams in 2012.

Somebody at Engage been let in on the RFL's planning and allowed the cat out of the bag?

Expansion to 15 teams?

Bag open, cat escaped?

EDIT - nice turn of phrase Mr Gilder.

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24 million people watch live coverage and highlights across SKY and the BBC each season, putting Super League as the second most watched domestic league outside football. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_542 ... onsor.html Blue chip companys should be falling overthemselves for the sponsorship rights in that case?

24 million people watch live coverage and highlights across SKY and the BBC each season, putting Super League as the second most watched domestic league outside football. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_542 ... onsor.html Blue chip companys should be falling overthemselves for the sponsorship rights in that case?

Stobart Super League?

How does that sound?

But you have all failed to see the positive from this.

"because sport no longer fits with its strategy of targeting the over 50s market."

Which means RL is now a younger fresher sport in the terms of marketing.

It's gonna be BUPA.

Saga

Weyland Yutani Corp, Omni Consumer Products, Tyrell Corporation, Umbrella Corporation, RDA Corporation?????

Very interestingly that bit has been removed from the article now... Cat might have plodded past Red Hall.

What sport has a higher domestic audience than football and RL? Hardly anyone watches County cricket, and its often banded about round here that Super League has higher audiences than Union.

Comparethemeerkat.com Super League

Seriously though, we should be looking at getting a nationwide household name in as a sponsor. Wouldn't mind Gillette sponsoring it at all.

No doubt though that the RFL will accept the first offer coming in, which will probably be Probiz.

I'm also a bit unsure about Probiz. I'm an auditor by trade so work in the field- and yet only heard of them because they started sponsoring RL. Weird.

can anyone explain the following:

Engage were paying 1.2 million a year for naming rights.
The RFL estimate that ESL is the second most watched "league" game after wendyball.
Aviva are paying 5 million a year for the Union premiership. [urlwww.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/financial/aviva-signs-£20m-premiership-rugby-headline-sponsorship-deal/3015572.article[/url
....is this another example of Quality over quantity and the RFL under-selling itself? If the TV figures are better and the fan bases are pretty much thesame, then why in gods name is union getting 4 times the cash?

Gillette, whilst a great long term partner are not the best "payers" in the world...they picked up naming rights for the 4 nations at a bargain price because nobody else was interested......I can see a brewer getting on board.....FMCG's are the ones who will still be earning in a recession.
Edit: Maybe a Mobile Phone company.....
Edit II
"Jon Varney, commercial director of Premiership Rugby, adds: “Our partnership with Aviva marks the beginning of a very exciting chapter in the growth and continuing professional development of the club game in England, as we commence new broadcast contracts for the first season of Aviva Premiership Rugby with ESPN, Sky and ITV."

Let's hope the RFL address the last bit of this story. The BBC don't show the lebvel of highlights that ITV do.....and if you're in any part of the UK other than the M62 you have to get up at 3am to watch them. ESPN, Sky and ITV sounds a lot better to a sponsor than SKY and BBC North

It will be the Irn Bru Super League.

So, a game trying to rid itself of its regional pastime tag will embrace a regional/scottish drink as it's sponsor.....wasn't there any interest from the Scottish Islands or Greenland


Not saying Ben Sherman or Courage Bitter would be better, but at least get a national Brand

A change of sponsor means a change of name for our premier competition, so this is an ideal time to distance our game from RU. As I've said before if that lot want to monopolise the word 'Rugby' then let them. We should start referring to ourselves as RFL.

The RFL (Sponsor) Super League rolls off the tongue nicely too.

National it should be European at the very least saying, we have a french team in the league. So far all RFL sponsors means nothing to the French.

And seeing how Super League is shown across Europe and the Middle East.

You are aware of the brands Barrs owns aren't you?

Are you aware of how big the Irn Bru brand is and how big it would be to get a major drinks maker on board?

You are aware of how much Barrs wish to target the Northern English market aren't you? And how much RFL would love to tap into the "rugby" market that the SRU have abandoned.