Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
Oh don't worry, the fact I'm not a 'legendary business owner' is one of the reasons people don't return calls.

Ok as for specifics, they used to have a 'sponsor the players' thing where your business got a plug when the teams were introduced on the big screen. You also got tickets and bullshit like that.
From memory we applied for Griff, Tarek and I think Jacob Pepper. I think the cost was somewhere from $1,000 to $5,000 depending who you got.

Anyway I'd had a few phone calls and wasn't all that bothered by what exposure the business got I just felt it was a cool thing to do. Anyway they didn't end up confirming anything with me, and I stopped chasing them.

Then on game one up on the big screen at least 4 players had no sponsors and others were token companies associated with the owner.

Mrs Plague and I had a hearty chuckle and had a lovely holiday in Japan instead.
It does concern me this business forum that is going on before the fans ones could also be missing the mark.

Just connecting with the big end of town although is important why is it a select bunch??

Shouldn't we be connecting with anyone in business that wants to get involved??

Surely blokes like Plague should be allowed to come if they want?? Not being a legendary business owner in Newy should not mean your not allowed to join in.


On another note you look at the local NPL clubs and see the wide range of sponsors they dig up in their program. Makes you wonder how an organisation like the Jets can not get themselves 1000 local businesses chipping in 1k each a year.

Would sure break the back of a lot of their financial issues and I severely doubt the businesses of the Hunter would not have 1k a year they could not be enticed to cough up not to mention finding 1000 of them would not be an impossible task