Shirt Sponsorship 'Raffle'

[Red Diamond]

Just brought this up with my company directors who previously owned a box at Diamonds and was told its "an utter rip off". £410 is a lot of money these days for a 1 in 100 chance of winning in a league with literally zero coverage. They said they'd be more comfortable paying £100 a ticket.

100 to 1? That's assuming a hundred tickets are sold, if only two tickets are bought you have a 50/50 chance of winning,

[Formic]

Just brought this up with my company directors who previously owned a box at Diamonds and was told its "an utter rip off". £410 is a lot of money these days for a 1 in 100 chance of winning in a league with literally zero coverage. They said they'd be more comfortable paying £100 a ticket.

How hard did you sell it to them ? Did you make it clear that the £410 included VAT, and highlight the fact that everyone who enters, whether they win or not, gets various advertising benefits, plus other fringe benefits.

As others have mentioned your reference to "zero coverage" is a moot point, especially with your inappropriate use of the word "literally". The actual draw has already been publicised, and it's pretty likely the outcome of the draw will also be publicised - not forgetting that the league is on the TV now - and if the Diamonds have a good FA Cup run there will be national publicity in mainstream media. There will also be advertising by virtue of shirts being worn in the locality, as well as pictures of players wearing the shirts in local media. Add to that the coverage on the RDFC Official Website and in the local press wherever the Diamonds play if they carry pictures of the games.

[Dougie]

Just brought this up with my company directors who previously owned a box at Diamonds and was told its "an utter rip off". £410 is a lot of money these days for a 1 in 100 chance of winning in a league with literally zero coverage. They said they'd be more comfortable paying £100 a ticket.

100 to 1? That's assuming a hundred tickets are sold, if only two tickets are bought you have a 50/50 chance of winning,

Read the small print - the club have said that if fewer than 100 tickets are sold, the 'prizes' - i.e the headlining shirt sponsorship element - will be reviewed.
Understandably the club are looking to maximise income and will certainly be looking to achieve a figure close to the £35k which would result from the sale of the 100 tickets minimum quoted by the club.

[ID]

I can't really afford more than £5, every little helps, though.

[TwinkleToesTomlin]

Just an idea.

For the people that pledge money, what about they get their name/initials on the kit, should the forum win?

Have 'TheDiamondsForum' as the main logo, around it have the initials or something similar to the 'Darlington kit' so to speak (Raz, your idea if i remember rightly?)

I think you could be onto a winner there. We would only need 21 people pledging £20 each to reach the full total (VAT included), so it would be quite feasible to fit the full names around the Diamonds Forum logo.

Jamie, you b*stard :roll: look 5 posts up from your post. stealing my ideas! what have I told you recently about 'originallity' just lately? Dave, dont encourage him!

[Redsnapper]

AK

If and when we achieve the total, I'll gladly collect the money down at the club as most people know me already.

Mal

[White Diamond]

Happy to pledge my £20 too.

[OsanoIsKing]

Just an idea.

For the people that pledge money, what about they get their name/initials on the kit, should the forum win?

Have 'TheDiamondsForum' as the main logo, around it have the initials or something similar to the 'Darlington kit' so to speak (Raz, your idea if i remember rightly?)

I think you could be onto a winner there. We would only need 21 people pledging £20 each to reach the full total (VAT included), so it would be quite feasible to fit the full names around the Diamonds Forum logo.

Jamie, you b*stard :roll: look 5 posts up from your post. stealing my ideas! what have I told you recently about 'originallity' just lately? Dave, dont encourage him!

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Sorry chap, working too hard lately to read through every single post. You'll learn one day ;)

[Bob's Bitch]

The scheme has a good plug in the ET tonight, and interestingly KC also states the club is in a "solid position financially".

Not for me this time, but I wish you all the best with it.

I'd be bloody worried if we weren't after the Jackson sell-on money and Tomlin money that we've had! Maybe with those and a top-half finish we might be looking at a profit for the first season in our history?

[Three of Diamonds]

I'd be bloody worried if we weren't after the Jackson sell-on money and Tomlin money that we've had! Maybe with those and a top-half finish we might be looking at a profit for the first season in our history?

It's possible, but with the current "utilities failure" in the North Stand, a load of lamps not working on the floodlights and in the carparks(they still use electricity even if they're not working I'm told) and regular problems with the sewage pumps, it'll soon get eaten up.