i got so much abuse for suggesting that you would end up playing at the marcus evans arena! it is inevitable, but does it really matter? interesting debate to be had
The thing is, so long as you don't move to a new stadium somewhere else, it will always be at Portman Road, whatever else they may call it!
It would not really bother me as long as it was in good taste.......... The KY Stadium is a step too far IMO....
Surely you can't have a company sponsoring a stand (i.e. the co-op) and then another company buying the naming rights for the ground at the same time? As for moving ground, I wouldn't be adverse to it if the whole situation and deal was right. I'm sure a lot of fans are still ****ed off by the way the council screwed us over the backdated rent issue, and would like to stick 2 fingers up to them and move to a new ground. but that won't happen for a long long time!
that's my thought too dave, as long as its not an embarrassing sponsor! my favourite 'sponsored' stadium was at york city. formerly known as bootham crescent, it was sponsored and renamed kitkat crescent. beautiful
Guru - I think the Co-op deal is aimed purely at Ipswich fans. Im sure I'd be slightly more inclined to give them my business if I'm reminded of it every week, not only that but once shopping habits have changed they won't revert once the deal has ended, so I don't think it would conflict with a stadium sponsorship. I'm all for it. It won't become the Marcus Evans stadium because thats not going to bring in revenue. Frankly if someone wants to give us £2m + for absolutely nothing I'm all for it.
it is a way around the new FFP rules though yorkie - that's why i suggested he'd do it last year. you already miss out on external monies from shirt sponsorship!
Nah I think there are rules in place to prevent that. Otherwise he could just say 'I'm sponsoring the stadium for £10m a year.'
you'd think, wouldn't you, but its being touted in the media that this is a loop hole (amongst many i presume)
Its just an extra revenue scheme, if it did become the ME stadium i wouldn't be too bothered. and these rules are pretty hard to enforce, if you can screw 10 million a season out of somebody surely its up to them, and how can you say its not worth 10 million?
I remember some talk of rules to prevent anything like that happening after Man City's blatant flouting of the rules (UEFA already have FFP rules). You can't say it's not worth £10m but you can say owners, directors and their companies are not allowed to sponsor beyond the £3m limit already in place for investment.
Yeah but C""T is only 4 letters whereas Marcus Evans has more letters involved, which equates to more expense!!
