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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz View Post
Interesting "old thread returns to life".

An important missing point here is that many of the "teams" are school sponsored / organized. Schools and school systems have rules about sponsorships and many (most) would prohibit any company associated with alcohol & tobacco. For some potential sponsor companies, the final decision would be made from the school system administration.

Many of these 'questionable' companies are great companies that are good corporate citizens and fine for mainstream communities, but just not a company that school systems want associated with 14 - 18 year olds.
If our teams were sponsored by Alcohol and Tobacco companies I think there would be a major back lash.

When a freight company started sponsoring a primary school in the 1990's , it caused a bit of a discussion but it seems to have worked well for the school.

Under NZ law tobacco companies are banned from sponsoring sporting events. I am not sure if this would apply to robots? But I can't see anyone signing up for a tobacco sponsorship.

I also doubt anyone would take an alcohol sponsorship either.

On the subject of alcohol sponsorship they have just released a survey that shows members of sports teams sponsored by alcohol companies tend to drink more then non-sponsored team members.

Here's a link to the newspaper article.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10543439

This topic is quite interesting because it also brings up the issue of sponsorship of companies who provide parts for millitary applications.

This has caused some debates about where government retirement funds should be invested.

Even companies like Coca Cola have voluntarily withdrawn carbonated sugar drinks from sale at schools.

In the end there is probably a person who would object to nearly every sponsor company on some grounds. It's just a matter of picking sponsors people dislike the least.


Holding sponsors to the same standard as teams would be hard.
I think it would be more important that if these firms provide mentors then they need to work to GP with the teams.

In the end it's the adults who decide who sponsors a team and have to make these decisions. It reminds me of the movie about a little league baseball team " ??? bears" and their uniforms were sponsored by the "Boom Boom room".

An intersting question for teams would be "are there any taking sponsorship from companies now in tight financial times that they wouldn't have when money was more available?"
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