27-07-2012, 05:33 PM
Johnny,
I agree with you that the lack of corporate sponsorship is an issue. I'm not sure if there have been attempts or not but I'm fairly sure there will have been. In the recession, one thing that companies tend to cut is their sponsorship or donations to charity. That said, sponsorship is out there we just need to market ourselves a bit better and I believe we could bring in more financial support.
However, I also think that we need to get the government on board as well. Governement funding and corporate sponsorship should go hand in hand as part of a wider strategy. What annoys me most about the government is the fact they spent £1.7m to sponsor next season's football League Cup. Give us 1% of that and see what we could do with it, the money is there in governemnt they just obviously don't feel chess is populist enough to put the money into. That's something we need to work on...
I agree with you that the lack of corporate sponsorship is an issue. I'm not sure if there have been attempts or not but I'm fairly sure there will have been. In the recession, one thing that companies tend to cut is their sponsorship or donations to charity. That said, sponsorship is out there we just need to market ourselves a bit better and I believe we could bring in more financial support.
However, I also think that we need to get the government on board as well. Governement funding and corporate sponsorship should go hand in hand as part of a wider strategy. What annoys me most about the government is the fact they spent £1.7m to sponsor next season's football League Cup. Give us 1% of that and see what we could do with it, the money is there in governemnt they just obviously don't feel chess is populist enough to put the money into. That's something we need to work on...
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