Sponsor a Player for 2011

Quote: Bluesky "Indeed a very worthy cause.
At the risk of making myself more unpopular, if that is possible, I thought these were two different initiatives.
The cause you have linked to is an infrastructure development whilst player sponsorship, in my opinion, is something entirely different. Of course they (infrastructure and sponsorship) both benefit the players but often in different ways.
As I have said previously, I have no problem with the excess being passed over to Bullbuilder but I think we should look to maximise player sponsorship possibilities first. Using your example above if we sponsored the twins at a cost around £750 then we may be able to additionally sponsor another young player for another, say, £400. This would mean another young player gets the benefit of feeling that he isn't overlooked and the balance of around £300 gets passed to Bullbuilder - still a tidy sum.
To be honest this is one for the majority to decide and I don't mind which way it goes.'"

On the tin it says "sponsor a player" and we did this last year for two promising young lads to give them the kudos and confidence that they were supported by a dedicated group of Bulls fans.
I would like to do the same next season for as many up and coming young players who might not automatically get sponsorship as our budget allows. They would of course need to be potential 1st team players. Such sponsorship would be a huge boost to their fledgling confidence and feeling of belonging to the club.
Perhaps before voting we might be given a list of the cost of each player's sponsorship including the younger players.
This is only my opinion and in no way precludes any decision by the majority who I would be more that happy to go with.

Having joined Bullbuilder with an annual subscription I very much value and support their aims which are in general respects similar to this thread. I do however see them as two different vehicles even if both are heading in the same direction. So I disagree at this stage with unspecified funds from "Sponsor a Player" being allocated to Bullbuilder.