Quote: SmokeyTA "Id think the net is much wider, certainly for sponsorship, there arent many companies who can support sponsorship of a championship side who would operate in Leigh but not swinton, Batley but not featherstone. There are 5 clubs in west yorkshire, 2 in south yorkshire, 3 in cumbria and 2 in greater manchester. There is always going to be a level of competition between those clubs off the field.
Thats not to say they shouldnt do it, as i say, the question is can they make more as 1/14th of a the whole, than 100% of their own income.'"
You are wrong, the majority of Championship Clubs pull in very localised sponsors, at our level its love, not business sense , Leigh havent been able to get a main stand alone shirt sponsor for 3 years, instead taking a grand each from 18 individual organisations and ' raffling off ' for the main shirt sponsor
Also its 23 clubs, not 14