Who is that, out of interest?

Why do you assume this is new? Leeds' scoreboard has been sponsored for over 15 years, back when the ground was also called Bass Headingley. There isn't that much more sponsorship now than there was before I just think it's more noticeable. There is more on the shirts and there is often either "Engage" or some other major sponsor on the pitch but thats usually just for TV games. Apart from that there isn't much of an increase as far as I can see, it's just more prominent.

This in a season where we have two SL clubs without a main shirt sponsor? Does any pro sports team in this country not have sponsored kit? Even FC Barcelona have finally given into it - even though there's is a £25 million per year deal with a charity.

Strange thread.

Which are the two SL teams without a shirt sponsor?

Quins v Crusaders - neither side had a "main sponsor" on their jerseys at Cardiff.

Anybody know how much a main shirt sponsorship is worth in SL? In NRL they generally sell for $750k-1mill (475-650GBP)

Like the Pirtek Kiwis?

Should we refer to you as comrade?

The Auckland Warriors......became the New Zealand Warriors.......became the Vodafone Warriors.......but to the fans, they will always be just The Warriors!

It's like the naming rights for a stadium.......you can sell them for whatever you want, but the fans that use it will still call it by its old name. Widnes play at the Halton Stadium.....seriously, how many of their or St Helens fans call it the Stobbart Halton Stadium? Bulls play at Odlsal....not Grattan Stadium. How many Leigh fans called it the colusium? It was Hilton Park.

The game needs all the money it can get........and if it moves, stick an ad on it!

yeah we should not try and maximise sponsorship and let RU sign as many of our players as they want

sponsorships in RL are too low now.

In your opinion...but the people that write the cheques obviously don't think so.

The only instance that stadium naming rights really work for fans calling it by the sponsor name is when it's the first name for the stadium.

The Halliwell Jones Stadium
KC Stadium
Reebok Stadium
JJB Stadium and now DW Stadium
The Emirates

Coming next month is the Irn Bru Try Of The Month.

i wonder what the OP thinks about penrith naming their stadium after an online betting agency, with a deal worth around 1 million pa

i think his head might explode

To put that in context - Emirates deal with Arsenal was worth around £100 million when signed in 2004 - and is now often seen as not being such good business on Arsenal's part.

SL teams are pretty cagey about revealing details of shirt sponsorship deals, but I think most clubs have multiple sponsors paying five figure amounts and would expect the total to still be short of the figures NRL clubs achieve.