"The Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground"?!?!

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"The Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground"?!?!

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:40 am

Oh, Lanky, Lanky! What have you done? Lancashire Country Cricket Club has sold naming rights for Old Trafford to the Emirates airline. Sure, it raises money but does fucking EVERYTHING have to have advertising splashed all over it these days?

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Post by JimC » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:42 am

Soon they will require compulsory minarets over each stand, and "allah akhbar" will be blaring out over the sound system for each wicket that falls...
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Post by klr » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:52 am

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat???? :o

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:03 am

I deplore it, in the strongest possible terms.
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Post by klr » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:20 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:I deplore it, in the strongest possible terms.
Ah, I see you're not actually going to do anything about it. :tea:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:35 am

klr wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:I deplore it, in the strongest possible terms.
Ah, I see you're not actually going to do anything about it. :tea:
You mean, labour at something? I've rarely been so insulted.
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Post by Audley Strange » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:56 am

Clinton Huxley wrote: Sure, it raises money but does fucking EVERYTHING have to have advertising splashed all over it these days?
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:58 am

Aaargh! My response has been brought you by Werther's Originals
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Post by pErvinalia » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:58 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:
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Clinton Huxley wrote:I deplore it, in the strongest possible terms.
Ah, I see you're not actually going to do anything about it. :tea:
You mean, labour at something? I've rarely been so insulted.
:lol:

This shit has been happening in Australia for ages now. The problem is they just drop the "Old Trafford" bit, and call it Emirates Oval, or the like. Manageable for a while, until they change the name at some point, and multiplied by 10's of stadiums around the country going by different company names and after a while I've got no idea where games are being played any more.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:00 am

Next, they'll be sponsoring the actual county. It'll be known as Google Lancashire or something.
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Post by klr » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:07 am

Give me the Kent Spitfires any day. Of course, that's 20-20. Now, if the regular county sides had names like that ...
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:59 pm

klr (brought to you by Domino's Pizza) wrote:Give me the Kent Spitfires any day. Of course, that's 20-20. Now, if the regular county sides had names like that ...
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:26 pm

I'm going to form a company called Oval Oval and then get the naming rights for the Oval, so Jonathan Agnew has to say, "And welcome to the Oval Oval Oval"
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Post by klr » Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:28 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:I'm going to form a company called Oval Oval and then get the naming rights for the Oval, so Jonathan Agnew has to say, "And welcome to the Oval Oval Oval"
Blowers will still natter on about pigeons and buses though, completely oblivious to any name changes.
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