Tbh it does look kind of shady from the outside in. 

Infinite Athlete looks like a start up company that acquired another start up company in Tempus Ex Machina, and the club are saying they are providing a commercial sponsorship of £50m a year? Where is their funding sourced from?

Tempus Ex Machina merged with another company to form Infinite Athlete. We already had a deal with TEM for some sort of technical support. It all sounds a bit suss to me.

26 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

FUnny how they never asked those questions with CIty's sponsors

They have. That's the basis of the investigations into ownership funding disguised as sponsorship.

20 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Tbh it does look kind of shady from the outside in. 

Infinite Athlete looks like a start up company that acquired another start up company in Tempus Ex Machina, and the club are saying they are providing a commercial sponsorship of £50m a year? Where is their funding sourced from?

It's 2 fairly long standing companies that have merged, there's no start up involved.

54 minutes ago, dermott said:

They have. That's the basis of the investigations into ownership funding disguised as sponsorship.

They let it slide for over a decade is my point

1 hour ago, dkw said:

It's 2 fairly long standing companies that have merged, there's no start up involved.

Then this limbo should only be temporary I'd imagine until the Prem realizes there is no conflict of interest and this is a legitimate company. 

16 hours ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

FUnny how they never asked those questions with CIty's sponsors

Amazing when Newcastle are literally sponsoring themselves. 

17 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Then this limbo should only be temporary I'd imagine until the Prem realizes there is no conflict of interest and this is a legitimate company. 

It's a tangled web. This is from an American site:

Infinite Athlete was only created a week before the potential Chelsea deal was announced and its turnover is estimated at just over £12m a year. It is also suspected Infinite has financial ties to Chelsea’s ownership group, albeit convoluted ties.

Infinite Athlete was rebranded as such after the recent merger of two other firms, Tempus Ex Machina and Biocore. One of Infinite’s major funders is investment firm Silver Lake, who also invest in a company called Fanatics, into which Chelsea’s co-owner Clearlake have invested hundreds of millions of dollars.

That sounds one-step removed but who knows?

It’s crazy, are we that much of a ‘has-been’ (hopefully only temporary) that no company wants to sponsor anymore?

Huge companies under Roman and now nobody wants to touch them!

all starting to get a bit embarrassing to be honest for a club our size. although still, for the PL to say it is dodgy when City and Newcastle sponsor themselves is a bit rich. also, Newcastle were allowed Sports Direct under Ashley

Edited August 21, 20232 yr by Adamrb

At this point, we might be better off asking the FA for a list of companies that they WILL find acceptable as a sponsor 🙂 

7 minutes ago, Adamrb said:

all starting to get a bit embarrassing to be honest for a club our size. although still, for the PL to say it is dodgy when City and Newcastle sponsor themselves is a bit rich. also, Newcastle were allowed Sports Direct under Ashley

But not as a shirt sponsor. 

3 minutes ago, dermott said:

But not as a shirt sponsor. 

ah fair enough. thought it was the shirt too.

either way, that Saudi events company sponsoring them now surely can't be any less connected than the Chelsea/Infinite Athlete links. they're just too scared to go after the Middle Eastern states vs the US investors.   

either way, club our size should not be in this position - what a failure on the commercial side of the business! 

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2 hours ago, Modueke said:

It’s crazy, are we that much of a ‘has-been’ (hopefully only temporary) that no company wants to sponsor anymore?

Huge companies under Roman and now nobody wants to touch them!

Let's be fair, we were sponsored by Three when Roman left. That's not great. Lower than planned for revenue then as a brand that wasn't international. 

We have managed to get 3 offers at or bigger than 3. Just happens to be that none of them are acceptable! 

Man-City got away with it but I’d imagine the PL changed the regulations and tightened them up, either that, or the brown paper bags are heavier on City & Newcastle’s side. 

Brings me back to this again….

Cannot say this surprises me.

I was expecting ink cartridges, but this is fine too.

4 minutes ago, Valerie said:

I was expecting ink cartridges, but this is fine too.

How did you get it that quick??  Mine isn't even sent yet!

I got mine on Friday - mind you I ordered from Nike as the Megastore was sold out

 

Worst factory smell ever BTW 🤢 Needs a good washing before I put that on. Thankfully I have a gazillion other shirts to work out in. Should I want to.

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Worst factory smell ever BTW 🤢 Needs a good washing before I put that on. Thankfully I have a gazillion other shirts to work out in. Should I want to.

You just lost me forever. Despite the disclaimer. That the thought even crossed your mind ...

1 hour ago, dermott said:

You just lost me forever. Despite the disclaimer. That the thought even crossed your mind ...

Oh yes, in my mind I'm incredibly active, and once or twice a year I even do sporty things! That's usually right before I have a doctor's check-up so I can confirm I have an active lifestyle. Then I slump on my sofa again and watch My 600 Pound Life.

4 hours ago, Modueke said:

How did you get it that quick??  Mine isn't even sent yet!

I think mine was sent from Germany. Generational postal service.

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

I think mine was sent from Germany. Generational postal service.

Ordered from Nike or Megastore?

3 minutes ago, Modueke said:

Ordered from Nike or Megastore?

Megastore.