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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2019 12:55:38 GMT 1
Agree total shit show According to this sky article - www.skysports.com/football/news/11740/11802917/huddersfield-fined-50000-over-paddy-power-shirt-stunt-but-wanted-kit-banned-by-referee - the FA contacted Town ahead of the Rochdale game and said if they wore the kit they’d face a charge. According to the ref “the FA had informed HTFC by phone call that it would be a breach of their regulations. “ and the ref is quoted as saying “ recommend they followed the rules and advice from the FA“ They still then wore the kit Towns defence apparently was they could get sued. However the contract had some standard boiler plate clause meaning they couldn’t but it seems Town collectively failed to pick up on that clause ahead of the Rochdale game Is it not the case that if we'd just said we wouldn't wear the kit (having been warned) then there would have been no story (stunt) whatsoever. Getting the ref to tell us not to wear it would have created just enough of a story. The getting sued bit is just a bot of leverage IMHO and probably not true. Anyway, another £50k for PP to pay for the shirt and their logo having been on the BBC website for days (again) probably looke slike pretty good value to them. That's aside from the story being on Sky, social media, etc. Good value guerilla advertising for PP. That's why I suspect they will have paid the fine, or included an amount in the overall original deal to cover this eventuality. They and we didn’t expect an FA charge, this was stated already in the mop up that came out. It was considered an “added bonus” to the whole story from what I recall, although I’m not really sure if it gave £50k of marketing value? |
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Post by k1man999 on Sept 7, 2019 13:00:09 GMT 1
Chairman who owns a legal firm and doesn’t seek legal advice says it all doesn’t it! No one tripped over a fag paper so advice rendered useless 😜 |
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Post by Ginger Ogre on Sept 13, 2019 10:34:29 GMT 1
PH confirmed on the Podcast that HTFC have paid the £50K fine, not Paddy Power.
Expensive mistake!
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Sept 13, 2019 10:52:50 GMT 1
PH confirmed on the Podcast that HTFC have paid the £50K fine, not Paddy Power. Expensive mistake! A very silly idea tbh ! |
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Post by Mecha Corte on Sept 13, 2019 13:38:46 GMT 1
PH confirmed on the Podcast that HTFC have paid the £50K fine, not Paddy Power. Expensive mistake! A very silly idea tbh ! If we were 2nd in the league and flying the fine would have been laughed at by the vast majority, because of the start we have had it's simply become another stick to be the owner and club with. As for who pays the fine I would think that the club have to pay it rather than the sponsor but I would also think that it would have been included in the amount the sponsor paid for the privellige. Don't forget a large number of fan's commented on here (and no doubt on social media as well) the day the shirt was revealed that it can't be genuine, the logo is too big, the idea that no one in authority were aware of that fact and the financial punishment that would follow is simply laughable. IMO of course. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 13:51:23 GMT 1
If we were 2nd in the league and flying the fine would have been laughed at by the vast majority, because of the start we have had it's simply become another stick to be the owner and club with. As for who pays the fine I would think that the club have to pay it rather than the sponsor but I would also think that it would have been included in the amount the sponsor paid for the privellige. Don't forget a large number of fan's commented on here (and no doubt on social media as well) the day the shirt was revealed that it can't be genuine, the logo is too big, the idea that no one in authority were aware of that fact and the financial punishment that would follow is simply laughable. IMO of course.
You'd be surprised. The word is that said person responsible could well have been sacked for it.
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Post by claytonwestterrier on Sept 13, 2019 14:03:02 GMT 1
If we were 2nd in the league and flying the fine would have been laughed at by the vast majority, because of the start we have had it's simply become another stick to be the owner and club with. As for who pays the fine I would think that the club have to pay it rather than the sponsor but I would also think that it would have been included in the amount the sponsor paid for the privellige. Don't forget a large number of fan's commented on here (and no doubt on social media as well) the day the shirt was revealed that it can't be genuine, the logo is too big, the idea that no one in authority were aware of that fact and the financial punishment that would follow is simply laughable. IMO of course. This has to be the case surely. Also, the shirt is quality and they have easily made that money back + more from sales. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 14:06:57 GMT 1
If we were 2nd in the league and flying the fine would have been laughed at by the vast majority, because of the start we have had it's simply become another stick to be the owner and club with. As for who pays the fine I would think that the club have to pay it rather than the sponsor but I would also think that it would have been included in the amount the sponsor paid for the privellige. Don't forget a large number of fan's commented on here (and no doubt on social media as well) the day the shirt was revealed that it can't be genuine, the logo is too big, the idea that no one in authority were aware of that fact and the financial punishment that would follow is simply laughable. IMO of course. This has to be the case surely. Also, the shirt is quality and they have easily made that money back + more from sales. Highly unlikely. How many shirts do you think have been sold and what the club margin is? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 14:18:12 GMT 1
This has to be the case surely. Also, the shirt is quality and they have easily made that money back + more from sales. Highly unlikely. How many shirts do you think have been sold and what the club margin is?
Exactly. I don't know the number of shirts we sell, but can guess - 20,000 fans. 1 in 3 tops might buy one or more. That's a generous 7000.
At £45 less VAT it's £36 net takings. After shipping and expenses, we'd be lucky to net £10 a shirt. And we have a club shop with several staff salaries to pay. Go figure.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 14:19:53 GMT 1
This has to be the case surely. Also, the shirt is quality and they have easily made that money back + more from sales. Highly unlikely. How many shirts do you think have been sold and what the club margin is? What we don't know is how much we are getting from Paddy Power over the year. I would imagine it dwarfs that fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 14:55:25 GMT 1
Highly unlikely. How many shirts do you think have been sold and what the club margin is? What we don't know is how much we are getting from Paddy Power over the year. I would imagine it dwarfs that fine. Indeed. But it’s a cost to the marketing budget that wasn’t otherwise there. Has anyone bought the shirt BECAUSE of the stunt of playing in it?? I’d be amazed if that accounted directly for a single sale...people have bought them because they’re decent shirts and don’t have a sponsor on, not because we played a friendly in a rule breaking kit. They didn’t WANT or EXPECT a £50k fine. |
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Post by hthtafs on Sept 14, 2019 14:50:32 GMT 1
Highly unlikely. How many shirts do you think have been sold and what the club margin is? What we don't know is how much we are getting from Paddy Power over the year. I would imagine it dwarfs that fine. Dream on ...in our most commercially successful season ever our total revenue ex tv money was £16m, £5m of that came from gate receipts. £50k at the moment might be a weeks wages, for an on loan midfielder, however parachute payments cease, it will be a significant proportion of our revenue. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2019 15:07:10 GMT 1
What we don't know is how much we are getting from Paddy Power over the year. I would imagine it dwarfs that fine. Dream on ...in our most commercially successful season ever our total revenue ex tv money was £16m, £5m of that came from gate receipts. £50k at the moment might be a weeks wages, for an on loan midfielder, however parachute payments cease, it will be a significant proportion of our revenue. So in other words you have no idea what we are receiving from Paddy Power this season. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2019 16:01:11 GMT 1
I see all the babies are crying again on this thread.
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