it will be intersting to see where he landsQuote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
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it will be intersting to see where he landsQuote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
As someone who works in Sponsorship and Marketing for a sports organisation (albiet on a much much MUCH MUCH smaller scale... MUCH smaller), the one thing you can't do is leave a sponsor unsure of what is happening. This saga of Ryan being the face of IZOD, yet him not having a ride yet is ridiculous! The fault lays purely with the IRL. In times where sponsors are harder to come by, the IRL should be doing everything humanly possible to keep IZOD happy.
Sponsors like to know that everything is in place, it is essential to keep them worry free and happy. I'm frankly stunned that the IRL or Tony George hasn't just put RHR in a vision car to keep IZOD happy.
The IRL has to pull their finger out and sort this out quick!!
Gee...and I thought Champ Car was dead. This snafu reminds me of some brainstorm that Gentilozzi would come up with.
How can you have the face of a sponsor NOT have a ride before the sponsor starts putting out ads? TONY....WAKE UP!!!
Would it be fair of me to place this in my "why I don't have confidence in TG to lead the IRL" column?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
iZod is a brand that a younger (and urban) demographic has rediscovered. And it's this demographic that the IRL needs to reach, IMMEDIATELY!
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Originally Posted by Rex Monaco
YES IT WOULD!!!!!
I COULDN"T AGREE MORE!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rex Monaco
Miller is reporting RHR to test with HVM, his former team, at the Barber test this coming weekend. Hopefully this means the wheels are in motion to throw RHR into an HVM ride for the season. They have a history together and have won a race together before.
You are late, I already posted this in the preseason testing thread. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chamoo
Lol... I figured I was once I posted it. I just scrolled through the forum and figured I'd throw it on here. Couldn't hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
Because IZOD is going to spend 6 million dollars on an ad campaign which features RHR and since his team has gone kaput, some feel it is incumbent on the IRL, or more particularly, TG to spend 4 to 6 million to ensure that RHR has a ride so IZOD can benefit from the money it is planning on spending.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
If the IRL had assured IZOD that RHR would have a ride then, yes, there is an obligation. But, short of that, the league should do what it can to see that a sponsor who made a deal with a possible participant doesn't get embarrassed because they were less than competent when they developed their plan. I believe they are doing just that.
However, the entire IZOD deal is baffling. Can you buy IZOD/IRL merchandise? I haven't been able to locate any even though we are approaching the second year of the relationship. I do know you can buy some sharp NIKE and Reebok Centennial logo'd merchandise at brickyard.com. I know they are doing their darnedest to prove they are two separate and distinct companies but if it is believed they can sell a shirt for 50 bucks celebrating the centennial they should have similarly priced merchandise with IRL logos and that would be in the IZOD price range. Where is it???
So, while I don't believe there is any reason to fund a ride for RHR, the IZOD/IRL partnership appears to have been poorly managed by both IZOD and the IRL.