Ferocious Aardvark wrote:
To me it's a departure from the spirit of what we've been doing in recent seasons.
Too far for me.
I liked the idea of sponsoring a couple of young players who might not otherwise get sponsorship.
This provided the youngsters with recognition and the club with extra funds- without RAB sponsorship neither of these might not have happened.
Whilst I prefer to sponsor junior players I would have gone along with sponsoring the no.18 shirt if it was the majority wish of the rest of RAB, at least our club would get extra funds for free.
I am miffed that the club should hi-jack the idea by suggesting that our sponsorship of the no.18 shirt be extended to others. We are not an exclusive clique, (any one can put their name down) but neither should we enter into partnerships where others can control where our money goes.
Should the club so wish they can set up their own no.18 sponsorship scheme through their own efforts.
The idea that it should be run by Bullbuilder is nonsense. It was "mothballed" last march and would, even if resurrected, add nothing to our own democratic scheme.
Do we need more money in the kitty to achieve our original aims?
If we knew which young players were available for sponsorship and the costs we can work towards that. I would contribute extra as I feel others might also.
