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These quotes and the idea of the subject came from a different thread.
What do you think about these ideas:
Brabhamista's is an excerpt. Sorry I did not use the whole quote but it was long and only a small part was about the subject. I hope you don't feel this is out of context. But feel free to elaborate on your position.
I'm okay with TT players making money and having sponsorships. And if TT company's that sponsor you were only doing it for one sector of their equipment and you could have a second sponsor for other things, then it could be okay. For instance, if Butterfly sponsored a player for rubbers and Stiga sponsored that player for blades, that would be okay.
But it doesn't seem that this is how things are done. And when you accept a sponsorship with one company and are making a statement to the fans of the sport that you use, say, Stiga Rubbers and Blades equipment, and the company puts photos of you using Calibra for advertisements and it says on their website that you use rubbers from Stiga but you really use Butterfly rubbers, then there is an ethical issue.
Who is responsible? The player or the company?
I would say the way sponsorship works is sort of on the company. I think, if Tenergy is really that much better than everything else, then the sponsors should acknowledge that a sponsored player uses their blade but not their rubbers.
So I am going to agree with this post:
Now the players who have a blade from one company and the handle of a blade from the company that sponsors them, that is a slightly bigger problem. And if the player isn't actually using any equipment from the sponsor company, then I sort of wonder why the player would advertise the equipment of a company when he is not using any equipment from the company.
With that second scenario, I still feel the larger fault is with the companies. But, part of that is, that, if the company sees a player using racket and rubbers from a different company, the responsibility is with the company to address the issue.
I think that the players have a right to make money and they also have a right to play with whatever equipment will be best for their game. But unfortunately taking money from one company while using equipment from another company is a problematic solution to that problem.
Now what does everybody think about this subject?
What do you think about these ideas:
Brabhamista's is an excerpt. Sorry I did not use the whole quote but it was long and only a small part was about the subject. I hope you don't feel this is out of context. But feel free to elaborate on your position.
Sponsorship is less about what you play and more about how much they pay.
I'm okay with TT players making money and having sponsorships. And if TT company's that sponsor you were only doing it for one sector of their equipment and you could have a second sponsor for other things, then it could be okay. For instance, if Butterfly sponsored a player for rubbers and Stiga sponsored that player for blades, that would be okay.
But it doesn't seem that this is how things are done. And when you accept a sponsorship with one company and are making a statement to the fans of the sport that you use, say, Stiga Rubbers and Blades equipment, and the company puts photos of you using Calibra for advertisements and it says on their website that you use rubbers from Stiga but you really use Butterfly rubbers, then there is an ethical issue.
Who is responsible? The player or the company?
I would say the way sponsorship works is sort of on the company. I think, if Tenergy is really that much better than everything else, then the sponsors should acknowledge that a sponsored player uses their blade but not their rubbers.
So I am going to agree with this post:
I believe you have to consider the ethical perspective.. If you are sponsored by a company that states in public that you are using their rubber, then it's kinda uncool to actually use a different brand than your sponsor. Therefore I state that it's better to use what Stiga pays you to use, or change sponsor so that you get paid for what you actually are using.
Now the players who have a blade from one company and the handle of a blade from the company that sponsors them, that is a slightly bigger problem. And if the player isn't actually using any equipment from the sponsor company, then I sort of wonder why the player would advertise the equipment of a company when he is not using any equipment from the company.
With that second scenario, I still feel the larger fault is with the companies. But, part of that is, that, if the company sees a player using racket and rubbers from a different company, the responsibility is with the company to address the issue.
I think that the players have a right to make money and they also have a right to play with whatever equipment will be best for their game. But unfortunately taking money from one company while using equipment from another company is a problematic solution to that problem.
Now what does everybody think about this subject?