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I have just come across this site: http://www.zigabid.com/ at first glance it seems to be at odds with what the sports industry at the major tournament level are trying to enforce.

I am certain that every legal counsel known to sports bodies has crawled the terms and conditions.

Such a site could in the long term have serious impact on branding control, pricing and purchasing power. This might be a way off for now... But not too far away.

Will be interesti… Continue

I conducted a very limited experiment with 6 worldwide sports teams who sell their own merchandise on their own website.

I chose header terms for them ie: Team names or nicknames With a simple yes or no for a purchased keyword.

Grouped:

1. Manchester united - No
1. The red devils - No

2. Arsenal - No
2. The Gunners - No

3. New Zealand rugby - No
3. All Blacks - No

4. Boston Celtics - No
4. celtics - No

5. Juventus - No
5. La Vecchia Signora - No

6. Indianapolis colts - No
6. The Colts -… Continue

Over the years Sports teams have been striving to cut out the rogue elements at their clubs.

Some sports and teams achieve this fairly easily Rugby Union is a good example of a professional sport which has a small amount of negative publicity whilst its main competitor Rugby League lurches from one off field embarrassment to another.

Obviously a poor image is going to have a negative effect on certain aspects of your organisation. However in these days of viral marketing and the power this bri… Continue

I am a Swansea City fan. Probably won't mean much to a whole lot of readers on here. They are a soccer team that plays in the English Championship (and playing well too!), I am also a fan of the Warringah Rats rugby union team who play in Sydney.

Why those teams? I grew up in Swansea, Wales but have moved to live in Sydney, Australia. I also suppost the Boston Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox and the NE Patriots, why? I lived there in 1992 whilst playing rugby for Beacon hill.

I follow the results of… Continue

Most people reading this site will most likely not be too familiar with the A-League. This is the Australian national club football (soccer) championship. It is a competition that was formed 4 years ago.

The competition currently has 8 teams. This will increase to 10 from next season after a recent announcement.

Amazingly neither of the teams that are being accepted into the competition (namely 1. Gold Coast united; 2. North Queensland FC); have registe… Continue