Qatar Airways to appear on Barça shirt from 2013/14 season

[dodi1982]

We need the money, but with this deal we're paid like a cheap hooker, while we should get paid like a high-class Hollywood escort.

It's all about the pimp

 

[XaviFCB]

Cry about it all you want but we have to take advantage of this while we can, Barca aren't always going to be so marketable

 

[LeoGetz]

At the moment when they signed the deal it was the best sponsor deal ever in football, no? Maybe there's a clause in the contract that allows renegotiation when other clubs (like arsenal and manutd apparently) get a better deal, dunno.

It was already clear when they signed this contract that other clubs would get much better deals within a few years. United are almost getting double from 2014 or 2015 on. Wait for Reals next deal. Will make ours look really, really bad.

Cry about it all you want but we have to take advantage of this while we can, Barca aren't always going to be so marketable

But that's just the point. We sold our shirt for less than it's worth. If you sell it, sell it for the right price. But we're not getting (much) more than any other major club in Europe and by next season we'll get less than some of them.

Like I said: We're a high-class Hollywood A-list escort, getting paid like a cheap, STD-ridden street hooker.

 

[Theconomist]

It was already clear when they signed this contract that other clubs would get much better deals within a few years. United are almost getting double from 2014 or 2015 on. Wait for Reals next deal. Will make ours look really, really bad.



But that's just the point. We sold our shirt for less than it's worth. If you sell it, sell it for the right price. But we're not getting (much) more than any other major club in Europe and by next season we'll get less than some of them.

Like I said: We're a high-class Hollywood A-list escort, getting paid like a cheap, STD-ridden street hooker.

This was the first time they sell the shirt, when the Barcelona-Qatar Foundation deal was first signed it was a very good deal for both parties.
I'm sure that after the current deal , now that the floodgates, we will have incredible deals.

 

[LeoGetz]

This was the first time they sell the shirt, when the Barcelona-Qatar Foundation deal was first signed it was a very good deal for both parties.
I'm sure that after the current deal , now that the floodgates, we will have incredible deals.

We signed a deal for 30 million a year while other clubs already got 25 or more (Real, United, Bayern,...), so it was a bad deal to begin with. We're talking here about the first shirt sponsor on the chest of one of the best teams in the history of football, incl. the best player in the history of football. And that's only worth a few million more?

We will still get 30 million a year in 2014 or 2015 when other clubs will already get 35, 40 or like United almost double of what we get! That's a bad deal, no matter how you spin it.

 

[Decanus]

As long as it brings Barca more revenue, development, players, and pays off the debt, I am fine with it.

 

[diegomessi]

We need the money, but with this deal we're paid like a cheap hooker, while we should get paid like a high-class Hollywood escort.

we should keep our philosophy and class rather then sell out, I would rather not win a title for a few years then sell out and be like Madrid

 

[LeoGetz]

we should keep our philosophy and class rather then sell out, I would rather not win a title for a few years then sell out and be like Madrid

True, but I don't see why one thing can't be combined with the other. I never really understood why a shirt sponsor would mean that Barça are not "more than a club" anymore. The "more than a club" saying comes from a time long before shirt sponsoring was introduced to football and has nothing to do with that. The values and philosophy of the club are not sold out just because we do what we did in a different way already for a long time: sponsoring. Nike, Estrella Damm, Caixa Catalunya, Turkish Airlines, Audi, Seiko... The list goes on and on.

If anything, we sold out because we sold the front of our shirt for much less than it's worth.

And Real Madrid didn't stoop to such low level because of sponsoring, they did because of the clown they employ as manager.

 

[diegomessi]

True, but I don't see why one thing can't be combined with the other. I never really understood why a shirt sponsor would mean that Barça are not "more than a club" anymore. The "more than a club" saying comes from a time long before shirt sponsoring was introduced to football and has nothing to do with that. The values and philosophy of the club are not sold out just because we do what we did in a different way already for a long time: sponsoring. Nike, Estrella Damm, Caixa Catalunya, Turkish Airlines, Audi, Seiko... The list goes on and on.

If anything, we sold out because we sold the front of our shirt for much less than it's worth.

it is just a principle that I had hoped I would never see go away. We did not have a jersey sponsor ever..and that was something to be really proud of... now we are just like everyone else... it is all about money... sad very sad... like I said I refuse to buy or wear a Barça jersey that has the Qatar crap on it..

and another thing, our jersey is plastered with the name of a country where it is illegal to be gay?? really??? Shameful stuff really

 

[Theconomist]

it is just a principle that I had hoped I would never see go away. We did not have a jersey sponsor ever..and that was something to be really proud of... now we are just like everyone else... it is all about money... sad very sad... like I said I refuse to buy or wear a Barça jersey that has the Qatar crap on it..

and another thing, our jersey is plastered with the name of a country where it is illegal to be gay?? really??? Shameful stuff really

Qatar airways should not be assimilated to the state of Qatar.
Neither should Qatar Foundation which operates more like a charity.
Qatar airways has been the best airline in the world for 2 years straight.

Furthermore, Qatar is going to host the 2022 world cup so you can't really say they haven't started creating a trend.

Being gay isn't illegal in Qatar. It's against the islamic sharia which provides a framework for the civil and penal laws in the country.

There is a thriving gay population in Qatar btw, not comparable to say Spain but Qatar =/= Saudi Arabia.

 

[diegomessi]

thank you for that info

 

[Decanus]

I think if we looked deeply, we'd find a reason of some kind to be opposed to every nation on earth.

 

[ammarfcb]

you guys ... barca ain't some saint club that doesn't care about money. i personally don't care what they put on the chest as long as long as our players play well and we have enough money to waste on a DM at the end of the year.

wood buy if nice design.

 

[adil_909]

qatar airways is a quality airline, arguably the best in the world. just like barca is arguably the best football team in the world. quality sponsor for a quality club. glad that the club is putting quality of sponsor above money.

 

[Der Kaiser]

qatar airways is a quality airline, arguably the best in the world. just like barca is arguably the best football team in the world. quality sponsor for a quality club. glad that the club is putting quality of sponsor above money.

that´s right