Incubus77546 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I can picture that in the future (5-15 years from now) that poker will have more endorsement and sponsorship opportunities. I see people being sponsored by companies such as McDonalds, Coca Cola, Nike, and many other non-poker companies such in the way of NASCAR or Golf has their sponsor deals.I was wondering if anyone else thinks it could be like this one day. And lets say it does happen, would this be good or bad for the game of poker in your opinion.And how would you feel if a future Main Event champ was sporting a McDonalds logo hat?I'd love to hear your opinions. Link to post Share on other sites
barrec 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 i could see it happening...though i wouldn't be rooting for it. poker players are already sponsored, but my companies and products that are actually related to poker. i would hate to think that pros were reduced to look to outside companies for money. if this were the case, it would tell me that either the particular player wasn't "good" enough to get sponsored by a poker 'site or was not respected enough by his or her peers. Link to post Share on other sites
ObeyTheDog 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I thought so a few years ago. But now that the PPT has died and how poker is getting pushed back again and viewed in a negative way still (and a lot of companies don't 'gambling' associated with their image), I think it's still going to be awhile, if ever, that we see it go to the next level. They aren't athletes or rockstars. I think dealing with sponsorships on the individual level will continue to be the norm with beer/online poker sites being the leading sponsors for years to come. Link to post Share on other sites
Incubus77546 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 I thought so a few years ago. But now that the PPT has died and how poker is getting pushed back again and viewed in a negative way still (and a lot of companies don't 'gambling' associated with their image), I think it's still going to be awhile, if ever, that we see it go to the next level. They aren't athletes or rockstars. I think dealing with sponsorships on the individual level will continue to be the norm with beer/online poker sites being the leading sponsors for years to come.This is why I said around 5-15 years from now. I agree that most companies dont want gambling associated with their image and especially with UIGEA I dont see it anytime soon. But in all honesty I do see it happening in the future and I think it will be semi-good for poker. If it happens I will guarantee you that WSOP and WPT events will have A LOT more entrants than you would ever expect to see nowadays.Also I'd like to know if you were approached by a company and they wanted to sponsor you would you take the deal even if it were a company like say Viagra or Tampax? Link to post Share on other sites
barrec 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 This is why I said around 5-15 years from now. I agree that most companies dont want gambling associated with their image and especially with UIGEA I dont see it anytime soon. But in all honesty I do see it happening in the future and I think it will be semi-good for poker. If it happens I will guarantee you that WSOP and WPT events will have A LOT more entrants than you would ever expect to see nowadays.Also I'd like to know if you were approached by a company and they wanted to sponsor you would you take the deal even if it were a company like say Viagra or Tampax? yes. sponsorship is sponsorship. money is money. sponsorship is money. i like money.but i think in order for "non-poker" companies, ie mcdonald's, et al..., to sponsor a poker event, the laws will have to be changed in a america first about online gambling. i think online advertising would be quite a bit more profitable than wsop/wpt/ept events. if those events are as big as you project them to be, i imagine the field would be diluded of popular names (as some/many of them are now)...an that the online game would prove to have the biggest audience by far (as i am sure it does now.) Link to post Share on other sites
qyayqi 11 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 people don't say "that golfer has juan valdez on his shirt, he must suck." if/when companies sponsor players, it'll just be more money entering the poker economy. that isn't a bad thing & shouldn't be looked down upon. Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 3 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 They aren't athletes or rockstars.You horrifically underestimate the sex appeal of poker. From Howard Lederer to Annie Duke and Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker ... they're all the bomb, as the kids say. Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Didn't I read on this forum somewhere that Phil H got a deal with Burger King for a promotion because of his 11th bracelet ? Link to post Share on other sites
mcfarmer 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 please tell me this isnt the future of poker........http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/vi...mp;x=30&y=6this guy makes me sickwhat a dumbass"its only about the main event" oh ok....tell that to the thousands of people wasting mobneys to make it big.....ps. terrible night for me at the tables...... ive lost over 500 tonight, biggest lost of my life...... very upset.....put a hole in the wall, covered it up with a picture so gf wouldnt see it, but she noticed the blood on my knuckle, what a bad beat, that makes like every move ive tried tonight get called by a medium pair, wtf is wrong with me............dsfsdlkf;jlkasdjflks;afdalsjdflk,end rant/please someone put a gun to my head and pull the trigger/please?k/thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Tiltinagain 973 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 You horrifically underestimate the sex appeal of poker. From Howard Lederer to Annie Duke and Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker ... they're all the bomb, as the kids say. Ummm...1995 called, they want their saying back. Link to post Share on other sites
litlebullet 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 please tell me this isnt the future of poker........http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/vi...mp;x=30&y=6this guy makes me sickwhat a dumbass"its only about the main event" oh ok....tell that to the thousands of people wasting mobneys to make it big.....jamie gold is retarded. Link to post Share on other sites
code1390 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I'm guessing hes talking about the Jamie Gold interview. Link to post Share on other sites
Cappy37 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 jamie gold is retarded.I think was Jamie meant to say was "The 2006 main event is the only poker tournament in which I am going to matter". Link to post Share on other sites
Jambot 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 In fairness to Mr Gold he is expressing his opinion that to him the main event is the one that really matters. He's not stating that the other events aren't important just that he prefers the format of the big one.As for the sponsorship thing, there's an interview with Jeffrey Pollack on June 13th on this page http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/mediacenter/f_video.asp where he chats about it a bit. Reasonably interesting viewing. Link to post Share on other sites
Ec5 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Good question. 15 years from now. One moment............. Link to post Share on other sites
Ec5 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Good question. 15 years from now. One moment............. Sorry for the delay. My time machine was having problems getting started (I have to kick the damn thing just right, or else it keeps stalling). Where was I? Oh yes. 2022. A good year! Anyway, in 2022, nobody seems to playing poker anymore. Apparently, in 2020, they found a cure for AIDS and all the STD's. Also, pregnancy only happens if a woman forgets to drink the tap water every day.So, what do you think people are mostly doing? That's right. They're banging each other morning, noon and night. No more wars. Viagra is even sold at Toy's R'Us. Except the ones sold there are called Viagra Toddler and only last 1 hour (churches give them away for free). Regular Viagra lasts for 3 weeks. I'm not sure how long the Viagra: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ones last? As well, the pants had expandable zippers made of soft foam.There are 20 ESPN channels, broadcast in something called Triple-Penetration. Looks great. None of them have any poker shows though. As of 2021, gay marriage was allowed worldwide, which explains all the gay tv shows they have on. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad host a lame-asss cooking show called Real Men Don't Eat Fish on the Food Network and Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari have a show called You want to stick it...where?" on Spermo-Vision. It's an all gay porn channel. Ahh...I was just flipping through the hotel channels and there it was. But I changed it right away. I swear. So, 15 years from now I didn't see any evidence of poker sponsorships or even any Casino's, but I only stayed for a week, in Vermont. I did my research online using Poogle (Google merged with Purina-had something to do with a tainted dog food scandal), and I did a lot of banging (the blow-up dolls are now so life-like). There's no online poker either. I don't think it's illegal, it's just nobody seems to care.I don't intend to go back to 2022 anytime soon. Too many fruits. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I prefer vegetables myself. Like a nice, big, long carrot. OMG, I'm fuk'n gay! Fuk'n 2022! Link to post Share on other sites
SilentButDeadly3 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ok, did anyone see how SHINY Jamie's sunglasses were? They were like mirrors. That would be nice to have when he's peaking down at his hole cards. :bubble_lol:Anyone else feel awkward when Jamie dropped the f-bomb?? Seemed out of place, like Jamie was trying to act bad @$$ or something. Link to post Share on other sites
psujohn 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Honestly I've grown to respect Jamie a little bit. I think he did pretty well in his last PAD appearance. And you can't call a guy retarded because he says "the main event is the only one that matter to me". If you do you'd have to call DN retarded as well since he's expressed a preference for deep stack events (WPT, ME) over the short/fast WSOP preliminary events. Link to post Share on other sites
Dogpatch 2 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sorry for the delay. My time machine was having problems getting started (I have to kick the damn thing just right, or else it keeps stalling). Where was I? Oh yes. 2022. A good year! Anyway, in 2022, nobody seems to playing poker anymore. Apparently, in 2020, they found a cure for AIDS and all the STD's. Also, pregnancy only happens if a woman forgets to drink the tap water every day.So, what do you think people are mostly doing? That's right. They're banging each other morning, noon and night. No more wars. Viagra is even sold at Toy's R'Us. Except the ones sold there are called Viagra Toddler and only last 1 hour (churches give them away for free). Regular Viagra lasts for 3 weeks. I'm not sure how long the Viagra: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ones last? As well, the pants had expandable zippers made of soft foam.There are 20 ESPN channels, broadcast in something called Triple-Penetration. Looks great. None of them have any poker shows though. As of 2021, gay marriage was allowed worldwide, which explains all the gay tv shows they have on. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad host a lame-asss cooking show called Real Men Don't Eat Fish on the Food Network and Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari have a show called You want to stick it...where?" on Spermo-Vision. It's an all gay porn channel. Ahh...I was just flipping through the hotel channels and there it was. But I changed it right away. I swear. So, 15 years from now I didn't see any evidence of poker sponsorships or even any Casino's, but I only stayed for a week, in Vermont. I did my research online using Poogle (Google merged with Purina-had something to do with a tainted dog food scandal), and I did a lot of banging (the blow-up dolls are now so life-like). There's no online poker either. I don't think it's illegal, it's just nobody seems to care.I don't intend to go back to 2022 anytime soon. Too many fruits. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I prefer vegetables myself. Like a nice, big, long carrot. OMG, I'm fuk'n gay! Fuk'n 2022! Link to post Share on other sites
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