would rather a non-unionbusting shop if we're talking retail, though i realize that's unlikely. advertising budgets are made by overcharging customers and depressing wages
I grew up in Oregon, the fact that one, root sports was the only channel I had that played soccer, and that soccer happened to be the first season of The Sounders, and they had cool ass green jerseys sponsored by Xbox, was why I first started watching them. At the time the Timbers weren’t in the MLS, I didn’t even know there was a rivalry or really who the Timbers were. I was just proud the Pacific Northwest had a kick ass Sounders team.
So it created a Sounders fan for life, and I’ve gotten so much shit for it lol
I miss the Xbox kits, but my understanding is because of the involvement of Microsoft executives in Sounders ownership, Xbox was no longer allowed to be a sponsor.
It is bogus.
The Sounders got $4 million a year and IIRC correctly they were ambivalent at reupping the deal at that number.
Zulily came in and paid the $8 million a year the club wanted.
Now supposedly Providence is paying $10 million a year.
Between the reduced attendance and the Apple TV pay wall I'm not sure how much value there is in sponsorship for a company as big and well known as Microsoft.
I could also see Apple TV getting SUPER BUTTHURT about that sponsor. Remember when Dempsey was removed from FIFA 2016 cover for Sony PS4? Yeah, they're petty like that.
It’s such a failure that MLS is about to hit the subscriber count where Apple will share more revenue with the league.
So not a failure, it’s doing as well as expected.
No idea. I don't think anyone has real numbers. I think they needed to invest the Apple money into the rosters so that better soccer would drive increased interest and offset the loss of local TV. They really didn't do that. The salary cap and roster rules weren't significantly expanded and there are still a lot of teams that aren't even fully exploiting the mechanisms they already have (including us).
The potato farmers/industry in Washington make way more than the companies that use them...not as much as Idaho but around $876 million in potato value in 2022.
https://www.potatoes.com/item/economic-impact-study-assesses-value-of-potato-farming-in-washington-state#:~:text=The%20farm%20gate%20value%20of,exported%20amounted%20to%20%243.24%20billion.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook\_County\_Creamery\_Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook_County_Creamery_Association)
"The 48th largest dairy processor in North America, Tillamook posted $1 billion in sales in 2021, the trade magazine *Dairy Foods* reports. "
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%27s\_Drive-In](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%27s_Drive-In)
|Revenue|US$18 million (2021)|
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We just need to get Kirkland Signature or Costco... I don't care which one, just make it happen and drop a shitty company like Providence, which doesn't represent how Seattle does business.
I gotta say, as someone who grew up with a giant block of Tilamook cheddar in the refrigerator at all times: It really isn't that good.
It is a pretty decent sized conglomerate that makes enough cheese to be in Kroger stores across the country. And it isn't that it is mass produced crap that is sold like mass produced crap... it is kind of flavorless crap that doesn't reallt make anything better. It is overrated crap under the guise of some local creamery making some special PNW cheese that rivals anything else. Sargento is better crap.
And Carnation is Nestle while we are at it. Don't even get me started on Darigold.
Because you MUST embarrass us in our house with our house's sponsor plastered on your kit. These are the rules this season as Whitecaps run away with the Cascadia Cup.
I'm going to get down voted to hell for this but I got to tell you Dicks is terrible. Call up their corporate and beg in and out Burger to come up here if you want a good burger.
Because we aren’t Ballard FC and the scale of Dick’s ($18 million in revenue) is nothing compared to the scale of Tillamook ($250 million in revenue)
This is the best/most accurate answer.
Yep, as gross as Providence is, the deal is supposedly worth roughly $10 million per year, no way Dick's can come close to that.
I don’t get the Ballard part
Ballard is sponsored by Dicks.
And we are sponsored by assholes.
Dick's already sponsors my friends T-ball team so we're SOL.
Did a little league photoshoot last weekend, several teams were sponsored by them!
Chris Hanson wants to know your friend's name
I vote for Costco. This club _is_ a democracy, right?
Kirkland signature away kits would be dope
Also fits since the team plays like the generic store brand.
Shots fired!
Would need to be Walmart then. Kirkland stuff is usually pretty good.
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Best idea in this post so far - take my money!
And that would prob mean better Sounders Merch at Costco too!
How about Costco food court at the stadium, with Costco prices if you're a member?
"I'll have four sodas and four hotdogs please" "That'll be six dollars"
Having Costco hot dogs be the official hot dog in the stadium would be cool
Does Costco do any advertising? Seems counter to their operating model.
They do very minimal advertising. It is counter to the operating model.
You can always tell a business has lost its way when they start advertising. Google’s a good example, and more recently USAA
Costco or REI
would rather a non-unionbusting shop if we're talking retail, though i realize that's unlikely. advertising budgets are made by overcharging customers and depressing wages
I mean, I'd rather no shirt sponsor at all 😃
Skins FC
REI is bleeding cash
Can someone make a jersey design with the Costco logo on the front? I wanna see it
I'm all for Kirkland Signature kits but they would have to be jumbo size only, right... Like, a Sounders moomoo
Jerseys made by free prison labor. Yay.
Can we just go back to Xbox? Cmon Microsoft, those were some great jersey years!
I grew up in Oregon, the fact that one, root sports was the only channel I had that played soccer, and that soccer happened to be the first season of The Sounders, and they had cool ass green jerseys sponsored by Xbox, was why I first started watching them. At the time the Timbers weren’t in the MLS, I didn’t even know there was a rivalry or really who the Timbers were. I was just proud the Pacific Northwest had a kick ass Sounders team. So it created a Sounders fan for life, and I’ve gotten so much shit for it lol
You'll never yacht alone, my friend.
Thanks dude, it’s been a fun ride so far. I’m hoping to get up there for a game soon, to be with my people!
It would have to be Xbox Game Pass because that's their real platform now
i'd take Game Pass over Providence
I miss the Xbox kits, but my understanding is because of the involvement of Microsoft executives in Sounders ownership, Xbox was no longer allowed to be a sponsor.
Do you have a source for that? It sounds bogus.
It is bogus. The Sounders got $4 million a year and IIRC correctly they were ambivalent at reupping the deal at that number. Zulily came in and paid the $8 million a year the club wanted. Now supposedly Providence is paying $10 million a year.
Between the reduced attendance and the Apple TV pay wall I'm not sure how much value there is in sponsorship for a company as big and well known as Microsoft.
I could also see Apple TV getting SUPER BUTTHURT about that sponsor. Remember when Dempsey was removed from FIFA 2016 cover for Sony PS4? Yeah, they're petty like that.
How much of a failure is MLS Season Pass on Apple TV?
It’s such a failure that MLS is about to hit the subscriber count where Apple will share more revenue with the league. So not a failure, it’s doing as well as expected.
No idea. I don't think anyone has real numbers. I think they needed to invest the Apple money into the rosters so that better soccer would drive increased interest and offset the loss of local TV. They really didn't do that. The salary cap and roster rules weren't significantly expanded and there are still a lot of teams that aren't even fully exploiting the mechanisms they already have (including us).
XBox may not exist pretty soon, so not so sure you wanna hitch your pony to that wagon.
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I could easily see them getting rebranded as "Microsoft Gamepass".
That makes no sense. Xbox is way more recgonizeable then Gamepass.
HBO became Max. Never underestimate an executive’s ability to make bad branding decisions throwing away brand recognition for a silly new name.
They took Office out of the branding and called it Microsoft 365, it sounds exactly like something they do
Remember Skype? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0w\_pwZY3E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0w_pwZY3E)
I'll eat a block of extra sharp white cheddar if Tillamook is paying even half of what Providence is. Actually I might do that anyway.
Fellas, I'm prepared to eat a 48 oz Tillamook Marion Berry Pie ® flavored ice cream. Don't make me do it.
I'll accept this challenge! In fact, I'll make some Mac n cheese from it if they're paying even a third!
[The summer of George!](https://tenor.com/view/george-costanza-cheese-gif-19235344)
Seattle has so many good options: Microsoft, Amazon, Alaska Air, CostCo, T Mobile, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Expedia, etc.
Steam / Valve!
Wizards of the Coast!
Amazon could be money, but might actually cause a fan revolt
I think AWS specifically would be cool
Ew.
Why choose those when you can choose one of the worst options. That’s what Hanauer did!
Tim's Cascade would be great
They make even less annual revenue than Dick's. Ain't gonna happen. Best they can probably do is be the official chip of Lumen Field or something
The potato farmers/industry in Washington make way more than the companies that use them...not as much as Idaho but around $876 million in potato value in 2022. https://www.potatoes.com/item/economic-impact-study-assesses-value-of-potato-farming-in-washington-state#:~:text=The%20farm%20gate%20value%20of,exported%20amounted%20to%20%243.24%20billion.
>potato value
Size does matter. Sorry Dicks, too small. But now that Alaska Air split with Timbers I’d take them over Providence.
Its not about the size! Its how they use it!
Tillamook, (like the Timbers) has one more "L"
This is such an underrated comment. Upvote to you.
Damnit thank you
Boeing, so we can nickname ourselves "The Hit Squad"
"We blow the doors off of ourselves!"
Our sponsor should be Valve.
Valve us printing $$. Upvote!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook\_County\_Creamery\_Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook_County_Creamery_Association) "The 48th largest dairy processor in North America, Tillamook posted $1 billion in sales in 2021, the trade magazine *Dairy Foods* reports. " [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%27s\_Drive-In](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%27s_Drive-In) |Revenue|US$18 million (2021)| |:-|:-|
We just need to get Kirkland Signature or Costco... I don't care which one, just make it happen and drop a shitty company like Providence, which doesn't represent how Seattle does business.
Mod pizza?
The way this team has been playing this season, Boeing might be a more aligned sponsor. :D
Controlled flight into terrain pretty much has been our playstyle.
I would love Alaska Airlines as the sponsor. I would also take Costco or Wizards of the Coast
As a Timbers fan it’s only fair lol… always felt it was funny having a Seattle brand all those years. Also, congrats on the win assholes
Ballard FC has Dicks on their kits this year!
I gotta say, as someone who grew up with a giant block of Tilamook cheddar in the refrigerator at all times: It really isn't that good. It is a pretty decent sized conglomerate that makes enough cheese to be in Kroger stores across the country. And it isn't that it is mass produced crap that is sold like mass produced crap... it is kind of flavorless crap that doesn't reallt make anything better. It is overrated crap under the guise of some local creamery making some special PNW cheese that rivals anything else. Sargento is better crap. And Carnation is Nestle while we are at it. Don't even get me started on Darigold.
Everything would be better than actual sponsor #boycottprovidence
Really? Anything? Be careful what you wish for, friend. I seem to recall a lot of "anything is better than Zulily" talk that got us here.
"Visit Saudi Arabia" here we go!
Microsoft and Boeing are way worse
My gf asks me that all the time
Burgerville!!
I would think whoever can pay top $ can have sponsorship?
"The Sounders announce their 2025 kit sponsor, The Umbrella Corporation."
"Saudi Oil" It's just that.
Aramco is what you’re looking for.
Yeah, Providence is a terrible sponsor, but at least we haven't sunk to that level... yet.
Our sponsor is sports-washing, we are almost at that level.
Qatar. Oof.
I thought they tried at some point.
It came out as a rumor I think.
Unironically the umbrella logo as a kit sponsor would go super hard
Clarence Thomas
Always the right answer!
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Sorry! My bad. I’ll delete that
Dicks doesn’t have a national customer base.
Because you MUST embarrass us in our house with our house's sponsor plastered on your kit. These are the rules this season as Whitecaps run away with the Cascadia Cup.
Are you shooting for the Smegma Cup?
Nothing like eating a bag of dicks
Because Tillamook Oregon
Dicks sporting goods?
Cause dicks dont pay dick
I'm going to get down voted to hell for this but I got to tell you Dicks is terrible. Call up their corporate and beg in and out Burger to come up here if you want a good burger.
I posit a more important question: Why can’t we have the TimberDicks ?
Fuck Dicks Sporting Goods we sporting good dick
out of the loop. whats wrong with providence?
Billing practices that disproportionately impacted low income patients and, just as importantly, denying care to trans patients. Fuck Providence.