That was a different area further east. https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/0...as-years-long-project-kicks-off-newest-phase/
Baldwin had better be working on that shirt sponsor. The lack of a deal may have been the biggest failing of Glassman-Chrein. I don’t know how he’s supposed to pull that together with such little time. Im trying to recall how close to the season start the Fire have announced past new shirt sponsors and I’ve no recollection.
People need to go back and read "the Beckham Experiment" for a reminder of how hilariously bare bones MLS was back in the day. And as I've said a lot, it's the time commitment more than the money commitment that's keeping people from Fire games. The games don't really cost much more than what you'd otherwise spend on Saturday night entertainment, but why spend either on a bad product?
Ding, ding!! Nothing like sitting in the Waldron parking garage for one hr, and making your 5 year old exit the car to pee on a wall.
I think this means there will not be a kit sponsor for this season…ya? home kit reveal… https://www.instagram.com/p/Con2lLmPqdP/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=
last year of the navy jersey I don't think no sponsor on the kit reveal means no jersey sponsor at all as someone who came to soccer later in life after 30 years of american sports, jersey sponsorships are so tacky to me
I played soccer in the 70s and I still find them tacky. I still wear my 2000 Fire jersey because I don't want to wear an advertisement. And I didn't buy a Wolves jersey once because Doritos was the sponsor and I didn't feel like advertising a product I'm allergic to.
So Morningstar, then as a last resort? That maybe an awkward conversation between Dave Baldwin and Joe Mansueto.
In the nearly 30 years I've used their services I've never had the impression that Morningstar spent a lot on advertising.
I think their advertising is basically being the only company in their field that 95% of people have ever heard of.
I mean it's not unheard of for us (although from a business perspective, it's a really bad look). Julian Posada did a bang up job not getting a sponsor in 2011.
It didn't have a sponsor across the front....but it read "Fire". Hhmmmm..... I know, I know, but Jez, if it isn't an extension of crass commercialism, why the hell can't it say "Fire"?
Say whatever you want about billionaires in general, but Mansueto basically created an industry employing 10,000 people out of nothing.
I'm a limited capitalist. Some people work hard and have great ideas that make life better. They should be rewarded. That said, why does anyone need $1BB? Mansueto is probably one of the better billionaires, but that is an embarrassingly low bar. I can't imagine having billions and seeing people live off the scraps they find in the dump and being like, "this is okay."
Like many companies, the company I worked at as an hourly union employee for 4 decades had a mission/values statement. Paraphrasing the one most important to me was "All stakeholders (owners, employees, customers, suppliers, community) must profit". In a perfect world all stakeholders would profit fairly. Our world is far from perfect, but that shouldn't stop us from trying I'm not going to get into a value judgement of the class, but among billionaires I give Mansueto an A- grade within that class. Considering some of the other sports team owners in this city (Reinsdorf, Ricketts, Wirtz), Mansueto stands head and shoulders above them all.
Agreed Easy, they DON'T see "people live off the scraps." They just move past it. It's a different world, altogether.