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Its seems there is an update to the story that he has won an injunction, however story is behind a paywall
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Wow that is umm, interesting.
So LDM is the new Larkham? |
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The interesting part for me is this bit
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Are Supercars blocking this sponsorship because it is illegal? Or are they blocking it because they don't want the series to be associated with that product? You really don't want to turn away sponsors willing to pump this much money into the series surely, especially one of the "lower" (for want of a better word) teams, especially if the sponsorship is legal in the eyes of the government? |
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There is no grey area here, Freechoices appears to be the brand of Tobacco and as such it seems LDM thought it could use a "version" of the branding (think Pack Leader Racing), but V8Supercars torpedoed the idea.
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Racer69 it is very much Supercars problem - the govt legislation would probably hurt the series more than any individual team if it went ahead.
Sounds like Supercars have done the right thing to block this but it days make you wonder what on earth LDM were thinking to even consider tobacco sponsorship. |
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"FreeChoice" is a retailer - that sells admittedly primarily cigarettes and tobacco products, but also retails gifts and the such.
Ergo, I wonder if this actually is against the anti tobacco legislation? Or have Supercars deemed that the potential sponsorship of one of it's REC's was against it's vision statement? |
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Where does it stop though? 7 Eleven and Bottle O shops retail tobacco and related products don't they?
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Unfortunately given what Freechoices does - I can't see how it does comply with the legislation. Personally I think the legislation is over reaching, despite my personal distaste for smoking. |
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This will be a blessing in disguise for LDM. The sport doesn't need sponsors like these, particularly when it is trying to promote a family-friendly image.
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The sport happily welcomes & promotes sponsorship from alcohol and betting agencies, how is that for your "family-friendly" image? |
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REC owners need alot of money these days to put the cars on the grid, and the series is not swimming with sponsors at the moment. Sets a dangerous precedent too, what happens of Qantas or Tiger want to sponsor a team, would that be blocked because Virgin Australia backs the series? Are all the business owners who sponsor Supercar teams squeaky clean? |
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Anyway the point being there is no law against gambling or booze advertising, there is an explicit law against tobacco advertising that someone has tripped over. |
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Has happened for years in NASCAR, cost some teams sponsors when Nextel took over in 2004 which forbid competing companies from signing new deals backing cars (eg.. Childress weren't allowed to renew their sponsorship with Cingular after the deal ended)
It didn't happen in Australia thankfully when Shell backed the ATCC and SCS. |
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Didn't it happen @ Bathurst, when Denyer had to remove program/network branding as it clashed with the broadcaster?
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