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The World Cup is the single biggest sporting event in NationStates. Such an immense contest is a challenge for organisers, but a great opportunity for advertisers to reach a global audience.

The official sponsors of the Silver Jubilee World Cup will be able to exploit this opportunity and help meet the challenge. They will be able to provide resources for organisation, including the provision of varied equipment and technology - ticket machines, referee kit, scoreboards and much else besides. They will also gain advertising space at World Cup stadia and host cities in both Kaze Progressa and Audioslavia.

We are looking for six Primary Sponsors who will provide this for the duration of the World Cup. They may also be able to provide sponsorship for affliated tournaments, subject to the approval of the hosts of these tournaments. There will be one Primary Sponsor in each of six areas:


Alcoholic drinks
Apparel and sports equipment
Digital life
Financial services
Soft drinks
Transport


There will be eight Secondary Sponsors, not tied to a specific area, who will also be allocated advertising space for this World Cup only. There may be, at the discretion of the requisite hosts, separate Secondary Sponsors - probably fewer in number -for affliated tournaments.

Bids will be made in secret (OOC: TG me. Open bids will be rejected. Bumps are accepted but no more than one bump per nation per day.) and each country can provide no more than two Primary Sponsor applications and no more than two Secondary Sponsor applications. Bidding ends on Thursday October 13 2005 .

[i]OOC: the value of each bid will be based upon the GDP of the country on October 13 as calculated by NSEconomy, multiplied by a random constant of between 1 and 1.25. The final combination of sponsors will be the combination with the highest bid value. I know this is capitalist, but it's realistic.
The categories for Primary Sponsors are mostly the same as those that are being used for major WC sponsorship for 2010 and 2014, except 'automotive' has been replaced by 'transport'.

Molson Hockey Canadian requests to sponsor the "Alcoholic Drinks" for World Cup 25. As one of the largest drink companies in NationStates as well as the richest company in Hockey Canada, we would supply the World Cup with as much alcohol as needed (free of charge). A portable pub/bar would be present at every venue in the World Cup complete with roofing, bathrooms and taxi services to reduce drink-related accidents. If any questions/comments are to be needed, contacts us via Government telegram or here.

The Oliverrian multinational company Pepsioli would like to provide the soft drinks for the cup. As they already sponsor the the stadium in which Oliverry plays their qualifying games, they will, we think, be a good sponsor for the cup

(OOC: TG me. Open bids will be rejected.

I love it when people read all the rules.

Open Communiqué

The Territory of Guffingford has sent Kaze Progressa a telegram, and we are confident our offers have been noted. Once again, our thanks for your attention. Guffingford's new economic policy allows sponsorship and more international investment programmes, so you have the right to enjoy our first sponsorship project abroad.

Ministry of Financial Affairs representative.

what do you mean by transport?

It includes car manufacturers (in fact, IRL the category is limited to car manufacturers), airlines, train operating companies and anyone involved in transport of any type.

And to prevent others asking, the 'Digital Life' category 'spans all key technologies in consumer electronics, including audiovisual devices, game consoles and personal computers.' (IRL it's gone to Sony, that quote is from FIFA's press release when this happened (http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,106084,00.html).)

So I think that Swilatian Air Company, Swilatia's largest airline can provide transport.


Hard to run an airline when they can't read, isnt it?

Hard to run an airline when they can't read, isnt it?
I can read.

I can read.
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OOC: TG me. Open bids will be rejected.

The WC25 Organising Committee report 'very pleasing' levels of interest for Primary Sponsor status, with offers for all six categories and more believed to be on the way.

However, a spokesperson reports that 'there have been relatively few applications for Secondary Sponsor status. This is still a highly prestigious status and it is open to any company in any field, even if they are in the same country as a prospective Primary Sponsor.'

OOC: Even if your country has a sponsor that has applied for Primary Sponsor status, you can bid for Secondary Sponsor status with up to two different companies. Ideally these will be in a field not covered by the six Primary Sponsors to prevent overlap, but this isn't compulsory.

Bidding ends on Thursday October 13 2005 [IRL dateline].


The DFA would like to enquire to see who exactly will be sponsoring World Cup 25, seeing as the date has passed.

The WC25 Organising Committee have confirmed the following list of sponsors:

PRIMARY SPONSORS
ALCOHOL: Orcinus [Starblaydia]
APPAREL: Ediraf [Starblaydia]
DIGITAL LIFE: Fony Corp. [Fmjphoenix]
FINANCIAL SERVICES: DeVerran Management Inc. [Guffingford]
SOFT DRINKS: SunnyFizz [West Ariddia]
TRANSPORT: LivEng Airways [Liverpool England]

SECONDARY SPONSORS
Portland Iron Works [Sarzonia]
Stoner Lemmings [New Montreal States]
NMSoft [New Montreal States]
Starblaydi Airlines [Starblaydia]
SportOn! [West Ariddia]
Yumbo Jumbo [Andossa Se Mitrin Vega]
Adam-Cola [Adam Island]
Chemindus [Druida]


The responsibilities and sponsorship rights of Secondary Sponsors are subject to confirmation and negotiation especially where there is crossover with Primary Sponsors but a draft document from the Organising Committee has suggested the following:


Portland Iron Works to:
* assist in the building of new stadia and the maintanence/rebuilding of existing stadia;
* potentially provide assistance in the security operation for the Cup

Stoner Lemmings to:
* play a gig in each of the 32 nations involved in the finals, as they had themselves proposed;
* potentially could be involved in the writing of the official theme music.

NMSoft to:
* be given the rights to produce the official video game of World Cup 25.

Starblaydi Airlines to:
* assist LivEng Airways in handling extra demand for air travel expected for World Cup 25...
* ...though as primary sponsors, LivEng Airways will provide all official flights;
* be given an increased number of landing slots at Progressan and Audioslavian airports during the tournament.

SportOn! to:
* combine their expertise in electronics and apparel to provide a microchipped match ball for goal-line decisions.

Yumbo Jumbo to:
* provide a separate flavour for each qualifying nation, as they had proposed in their bid.

Adam-Cola to:
* be permitted to use the World Cup name in packaging and advertising...
* ...but only the Primary Sponsor drink SunnyFizz will be sold inside the stadia.
* In addition, only SunnyFizz can call their product the Official Soft Drink of World Cup 25.

Chemindus to:
* provide drug-testing services as required, along with any other assistance they can provide.

The UNIX User Group KaMaRi requests the official video game for the world cup to be released Open Source because otherwise, it must not be imported into Rejistania.

Yumbo Jumbo is proud to be the official bubble gum of WC25. Now where should we publish the comprehensive list of flavors and their respective teams?

Yumbo Jumbo is proud to be the official bubble gum of WC25. Now where should we publish the comprehensive list of flavors and their respective teams?

Do it in the WC25 Pre-Cup thread and get a bonus for it, perhaps? Then maybe turn that into a Wiki article?

ccol. Thanks. I will get on that. Lots of flavors to decide who gets what. lol

ccol. Thanks. I will get on that. Lots of flavors to decide who gets what. lol

Just remember Starblaydia = Purple, lol

But now I cant find the thread :(

World Cup 25 Pre-Cup RP Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=447750)

a draft document from the Organising Committee has suggested the following:

SportOn! to:
* combine their expertise in electronics and apparel to provide a microchipped match ball for goal-line decisions.


SportOn! would be pleased to provide such equipment, and we would like to thank the Organising Committee for entrusting us with this responsability. We have already begun working on the project.

My esteemed reader,
I am surprised and happy at the same time. Your eye for quality in business information as well as sound economic planning and preperation is unmatched, and we are delighted to say we will support you wherever and whenever needed. To show you our gratitude, we shall wire an amount of ÐG 8.200.000,- to your new World Cup bankaccount in the most wealthy financial establishment in Guffingford, the First National Banking & Trust Company, and to finance several key projects of your choice. The annual interest rate has been customly designed for your needs, and currently stands at 5%.

Once again, our most humble thanks.

- Mr. Ludwig DeVerran, CEO of DeVerran Management Inc.
- Mr. John Saul Rodamill, CFO of DeVerran Management Inc.