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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5282355, member: 173"] I have a buddy who works on sponsorships for an NHL team. They had some deal a few years ago where there was a food giveaway if they scored five goals in a game. Twice that year they got the fifth goal and had the big promotional announcement…while down 8-5. The problem isn’t so much that teams aren’t aware of that risk - it’s that bringing it up in a contract negotiation -“hey, if we really suck and we’re losing when we score the fifth goal, can we move the announcement to a timeout or the end of the game?” - is really stupid idea since you’ll make sponsors think you know you’re going to be bad, which means attendance will be worse than they think - which means they are signing a bad deal. It’s not just a Syracuse thing, it’s almost every team at every level that has some risk of a poorly timed promotional announcement they are contractually obligated to do. [/QUOTE]