I think a lot is contra (partially Philips, Molten, Virgin Blue, Fox, etc). Plus offsetting Rick Burton's salary and a few of the others.

Other than that, I have no idea. I think the deals would probably be smaller than people might think.

Would love to know the details though!

i would think burton would not be cheap, last ceo or commish would not have been on any where near what hes getting,

still at least theres sponsors on board, all be it that not all info on the dispersion of funds is known

I wonder why they don't declare any details. If the AFL has a sponsor come on board (eg. pre-season comp) they always give details (not exact terms & conditions) like the amount paid and term.

Also isn't the latest competition illegal?

I reckon that you can not have a competition where you have to sign up to a product to enter....could be wrong.

Nutwork, the details could set a precedent and might even be embarrassingly low.

Thomo - $300k is usually assumed for Burton's pay I think.

i think there needs to be a level of transperancy as in CA where you can actually look up and see the pay range of the executive and ceo of the oragnisation, i mean it doesnt show the actually amount but it does state the wage bracket (eg 41-44k and then stated the bonus incentives and the award it comes under so at least with in a 10% margin you know what the administrators of the game are paid, simple things like that your not giving away the actuall pay but you are allowing the people a sense of knowledge of the situation,

another example is a cricket club i played for who paid a executive to run the club each year stated publically the amount that was paid in wages then indicated the pay bracket they were in, so ppl knew roughly what was being paid without actually knowing if that makes sense doing that creates a better level of understanding so the end user (joe blo) can understand

The question is though.... Do you want everyone knowing how much you earn????

Every company gets money from somewhere, hence should in theory should publicise how much every employee is being paid

exact amount shouldnt be public knowledge but they should atleast advise what range there salary is like most major companies do

Yeah the rule changed a few years ago.

Umpires are actually getting a py rise out of their latest enterprise bargaining meeting, as well as the NBL committing to a better development system, so I would hazard a guess some sponsor money (probably C2C) would be going in there.

I guess if you had the time to go through the NBL annual report, and that of every sponsor, you might be able to start working out the deal, but who really wants to go to that trouble?

I would be happy for these sponsors to be coming in at bargain basement prices, and then when they see what a great product they have attached to, they will be happy to up the ante.

My 2 cents anyway.

But then bar coverage on the NBL site, where else are these sponsors really mentioned? Only Philips, by naming the regular season, or AXA, by nabbing the grand final series, would really have drawn that much publicity.

e.g., Distinctive Homes, mentioned in match reports and ticket advertising, would get more coverage in the regular media. AFL "official car of the"-type sponsors get FTA coverage which is a massive difference.

That said, $50k is still a bargain. We should pool some funds to request that flares be the "Official Pants of the NBL" and make Jason Smith do public appearances dressed in them...