"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"Josh" wrote in message SNIP

I guess the core question is, does anyone else feel like it's
inappropriate for people to endorse "any product" recieve endorsement
monies
just because it's a sponsor and the mouthpiece is a name competitor?
Just
wondering how rest of you feel. ok...shoot.

My personal opinion is that it's not right to endorse a product and/or
service/company if the
endorsee (?) doesn't use it. Now, this is just me speaking for myself,
but as many of you know, I'm
working on getting sponsors for my hopefully soon to air television show.
It takes a great deal of
money to get a show on the air and in order to do so, I need sponsors and
their corresponding funds.
BUT, I'm not going to sign a contract unless it is a quality item that I
would consider using
personally.

A case in point, I was contacted by a boat company and offered a
sponsorship package of two boats
and some cash. Now, this sounds like a great deal and it was. The only
problem with the whole deal
was it was an aluminum jet drive boat. Anyone that knows me knows that I
am a fiberglass
performance boat enthusiast. If I were to suddenly appear on screen in
this rig, anyone that knew
me would know that I signed the deal only for the money. I won't do that!
So I politely declined,
and explained my stance. The potential sponsor seemed impressed, but
disappointed at the same time.

I'ld have to say that glass boats certainly have their place. I have two of
them, (The Skeeter is for sale) but a well rounded TV show might need to be
open to possibilites that aren't necessarily your own. You might consider
other options. An aluminum jet would be the perfect boat in some
circumstances. I love my Baker tunnel hull, but I just ordered a Waco 16
for back water running myself. If you could have balanced that out with the
potential sponsor you might have been able to offer more and serve more
useful information to more viewers. JMHO.

I do understand your view, and I agree with you. I'm just not sure that you
shouldn't be open to other possibilities in your base choice about glass
boats.

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Bob La Londe
Yuma, Az
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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