Alcohol sponsorship and rugby, what are our views?

[shane90]

What do we make of companies such as Heineken being involved in our top sporting competitions? Does it change the way you perceive such alcohol companies when you associate them with rugby? Let us know your thoughts and fill out this short five minute survey here.
Many thanks to those who do fill it out.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13_NK9Pxh3S03qJLtS7R4JyfYw8v8tdjUdkKgc3XiBgM/viewform

 

[Vaquer]

It's bad

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

It's bad

Why is it bad?

I think it’s good, much better than the relentless gambling sponsorship and adverts that just ruins people’s lives.

 

[Vaquer]

Why is it bad?

Deleterious for human health. Advertising should be restricted so people buy less.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

OP graduated, had a full career, and retired before this conversation started

 

[Which Tyler]

OP graduated, had a full career, and retired before this conversation started

Nah, OP dropped out.
No-one answered their thesis questionnaire and they failed the thesis, and thus the whole course.

Has spent the last 11 years working for Starbucks, whilst dreaming of starting their own independent café / library.
Uni in 2013, so born in the 90s... Is just about ready to accept that they'll never have saved enough for a deposit, so is essentially settling until they can inherit something (if "lucky" enough to ever do so).

 

[Kiwiwomble]

@Vaquer how did you find this thread?

 

[Vaquer]

@Vaquer how did you find this thread?

Searched "alcohol"

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Searched "alcohol"

Why search that?

 

[Which Tyler]

Why search that?

Thought it was Tesco.com

 

[Vaquer]

Why search that?

I was hungover and not liking it, and remembered back to the Brisbane Test seeing Lions fans queueing up to buy alcohol at BWS before the game which was a little odd by Australian sports standards

 

[Brown Bottle]

I was hungover and not liking it, and remembered back to the Brisbane Test seeing Lions fans queueing up to buy alcohol at BWS before the game which was a little odd by Australian sports standards

Really? Why was that odd?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

I think there should be more of it and the water should be replaced with beer. Anyone still able to pass a sobriety test after half time should be made to sit in the corner and think about what they've done.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I think it's important that we as a group recognise that we don't need to watch rugby in order to drink beer.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Forget AI. Forget the internet.

The brewer who comes up with yeast free beer really will change the world. My world anyway. Pints of vodka or wine just aren’t the same.

I find it odd that a product is legal, taxed to death and widely available yet has heavily restricted advertising. Educate, but don’t treat us as babies - the risks are known and we can choose whether to take them.

TV ads have never been the same since Carling Black Label.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Forget AI. Forget the internet.

The brewer who comes up with yeast free beer really will change the world. My world anyway. Pints of vodka or wine just aren't the same.

I find it odd that a product is legal, taxed to death and widely available yet has heavily restricted advertising. Educate, but don't treat us as babies - the risks are known and we can choose whether to take them.

TV ads have never been the same since Carling Black Label.

One of the top alcohol adverts

 

[Kiwiwomble]

I think there should be more of it and the water should be replaced with beer. Anyone still able to pass a sobriety test after half time should be made to sit in the corner and think about what they've done.

im am constantly disappointing when i ask 3rd grade to back up for 2nd grade and they turn up with less than 2 beers under their belt

 

[Vaquer]

Really? Why was that odd?

People drink at the stadiums and in pubs but not so much buy more to have on their walk to the ground

 

[Vaquer]

Forget AI. Forget the internet.

The brewer who comes up with yeast free beer really will change the world. My world anyway. Pints of vodka or wine just aren't the same.

I find it odd that a product is legal, taxed to death and widely available yet has heavily restricted advertising. Educate, but don't treat us as babies - the risks are known and we can choose whether to take them.

TV ads have never been the same since Carling Black Label.

Unrestricted advertising isn't education

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Educate, but don't treat us as babies - the risks are known and we can choose whether to take them.

This, in spades. We're getting dangerously close to making Demolition man (1993!!!) look like an understated take on today's real world.