Who will be the sponsor?
BitPay. They already have:
http://www.stpetersburgbowl.com/Maybe someone with a lot of money and a big believer in bitcoin could do it.
Someone like BitPay?
Would be pretty cool to see the bitcoin logo on a shirt.
Something like this?
http://www.stpetersburgbowl.com/I'm sure maybe a bitcoin related business like a payment processor like Bitpay or Coinbase could eventually.
Something like the St. Petersburg college football bowl?
Neteller are now sponsors of premier league club crystal palace so why not bitpay or coinbase right.
You mean something more than the St. Petersburg Bowl?
There's a massive difference though between fiat payment systems and bitcoin ones. Bitcoin probably is a long way of from a company sponsoring a premier league team.
A premier league team? You mean like the NFL? Yeah, probably not quite there yet. How about something a bit smaller like a college football bowl. Something like the St. Petersburg Bowl?
I dont think bitcoin community itself would be able to organize sponsoring a premier league team right now no.
Probably not, but a bitcoin payment processor like BitPay could probably organize sponsoring a college football bowl. Maybe one of the smaller ones. Some place like St. Petersburg?
Bitcoin won't ever be a sponsor for sports/teams but could be the currency to pay the real sponsors.
Well, bitcoin releated businesses may or may not sponsor entire sport or specific team in the future, but BitPay is already sponsoring a particular match. It's a college football game in St. Petersburg. Perhaps you've heard of it by now?
Sponsoring a team is expensive and requires a specific company "you can't relay on community donations to make a contract". I think with the current size of bitpay and other notable exchangers they can sponsor a 2 level football league team or a college american football team.
Perhaps an entire team in the future. For now, I think they're planning on just keeping it to a single game in St. Petersburg.
Any Sport that isn't eSport or some geeky novelty sport.
I suppose college football in the U.S. is a bit of a geeky novelty sport, isn't it?
Apart from the US soccer is a universally liked sport. It may be too expensive, but I could see that being the right way to go....
Hmm. Start with U.S. football, and then move on to international football (aka soccer). Sounds like a good idea. Can't wait to see if it happens.
There are so many big sports out there that could benefit from bitcoins but I don't see bitcoin becoming an official sponsor at least not yet.
You mean other than the St. Petersburg college football bowl?