Never really had any English team I supported but I definitely did have clubs I disliked and that's Chelsea, City, United (because they spent to win). Barca of course, my own club, started to try that route to copy Real our own superstar spender club in La Liga, and ourselves became spenders so I found a way to hate my own club while supporting it.
I've never had a brand that I loved sponsor a football club I love, usually for the ones I know it is the other way around.
People who supported Barca knew about Unicef, people who supported United knew about Chevrolet, and I bet you people who support Southampton, Watford before that, Arsenal, Sao Paolo. I don't think Barca got more supporters from Unicef or United from Chevrolet but I bet you those brands got more customers from those clubs.
That's how I always see it work anyway.
But as you say, all this helps crypto in the long term, and I'm proud to be using a crypto sports gaming book that goes above and beyond the rest.
You can have the team you support at all times, go ahead and support Barcelona. But when you see that sportsbet.io logo on Southampton jersey, doesn't that make you feel better about Southampton, I mean compared to how you felt about Southampton before the sponsorship? Just to give an example, I never cared about Southampton before, never even considered them, never thought about them, didn't care at all, wouldn't know if they were in premier league or championship most years.
But, since sportsbet.io sponsored them, I started to watch their highlights at least, or watch a full game here and there because of the sponsorship. Otherwise nobody says you should go to all of their games or anything, it just makes you feel more connected.
For sure I feel nicer about Flamengo and now Sao Paolo, yes, but it doesn't make me a supporter
I'm really happy to see the effect on you and I know a LOT of other players here also shared how they wear the jersey and keep them as souvenirs.
For sure I understand that part. Imagine showing your kids or grandkids a Bitcoin on a jersey or maybe in 2122 people will have Watford jersey in hall of fame for being the first EPL to use Bitcoin, which would be the universal currency of that time
But maybe for me I love the Sportsbet sportsbook brand but it matters less who they sponsor at least in football because I already have a club.
I also knew about Southampton and Arsenal (you must know if you follow football even if you don't watch EPL) and for sure I support them "more" in the results on the forum but it doesn't make me want to watch them more or fall in love with their players more.
Good football is what makes me do that, so last seasons I even fell in love with Atalanta, and Brentford at some points lol and Liverpool, which I actually used to dislike. Good football and good coaches are what make me change how I feel about the clubs, not so much their sponsors.
Now if Sportsbet started sponsoring some non-football that MIGHT make me watch a new sport