VW to sponsor Sydney Swans

[bobski]

You see its just VW targeting the gay community again. (not that theres anything wrong with that)

My wife did remind me that she pays a bit of attention to the shorts And there's about a million nuff nuffs in VIC that'd agree (in between talking about how cute their cat looks dressed in their team colours)

[Frankenstrat]

I have no affection for AFL, quite why we get saturation coverage for a domestic competition baffles me. The money ploughed into AFL could be better spent supporting teams that play internationally. Personally, I would prefer it if VWA would offer sponsorship to our netballers and hockey players, these are sports in which we dominate. To the best of my knowledge, no hockey players nor netballers have ever been involved in drunken misbehaviour.

[K1W1]

I guess you have never stayed in the same hotel in Paramatta as the Australian Netball team then.

[bobski]

I guess you have never stayed in the same hotel in Paramatta as the Australian Netball team then.

Gawd, I knew someone that played in a national girls team for a sport I will not name. They were a wild, wild bunch. If they had the scrutiny that footballers do....

Here is an example of why the western suburbs matters to lower end luxury brands like VW/Skoda. Aspirationals and huge growth in the middle class (three massive housing estates going up, large suburbs ripe for knock down/rebuild).

Apple Opening a Retail Store in Penrith, NSW | MacTalk Australia

Apple users are a perfect example of people with a little bit of cash (or credit) to throw around and they are happy to pay extra for something with perceived social standing.

[Frankenstrat]

I guess you have never stayed in the same hotel in Paramatta as the Australian Netball team then.

Not in Paramatta, no, but there was this one time... [lurid tale of shennanigans edited out by the management] ...and now I look like a 60 year old man.