Second Major Sponsor is...

[Mousey 47]

Kaspersky Lab has signed a three year, multi-million dollar sponsorship with the Melbourne Football Club. In a nod to the company’s global leading role as an IT protector,

I like it alot!

Wow.... sounds great! Great that both major sponsors are with us for three years.

I would love to know the detailed details

How much a season etc.

[Dalrot 85]

Seems a strange choice by Kaspersky...

Not that im complaining of course!

[45HG 1,539]

.just picked up my whelan bush fire jumper. Oh my, i'm walking on air

Guy at the counter confirmed a signing, as did future fund, but couldn't say who.

Surely it wouldn't be more than 2.1? Unless we sharked them.

That's great news, my new laptop needs antivirus software

[Cards13 9,117]

was there an annoucment or is there a link to the annoucement?

[DemonDave 1,078]

It's not us! And all I'll say is it's a company that doesn't have a big profile in Oz as yet but you can all use their products.

Well you certainly cant question hankook1 one's sources on this one, spot on!

[Mousey 47]

Also see the membership number has gone up another 200.

Seems to be going up 200 a day recently which is great news.

Im stoked with this get! CS and Stynes continue to impress me.

Sponsors that are going to be around for at least 3 years is a great get.

[DemonDave 1,078]

was there an annoucment or is there a link to the annoucement?

There was an email sent to all members sometime not long after 11.

Here it is in full:

Melbourne Football Club boosts its defensive stocks with Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab has signed a three year, multi-million dollar sponsorship with the Melbourne Football Club. In a nod to the company's global leading role as an IT protector, Melbourne's defensive players – Jared Rivers, Colin Garland, Jack Grimes and James Frawley - were in attendance, along with Club President Jim Stynes, CEO Cameron Schwab and coach Dean Bailey.

The deal between Kaspersky and the Melbourne Football Club includes signage, coaches' sponsorship, website advertising, corporate hospitality and other match day benefits. The Kaspersky logo will most prominently be seen on the back of the guernsey.

Kaspersky is joining with the Melbourne Football Club in order to establish its presence in Australia as a trusted IT security brand. Kaspersky has recently established a local office in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne.

As Melbourne Football Club CEO Cameron Schwab said on signing Kaspersky, 'They are the fastest growing internet security company in the world, they are number one in China, top two in the US market, and expect to be number one in Australia in the not too distant future – not unlike the ambitions of the Melbourne Football Club.'

[Carn dees 108]

bloody awsesom !!

[Red and Blue Bloke 20]

Sorry for doubling up - it was not already there when I started!

[Satan 2,777]

Kaspersky Kasparov...

[Cards13 9,117]

There was an email sent to all members sometime not long after 11.

Here it is in full:

Melbourne Football Club boosts its defensive stocks with Kaspersky

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thanks mate should have checked my emails!!

Awesome news! Glad we took our time with getting the best value for money we could, not jumping in straight away and taking whatever was available earlier... we got there in the end. 2, 3 year sponsors we can get behind. Sounds like a massive company that is expanding here is hoping we can keep them onboard after 3 years especially Kaspersky, we don't want another LG, not known is Aust then once the profile is large enough no longer sponsoring us.

[stretch marks 2]

... we don't want another LG, not known is Aust then once the profile is large enough no longer sponsoring us.

I think it was the MFC who chose to move away from LG because the Iprimus deal was worth more

[demonandy24 0]

thanks mate should have checked my emails!!

Awesome news! Glad we took our time with getting the best value for money we could, not jumping in straight away and taking whatever was available earlier... we got there in the end. 2, 3 year sponsors we can get behind. Sounds like a massive company that is expanding here is hoping we can keep them onboard after 3 years especially Kaspersky, we don't want another LG, not known is Aust then once the profile is large enough no longer sponsoring us.

A gr8 deal for us. 3 yr deal worth as much as the Hankook deal was reported to be (although what was reported might be a little low with regard to Hankook).

A new company lauching in Aust., why wouldn't u build your brand recognition by sponsoring a football club. Football = kids = computers = Need for Internet Security.

Well done Knackers!!!!

[AlphaDee 17]

"Kaspersky Lab has signed a three year, multi-million dollar sponsorship with the Melbourne Football Club".

I assume that "multi-million" means more than 2 million as this will make our 2 major sponsers worth more than $4million over 3 years - hopefully closer to $5 million.

[Cards13 9,117]

I think it was the MFC who chose to move away from LG because the Iprimus deal was worth more

it has been discussed on here we chose they chose... I'd just like to see a sponsor stick with us fpor the long term and build on something..

[darkhorse72 1,737]

great news...

[jacey 333]

Believed to be worth 3 million dollars.

The deal was struck from one of our influential members at a Kazakhstan bellydance joint. No Joke. SEN sauce.

[Mousey 47]

Believed to be worth 3 million dollars.

The deal was struck from one of our influential members at a Kazakhstan bellydance joint. No Joke. SEN sauce.

so a million a year?

thats more than Hankook?

That cant be right?

[Allen Jakovich 516]

Does this mean we can get cheap anti-virus software subscriptions to boot?

[olgreydingo 51]

Fantastic.

Kaspersky is actually the best Anti Virus software on the market http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

I have been using it for years

[sylvinator 96]

Believed to be worth 3 million dollars.

The deal was struck from one of our influential members at a Kazakhstan bellydance joint. No Joke. SEN sauce.

I think it is safe to assume that Hankook sponsor is bigger than this sponsorship because they are only back sponsors, while Hankook are front guernsey sponsors.

So probably around $4m. Which would mean our sponsorship deal is up there with most other major sponsors for other clubs.

Good news and means we have 1 less problem to worry about for the next 3 year!

[Guest melbman]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, busy at work sorry not read all thread

The two companies will pump a combined $5 million into the club’s coffers over the next three years

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsart...73/default.aspx

Edit: Three cheers for big Jimma I say :D! :D! :D!

[Demon Disciple 11,039]

That means we're getting an extra $600k+ a year through sponsorship, than when we were with primus. It is all starting to come together nicely.

A big hurray to Jimmy and his board. Vote of full confidence and support from me. Go you good thing!!!

[Gippy Dee 48]

take that Western Bulldogs!!!

A great development, and will certainly will be looking at getting Kaspersky for my computer at home.

Gippy

[sylvinator 96]

That means we're getting an extra $600k+ a year through sponsorship, than when we were with primus. It is all starting to come together nicely.

A big hurray to Jimmy and his board. Vote of full confidence and support from me. Go you good thing!!!

This is awesome

Hankook= 2.1m over 3 years

Kaspersky= 3m over 3 years.

Total- around 5.1m over 3 years (confirmed on the club website!)

That $1.7m a year sponsorship for next 3 years!!!

That's more than Primus, more than Bulldogs major sponsor, and we don't have to worry about major sponsors in this tough economic time for another 3 years. GREAT WORK JIMMY.

With the sponsors out of the way, our membership bound for 30,000, our debt down to only $2m we only have 2 more announcements to come

1. Need to confirm a long term relationship with Casey, including a great summer training base with a fullsized footy oval (goodbye Junction oval forever!). This deal will also include a relatnioship with a fast-growing community, which can only be good for future membership.

2. Confirm the move to realign the MCC and MFC. This will benefit us financially, will confirm the MCG as our true homebase forever, and will no doubt go a long way in removing any thought of us relocating or merging.

Once these are done the only thing left is to improve onfield performance, which will only further increase future membership, and remove the remaining debt. $2m is a big obstacle but I have faith we can do it!