Bitcoin in football

[o_e_l_e_o]

I would be pretty amazed and happy to see food for sale with bitcoin. There many online stores but almost never offline.

I buy food in person on pretty much a weekly basis with bitcoin at my local farmers' market. The stall I usually buy from had no idea what bitcoin was. I asked the family repeatedly over several months if I could pay in bitcoin, and eventually they obliged. They now accept I think about 8 different cryptocurrencies (although I continue to only use bitcoin), and there are two other stalls at the market which have started accepting bitcoin too. My usually stall tells me they now have about 5 customers each week (the stall market only runs one day a week), myself included, who pay in bitcoin.

The first step to being able to pay for things in bitcoin is to create demand for it. You can't do this with huge corporations, but you can absolutely do it with small, independent retailers or merchants. If they don't know people want to pay in bitcoin, then they won't go to the effort of setting up a wallet and training staff on how to accept it. They want your business; it's in their own interests to facilitate you. I think too many people are passively just waiting for bitcoin to be accepted. Go out there and create demand for bitcoin payments, and you might be pleasantly surprised.

I only think the Sportsbet sponsor makes sense, honestly don't see financial institutions getting the most out of sponsoring football teams - seems counterproductive.

The English Premier League is the most widely watched sport in the world, is broadcast in almost every country and territory in the world, and has a potential audience of almost 5 billion people. It is a fantastic advertising tool for any company. This year, sponsors include airlines, car and tire companies, supermarkets, ISPs, as well as financial institutions.

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[CryptoBry]

Has anything like this happened to you when you didn't expect it? What did the people with you at the time have to say?

I still have to experience the same and I hope that soon I can be able to see a sports event with some players sponsored to wear the logo of Bitcoin. In my view, this is one big gap in the story of Bitcoin, we really lack promotions and marketing for Bitcoin. We need famous people and celebrities to come on board and help promote Bitcoin.

Of course, we know why this is the way it is, Bitcoin has no centralized organization behind it managing its brand and spending millions to make the brand be known to people while conveying the message that Bitcoin is bringing. On the other hand, I also have some doubt if advertising Bitcoin heavily can be doing it good on the long-term as it can be exposing to unnecessary enemies both from many traditional institutions and the government. Not to mention the fact that advertising cost a lot and sourcing the money can be a big challenge. We then prefer the word-of-mouth power and exposure in the social media and mainstream media for free.

[erickastella]

the crypto world has spread very broad whether it's economics, politics, business, or sports, like in my country crypto has been made a seminar to attract young millennials especially college students, because by introducing the crypto world they can develop more potential in crypto for their own country or another country.

[Ayiranorea]

The only time when I see the BTC symbol on TV, is when I am watching the News and some Ponzi scheme used Bitcoin to scam people or some Pedo network that used Bitcoin and then got exposed. 

The other times it was in some TV Series or Movie where the hacker always use Bitcoin for money laundering or some money transfers to pay for some illegal criminal activities. 

In the media and movie industry, Bitcoin is synonymous with illegal activities.    < Puppet masters use this to push their hidden agenda> 

In my region that too is hard to see. I saw about bitcoin when the price grew high, by then it was much talked in TV. Later once again it didn't got broadcasted. Recently some legal issues were there for Cryptocurrency usage, this got into conversation. In recent days bitcoin has gained more good reputation, and a month ago Sportsbet.io sponsored a team. As it is a cryptocurrency accepting service render bitcoin was depicted on the sleeve. Now once again bitcoin getting visible to the people on a football league is truly a big thing for growth.

[blckhawk]

Either way, knowing bitcoin is coming up to televisions is great to hear, given that it's positive and not connected to negativity. Television shows are quite powerful in disseminating information to the innocent. Most people know that bitcoin is related to payments made in deep web, when in reality, bitcoin has the potential to be the next digital currency of the era. Still though, we cannot deny the fact that its being used illegally. If we only had central institution to regulate crypto-related activities, then maybe we could lessen these instances.

[Mandoy]

I have read the article about that one and it was BTCTurk that sponsored their football tshirt. It was nice to see such historical event since those t shirt are the first bitcoin exchange sponsored t-shirt. If you have look at it at personal then you are looking at history itself. But guess what I have heard that Sportbet.io is following the footsteps of BTCTurk and have already identified as part of their campaign to promote bitcoin. Sportsbet.io will be sponsor a football shirt with bitcoin logo and it will be worn by Wattford FC this season.

https://www.watfordfc.com/club/bitcoin-confirmed-new-sleeve-partner

[Lucius]

The English Premier League is the most widely watched sport in the world, is broadcast in almost every country and territory in the world, and has a potential audience of almost 5 billion people. It is a fantastic advertising tool for any company. This year, sponsors include airlines, car and tire companies, supermarkets, ISPs, as well as financial institutions.

I totally agree with the above, English Premier League is a great way to promote something, and only better thing in this story would be if BTC logo is shown on some more famous English club jersey/stadium., Watford currently ranks last in the league.


I know it is not football, but since it's a women's sports team (futsal) which promotes Bitcoin totally free, they deserve to be mentioned in this thread.


https://bitcoingarden.org/bitcoin-logo-appears-on-shirts-of-futsal-florentia-serie-a-italian-womens-football-team/

[Murat]

I really love seeing Bitcoin outside the internet and inside the community where we belong, It's a good indicator for the prosperous of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, It's really appreciatable that Bitcoin is getting spread out in this way when people see that Bitcoin has already come to the general media and it's providing also sponsorship then it might be big issues for getting established around the world, I think English premier league is one of the most popular TV broadcast, it's a great way for Bitcoin is getting popular and familiar to the other people. so I really appreciate such type of sponsorship and initiative.

[ChrisPop]

Actually Sportsbet is the main sponsor partner of Watford FC. They are a big online bitcoin sportsbook for those of you who haven't heard about it. Pretty swift move and they are also spreading awareness about Bitcoin literally for free(for the community). Just think of the number of people who are watching Watford matches on TV. Millions of eye balls on the Bitcoin logo each week. Pretty mind-blowing if you think about it

[TriplexXx]

The only time when I see the BTC symbol on TV, is when I am watching the News and some Ponzi scheme used Bitcoin to scam people or some Pedo network that used Bitcoin and then got exposed.  

The other times it was in some TV Series or Movie where the hacker always use Bitcoin for money laundering or some money transfers to pay for some illegal criminal activities.  

In the media and movie industry, Bitcoin is synonymous with illegal activities.    < Puppet masters use this to push their hidden agenda>  

In my region that too is hard to see. I saw about bitcoin when the price grew high, by then it was much talked in TV. Later once again it didn't got broadcasted. Recently some legal issues were there for Cryptocurrency usage, this got into conversation. In recent days bitcoin has gained more good reputation, and a month ago Sportsbet.io sponsored a team. As it is a cryptocurrency accepting service render bitcoin was depicted on the sleeve. Now once again bitcoin getting visible to the people on a football league is truly a big thing for growth.

Cryptocurrency is getting popular every day. A few weeks ago I was reading news and I came across the news saying ROMA FC pans were wearing T-shirts with bitcoin logo on it. Not only that, we are now seeing new sport betting companies like "Sportsbet" paying people with bitcoin that is a huge development.  

[ufaiz50]

The crypto community is getting bigger every day, it's great for sportsbet.io and turkie exchangers because they dare to sponsor soccer clubs. I hope other sports will also be a good place to promote cryptocurrency. I was quite happy to see Watford FC competing wearing home jersey, the bitcoin logo was clearly visible.

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On Saturday the 19th I was at a pub and grill with friends for a birthday. While I was there I happened to look up at one of the tv screens and a football match was on. I do not watch football nor do I know much about the leagues. I understand how the game works and that's about it. While I was watching I noticed something but just to make sure I asked the table if they saw it too and they confirmed it. (there were 5 of us at the table 2 of which know and understand bitcoin and how it works they just don't own their own crypto I don't know why) What we saw was the bitcoin logo BTC on the sleeves of Watford FC players. I was excited and glad to see it. I asked a friend at the table what they thought the sponsor was from and he said probably an exchange.  Turns out that the Turkish exchange BtcTurk was the Watford shirt sponsor and BtcTurk have sponsored Yeni Malatyaspor, a Turkish club.



https://cointelegraph.com/news/premier-leagues-watford-fc-puts-bitcoin-logo-on-kit-accepts-btc
https://www.ccn.com/turkish-bitcoin-exchange-becomes-footballs-first-ever-crypto-shirt-sponsor/

You can find out more with a simple google search as well.


Has anything like this happened to you when you didn't expect it? What did the people with you at the time have to say?

Foot ball not only an entertainment for today but also foot ball become industries how to get much money and profit, many foot ball club today looking for money by selling their player and buy player for development and have good skill to sell with other club, if foot ball club using bitcoin for every transaction I think they get advantage with bitcoin price up down for less inflation than using fiat money.

[xiboothrezi]

the cryptocurrency that sponsors a football club is not new, I once supported a bounty project that sponsored a local soccer club.  progress because Watford FC is playing in the English major league, with a lot of supporting interest there.  this could be a bigger opportunity to attract more investors.

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Has anything like this happened to you when you didn't expect it? What did the people with you at the time have to say?

I can understand the situation at that time.  where only you are more familiar with cryptocurrency and aware of sponsors on the shirt.  I have experienced something like that when I saw economic news that discussed cryptocurrency.  the response of my family who was watching the news was different, some were interested, some were not because of the high risk and "illegal".  the power of the media is enormous, so we must be truly selective.  I can only smile because what is reported is to hyperbole, even though the fact is not that scary.

[diahsw]

yes the same, I also saw an ad on the edge of the field when the match was taking place, I saw the bitcoincash (as I recall), but when I saw that, I was happy meaning that was the way they did the bitcoin promotion, hopefully this is a good sign, and more and more people need bitcoin. !!

[Mike Mayor]

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I had a good time reading the articles and more. But I think you got something wrong. BtcTurk is not the shirt sponsor of Watford. BtcTurk sponsorship is on Yeni Malatyaspor in the Turkish league. Sportsbet is the one sponsoring Watford. Sportsbet must have very rich owners as it is also sponsoring the top soccer club in Brazil. And they are also in negotiations with another soccer club in Argentina. Maybe it is time to open an account in Sportsbet. The company didn't just promoted their business but bitcoin in general.

And then another cyrpto business into soccer. I was thinking how much Coinmarketcap makes that it was able to sponsor an Israeli soccer club. I love this crypto companies starting to make sponsorship in sports. I saw also LTC many times in MMA.    

I know I did fix it after the other user wearing the chipmixer signature pointed it out but thanks again. I hope it is correct now. Let me know if not. Thanks for the read and reply.

I as a fan of English Premiere League football also was surprised when I saw the team Watford FC using their uniforms with a logo
bitcoin. This is great news in my opinion because English Premiere League is one of the most popular live TV broadcasts in the world.
So being able to introduce bitcoin to the rest of the world, I'm proud that bitcoin has begun to enter the field of sports. Hopefully the
famous sports others can have the bitcoin logo too. This is a small step to popularize bitcoin in the eyes of the world.

I was also very excited and quite proud. I was like "aww yeah there is my bitcoin". You are right English football is massive which iswhat excited me. All those people in the pub saw the bitcoin logo and must ask questions.
I would love to see a decent crypto that supports esports. There have been many but they were never serious and gave up like the shitcoin they always were. God I hate shitcoin.

[eaLiTy]

What we saw was the bitcoin logo BTC on the sleeves of Watford FC players. I was excited and glad to see it. I asked a friend at the table what they thought the sponsor was from and he said probably an exchange.  Turns out that the Turkish exchange BtcTurk was the Watford shirt sponsor and BtcTurk have sponsored Yeni Malatyaspor, a Turkish club.

A bitcoiner missing out this huge sponsorship deal is sad, i understand why you missed that as you are not active in the gambling section, sportsbet have spent millions to sponsor the Watford football team and you mistook them as an exchange   . I was not aware of Turkish club sponsorship by an exchange but having a BTC logo in a sporting jersey is a proud moment for everyone.

I know it is not football, but since it's a women's sports team (futsal) which promotes Bitcoin totally free, they deserve to be mentioned in this thread.

It is really wonderful to see more sporting teams being sponsored or promoting BTCitcoin . Thank you for sharing it here.

[Duzter]

Through some way bitcoin is reaching the public. This is quite interesting and it is a much necessary one, because on the technology based uplifting that is happening around the globe. One of the football club has begun to accept payments in bitcoin as well their native token. Sportsbet.io which is one of the top sportsbook with cryptocurrency acceptance is the jersey sleeve partner. In one way or other there is continued progress and here football is much used than other games.

[secretgirl]

On Saturday the 19th I was at a pub and grill with friends for a birthday. While I was there I happened to look up at one of the tv screens and a football match was on. I do not watch football nor do I know much about the leagues. I understand how the game works and that's about it. While I was watching I noticed something but just to make sure I asked the table if they saw it too and they confirmed it. (there were 5 of us at the table 2 of which know and understand bitcoin and how it works they just don't own their own crypto I don't know why) What we saw was the bitcoin logo BTC on the sleeves of Watford FC players. I was excited and glad to see it. I asked a friend at the table what they thought the sponsor was from and he said probably an exchange.  Turns out that the Turkish exchange BtcTurk was the Watford shirt sponsor and BtcTurk have sponsored Yeni Malatyaspor, a Turkish club.



https://cointelegraph.com/news/premier-leagues-watford-fc-puts-bitcoin-logo-on-kit-accepts-btc
https://www.ccn.com/turkish-bitcoin-exchange-becomes-footballs-first-ever-crypto-shirt-sponsor/

You can find out more with a simple google search as well.


Has anything like this happened to you when you didn't expect it? What did the people with you at the time have to say?

now everyone is aware that bitcoin is growing. even a soccer club has a bitcoin logo on their pride shirts. I think this is a very clear sign that bitcoin can be increasingly recognized by many people. I have never asked a friend about the logo at a club. but I explained to them more, I have a bitcoin savings. and I told them that the logo is a symbol of bitcoin. that way, my friend is increasingly interested in learning all about bitcoin or crypto.

[Lucas*]

Yes I watched the shirt and I think Watford against Manchester City or Manchester united, well it's a good idea from the company to sponsorise the shirts of football teams, to give a vision about BITCOIN and maybe it's about a sponsoring for an exchange company. We'll I wis I see those publicity in other shirts of big teams.

[Gozie51]

That is a form of advertisement to people in bid to improve awareness in Bitcoin. It is to show people the need of using cryptocurrencies. I think is kind of partnership with sportsbet.io
I can't find the link now but I have seen that too.