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Fire |
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Great new site. The league looks like it is doing very well. I have a kind of off beat topic to ask you about. I play with a men's league team in Alberta, and we are having a lot of trouble finding sponsorship. We are the top team in our division, and are unbeaten this year, yet we can't even find any companies willing to support us enough for a new set of jerseys. My question for you is what process should a person/team go through to try to get a company to sponser you. I have been trying very hard for a couple months, and I am becoming very disheartened by the lack of local support for soccer.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.
Fire |
President's
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If I knew the answers to your problem, I would make a fortune selling my services. It is becoming tougher and tougher to raise sponsorship monies when there is ever increasing demand on the same resource pools. One thing I can tell you is that the CPSL hired a professional sports marketing firm (Fantactics) this past spring to be able to deal with sponsorship, marketing and promotion professionally and successfully.
From a business standpoint, I would concentrate on what it is you can do to help the potential sponsor, i.e. increase the awareness of his business, bring him new customers, etc. I think if you can provide the potential sponsor with a benefit, it beats just begging for a handout. In the latter case, it comes down to whom you know, how much influence you may have and how hard you push. Stay tuned for the boomerang card that is being launched this winter. It will provide a great source of revenue for amateur and professional soccer, including your team. I hope this provides some help.
Yours sincerely, Vincent Ursini |
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Tim Kelly |
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I'm an avid fan of the Durham Flames and enjoy the quality of the soccer I've seen in the CPSL this season. The play has been quite wide open and the players give it everything they've got every game. I have several questions which I hope you can answer.
1) Why does the season stretch so far into the fall? By mid- or late October, the weather isn't the best for soccer. In addition, most fans are getting into hockey, football or even following European leagues on TV and aren't as keen on the Canadian game. In addition, some of the young CPSL stars (four alone with the Flames) are gone by Labour Day to play at the U.S. college schools where they attend so the quality of the team drops off just at a time when the best players are needed most. Could the season be shorter with the same number of games but only in a much shorter time span. Say, two games for every team each week from mid-May until the first week of September? The Flames went 13 days recently between games (July 26 until Aug. 8).
2) Durham played several home games in early July but goes from July 26 until Sept. 7 without a scheduled league home game. If the Flames had not beaten out Metro Lions in the Cup to earn an Aug. 10 home Cup date against Brampton, they would have gone 42 days without a home game. Not a good way to keep the fans interested. I just wonder why there's such a long gap and if it can't be fixed. I also see Metro Lions play at home more than a month apart. Not the best scheduling.
3) Finally, I attended the Metro Lions-York Region Shooters game at Birchmount on Friday, Aug. 2. The game was scheduled for an 8 p.m. start but didn't begin until 8:22 p.m. That's not acceptable. Games should start no later than 5 minutes after they're scheduled. Please fix this problem.
Thanks. |
President's
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I am glad you enjoy our games. I agree, the games are very exciting. You should also be happy that the Durham Flames, who have claimed that this is a rebuilding year, are starting to climb up the standings.
Q1)The CPSL teams want to get at least ten or eleven home games in the season and given our late start, the schedule finishes rather late relative to other leagues. In addition, we have to leave some gaps in the schedule to allow for the rescheduling of games that were cancelled due to inclement weather, etc. We also leave room for international teams visiting and wanting to play against the CPSL All-Stars. Teams have not complained about losing players to college in the fall. They prepare themselves for it as best they can. Many teams do play twice a week as it is.
Q2)Regarding long stretches without a home game, that is something that teams agree to when they are setting the schedule with the league and other CPSL teams. They often have to accommodate one another and, therefore, there are funny occurrences in terms of scheduling and home and away game stretches. The other difficulty is that many teams play their home games on a specific regular day of the week that differs from team to team. The Metro Lions had a problem with finalizing a home venue and that caused them to have a poorer selection for home dates. This is something that we will always try to improve upon.
Q3)This question addresses an area of concern that the League has addressed very seriously this year. In the game you noted, the Referee was not happy with the way the lines on the field. He requested that they be lined properly and that is what caused the delay in the game. They have been heavily fined for this infraction and I would bet that the delays in the starting times of future games would be non-existent.
I thank you for your questions and interest. In addition, we used your first and last question for the "Ask the Prez" spot on the Rogers. The show wouldn't allow us the time to answer all three questions.
Yours sincerely, Vincent Ursini
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Mike |
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Hi I am new to the CPSL I wanna know what kind of field is the CPSL using the world class one or the normal one |
President's
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Thank you for your question. Naser asked me the same question just before you did so I am providing you with the same response.
"CPSL playing fields meet FIFA requirements; however, FIFA requirements allow for a lot of flexibility. For example, FIFA requires the playing field to be rectagular and may be 45 to 90 meters (50 to 100 yds)in width and 90 to 120 meters (100 to 130 yds) in length. For an international match, the field must be 64 to 75 meters (70 to 80 yds) in width and 100 to 110 meters (110 to 120 yds) in length. The CPSL fields vary and many meet the international match standards.
Thank you for your question.
Yours sincerely,
Vincent Ursini
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Damon |
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hi i just wanted to know if the players in the cpsl get paid? and if so what is the average salary of a player? great website by the way very eyecatching keep it up!!! |
President's
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Yes, unless the player wants to maintain his amateur status, the CPSL players do get paid. I do not have the exact statistics, and will not have it until the end of the season, however, I believe the average salary to be in the $5,000 to $7,000 range.
I am glad you like the web site. There is more to come very soon.
Thanks,
Yours sincerely,
Vincent Ursini |
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Naser |
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Hi your new website is great.I have two questions my first one is what kind of soccer field is the CPSL using the world class one or the normal one and my second question is well there be a scarbrough or Pickering teams coming soon |
President's
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CPSL playing fields meet FIFA requirements; however, FIFA requirements allow for a lot of flexibility. For example, FIFA requires the playing field to be rectagular and may be 45 to 90 meters (50 to 100 yds)in width and 90 to 120 meters (100 to 130 yds) in length. For an international match, the field must be 64 to 75 meters (70 to 80 yds) in width and 100 to 110 meters (110 to 120 yds) in length. The CPSL fields vary and many meet the international match standards.
With regards to your second question, I am sure you know that the Durham Flames cover the Pickering area and the Metro Lions are a Scarborough team. You can be sure that there will not be any new teams in this area unless there is a major restructuring of the league and teams start shifting territories. I do not believe that will happen any time in the next ten years unless ownership of the CPSL teams in those areas changes hands.
Thank you for your questions.
Yours sincerely,
Vincent Ursini |
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