In a bid to keep up with the theme of my blog,which stated that i'll give occasional footie spoiler's-just in case you had no idea,now you do-I have some information I stumbled upon to trump all other footie spoiler's I have ever blogged about! I need to mention this is absolutely true by the way happened in Greece.
When you’re low on cash, you can’t always be picky about who you take money from. For a Greek soccer team, that meant getting sponsored by a local brothel owner, Soula Alevridou. Alevridou owns Villa Erotica’ and Soula’s House of History, and now, the names are emblazoned across the backs of the players every time they run down the field.
According to the AP:
“Unfortunately, amateur football has been abandoned by almost everyone,” said Yiannis Batziolas, the club’s youthful chairman, who runs a travel agency and is the team’s backup goalkeeper. “It’s a question of survival.”
Interestingly, when things like this happen in America, it doesn't always go as smoothly. For instance, an L.A. little league team turned down a donation from a strip club earlier this year. Why? They thought it was immoral to take it.
In the case of this Greek club they chucked morality to the side and thought of the survival of their club instead even if it involves advertising the said brothel on the back of their jersey's. I guess it's just business guys but if you were faced with such a situation as a club owner what would you do? take the path of the U.S club or that of the Greek club?
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