March 18, 2009
Digital Sports League Sees All 2008 Sponsors Return, Adds Several New Brand Partners
NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ — Major League Gaming, the professional video game league, today announced an impressive, and expanded, sponsor line up for 2009. The sponsor roster — Dr Pepper, Old Spice, Stride, Ballpark, BIC Comfort 3 Advance, Bungie, Castrol, Gamestop, HP, Ubisoft, and Xbox 360 — are all brands who believe that MLG is a powerful new sports league that can uniquely reach and influence the young male demographic.
“We’re thrilled to see the enthusiastic return and expansion of our league sponsor partners for 2009,” said Matthew Bromberg, president and CEO of MLG. “The economy may be difficult, but when a partnership moves the needle, marketers respond.”
“We strive to choose partners that bring more to Dr Pepper fans,” said Terry Hockens, brand manager of marketing for Dr Pepper. “The 2008 MLG season and our ongoing Dr Pepper promotion featuring MLG on our bottles has been a huge success, and we’re excited to return for the 2009 season.”
“As guys embrace new ways to have fun and fuel their competitive drive, it is important that Old Spice find ways to evolve with them,” said James Moorhead, Old Spice brand manager. “Since our successful 2007 program with MLG, we’ve evolved into breakthrough new programming and an amazing team sponsorship with Instinct. We’re excited to be able to help further expand competitive gaming, creating new opportunities for guys to be successful in something they are so passionate about.”
MLG’s 2009 Pro Circuit Season Opener will be held April 3-5 at the Meadowlands, and fans can come to see their favorite players live and in person the entire weekend. Sponsor activities, amateur free-for-all tournaments, and MLG’s exciting live programming will be happening all weekend long. See more details and buy tickets at www.mlgpro.com.
About Major League Gaming
Founded in 2002, Major League Gaming (MLG) is the dominant media property exclusively targeting the approximately 40 million consumers in North America who have a passion for playing video games as a competitive social activity. The company exclusively represents the best professional gamers and gives millions of aspiring gamers around the world an opportunity to compete, improve their skills, and socialize through our thriving online competitive community and live Pro Circuit competitions. For more information: www.mlgpro.com.
Posted by: Rami on April 9, 2009 at 4:07pm #
I am in a MLG clan called
.:.EXcLuSiiVe GaMiiNg.:. we are looking for a sponsor to advertise with
Posted by: Rodrigo on April 13, 2009 at 2:41pm #
Rami,
Thanks for reaching out to Old Spice. We recently became a sponsor for Team Instinct and are fully committed with them at this point. I hope you find a sponsor and wish you a bright future in gaming.
Rodrigo
Old Spice Marketing
Posted by: william on April 15, 2009 at 9:04pm #
I have an MLG clan called
INSTANT and we are looking for sponsors.
IF you have any more questions about the clan can you contact me at my e-mail address please and thank you.
Posted by: Zesialk on May 6, 2009 at 11:09pm #
now I’ll stay tuned..
Posted by: Anonymous on May 12, 2009 at 1:04pm #
SPICE KICKS BUTT
Posted by: Sara on May 19, 2009 at 9:57am #
Where’s mountain rush, I loved that?
Posted by: Lee on June 4, 2009 at 5:14am #
I need a sponsor and was wondering if u could sponsor me and my team.We already have one sponsor and is trying to get Promods.com to sponsor us.
GT:o I2 e M ii X o
Posted by: admin on June 4, 2009 at 8:33am #
Lee-
Thanks for reaching out to Old Spice. We recently became a sponsor for Team Instinct and are fully committed with them at this point. I hope you find a sponsor and wish you a bright future in gaming.
Jim
Old Spice Marketing
Posted by: Kris on July 3, 2009 at 9:06pm #
Seems like everyone else is doing it so I will jump off the bridge with them and try and get spicey support,
We are a group of positive role models that perform cutting edge stunts on motorcycles but also deliver the positive message to not be involved in drugs or violence. Our natural ability to draw the attention of the crowd with our wheelies and burnouts allow us to hit all ages and deliver a very strong message. With over 1 million new motorcycles and scooters sold last year we are part of a ever growing market of consumers that look at the people making the most noise for brand recognition along with reaching far beyond just the riding market with our exposure in other community events. Lets face it our sport is full of some very sweetie people with the vigorous practice sessions, and we are based in hot central florida!!!
At best we have some sweet video’s on our website of us riding!
Let us know
http://www.TheXtremeShow.com
The Xtreme Show team!
Posted by: admin on July 6, 2009 at 8:35am #
Kris
Thanks for reaching out to Old Spice. Unfortunately we are unable to provide any additional sponsorships right now but best of luck with the XtremeShow in the future. I hope you find a sponsor and wish you a bright future in sunny Florida
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Kris on July 7, 2009 at 3:17pm #
Jim,
Sounds good, when is a good time to to try again and what is a better way to contact you/ Old Spice then posting some lame blog, that make me feel like a tool for making our partner packet and I know some companies rather deal via a marketing agency.
We are always growing and getting more opportunities to perform in large area’s which in turn is great for sponsors. We just got our own riding spot in the middle of Daytona across from the nascar speedway and we are building CentralFloridaBikeNight.com which so far has had an amazing turn out.
Also, What did you think of the video’s??
Posted by: admin on July 8, 2009 at 2:13pm #
Kris-
The videos are really cool… pretty amazing stunts and reminds me of our Old Spice Play Clean partnership with Dick Butkus to keep kids from using performance enhancing drugs. If the Old Spice brands is looking for more sponsorships or partnerships in the future we will reach out to you (since we’ve got your contact information). Thanks again and I hope the ExtremShow continues to grow.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Kris on July 8, 2009 at 4:11pm #
We are defiantly easy to find!! Dick is a hard act to follow but we do our best . . . .
Im pretty excited to try making the videos for Old Spice, scheduling will be a small issue. we have shows in Guyana South America but Im hoping we are going to have enough time to swaggerize our wallets!
Thanks Jim
Posted by: admin on July 8, 2009 at 7:51pm #
Kris-
I sure hope you can find the time to submit some videos for the Swaggerize Your Wallet campaign… we’d love to make your wallets just a little fatter.
Safe Travels
Jim
Posted by: Bill Bartmann on September 3, 2009 at 1:38pm #
Excellent site, keep up the good work
Posted by: admin on September 4, 2009 at 5:36am #
Thanks for the compliment! Let us know how we can keep being awesome.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
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Posted by: Gabriel on November 9, 2009 at 8:39pm #
Old Spice= 100% Awesome!!!
Just One Question:
Im Looking For A Sponsorship, But I Dont Know Where Or How To Get One! Suggestions?
Posted by: admin on November 10, 2009 at 6:15am #
We think Old Spice is awesome too – thanks for the comment!
Right now, we are not looking to fulfill any sponsorships as we are currently focused on Nascar, the NFL and Major League Gaming- sorry.
Old Spice
Posted by: David on February 3, 2010 at 6:00am #
Hello Would you like to sponser us we just started our new clan? We are very good. Thank you.
Posted by: TJ Fletchman on February 10, 2010 at 10:57pm #
i have a team called UNSTOPPABLE and are old team records are 40-2 and 28-4 were a remake were sponsored by evil controllers and pro mods just if you can my GT is mr painzzzz
Posted by: Tyriq on March 3, 2010 at 8:39pm #
My clan are fully prepared and ready to go big. There is only only one problem we need to get sponsored by thhe great and powerful OLD SPICE. Our clan name is Army of 5