[...] I sponsor teams so that I can have friends in mumble. True story. Seriously; I pay for everything myself, and there is no income. Not even a nomination in the people's choice thingy.

I find Enefs list vastly optimistic. Drop it back about 3 divisions for the truth.

[...] I sponsor teams so that I can have friends in mumble. True story. Seriously; I pay for everything myself, and there is no income. Not even a nomination in the people's choice thingy.

Sponsors are expected to do many things: Tf2 server, Mumble server, T-shirts, Lan Support, Equipment support. Teams are expected to do in return: Wear their avatars, wear their tags, post on their websites both Articles and Comments(Mandatory), post on their forums, WIN THINGS. Lower divisions can't really expect much in return for sponsorship because they can't give much back, a div5 team can't really expect T-shirt and Lan support because what does the Organisation get back from it? Nothing. You'll be hard pushed with a PROPER organisation (and not just a community) to even get a free server as any CEO of a company with sense will not throw money away, even for free advertisement (via tags and avatars) as this doesn't see any kind of return on his money. The higher up the divisions you climb the more you should expect from your sponsors and the more you can start to ask for. Here's what i think you, as a team, technically have the RIGHT to ask for based on your division and if you perform EXTREMELY WELL: Division 6: Mumble/(maybe)Server Division 5: Mumble/(maybe)Server Division 4: Mumble/Server/(Maybe)T-shirts at lan Division 3: Mumble/Server/Lan Shirts/(Maybe)Review Equipment from sponsors Division 2: Mumble/Server/Lan Shirts/Review Equipment/(Maybe)Lan Support at Local Lans(Likely to win) Division 1: Mumble/Server/Lan Shirts/Review Equipment/(maybe)Headsets and Mice from Sponsors/Lan Support at Local Lans/(maybe)Lan Support at Big Lans Premiership: Mumble/Server/Lan Shirts, Hoodies, Hats/Review Equipment/Headsets, Mice, Mousemats and Keyboards from Sponsors/ Lan Support for All Lans/Stream Capable System. As you can see, the higher you rise the more you can ask for but unless you are getting results you shouldn't EXPECT anything, why would any organisation throw money at anyone unless they had results to show for it? Running an organisation in e-sports is NEVER going to make you money, not now, not anytime soon in the future. If you speak to the CEO of any of these organisations they'll tell you as much. You need to stop thinking "WHAT CAN THIS ORG DO FOR ME!?" because the answer is VERY LITTLE unless you give them something first. So think it through properly, do you think you can give your organisation and sponsors a REASON to give you things? Can you handle the pressure of constantly being expected to perform to a high standard and being questioned constantly as to why you aren't, if you start losing? Hope this helped some people who don't have any experience with sponsorships and organisations.

[...] I sponsor teams so that I can have friends in mumble. True story. Seriously; I pay for everything myself, and there is no income. Not even a nomination in the people's choice thingy.

Sponsors are expected to do many things: Tf2 server, Mumble server, T-shirts, Lan Support, Equipment support.

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