There, I said it. I don't like how it works and I certainly don't like that many companies use it as their only form of sponsorship requests/submissions.
I recently wrote this letter to Hayes after recieveing an email from them stating that now all sponsorship requests will run through sponsorhouse.com;
I recently wrote this letter to Hayes after recieveing an email from them stating that now all sponsorship requests will run through sponsorhouse.com;
Unfortunately with this being the case, then we do not intend to pursue sponsorship from Hayes. This is unfortunate as every member of our race team currently uses Hayes (with the exception of one) and has been extremly satisfied with them for their power and durability. My front brake happens to be the old champagne version and has only needed to be bleed once and keeps going.
I feel compelled to inform you that the reason we will not apply is because we honestly do not agree with the service that sponsorhouse.com provides. I think the idea that sponsorhouse.com emcompasses is a good one, however it doesn't allow for racers or teams to attempt to gain sponsorship with the tried, true, and honestly more professional approach of making contacts and the submisson of resumes/proposals. Instead it puts everyone from your 13 year old grom to professional racer on an equal playing field (unless you are willing to pay fees of course) which I think is very unfair when you consider that a number of these athletes and especially kids who get deals do very little in terms of exposure of the companies they represent and wouldn't know how to professionally approach a company outside of sponsorhouse.com in terms of contacting the company, writing proposals/resumes, and keeping in contact with the company to keep them imformed with what they are doing throughout their sponsorship period.
In anycase, I'll step away from my soap box in order to try to prevent this from sounding like a madman's rant, but I'd just like to express our dissapointment as our race team was very much looking forward to hearing back from Hayes.
Regards,
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