TCR: No Good Will Come of This

The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:45am

Check out that headline...thanks to the hard work of Cubnut, we've struck a sponsorship deal with Motorola. As far as we know, it's the first of its kind. We actually need to still cross a few T's and dot a few I's on the final deal, but we felt the off-day was the perfect time to make the announcement. We realize the whole thing is a little unorthodox and some folks will call us sellouts. That's fine, we'll accept the criticism knowing that this will be better for the site in the long run.

The deal is pretty simple, in exchange to referring to ourselves as "The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®" or "TCR Presented by Motorola®", Motorola backs up the Brink truck and gives us a bunch of cash to run the site. And of course, like any sponsorship deal, Motorola gets their name and logo plastered on the site.

The benefits are obvious, the site keeps going and we'll be able to make improvements and additions without having to run a canned food drive every time. Plus, it's rather obvious that the marriage of cellphones and the Internet are one of the big waves of the future. And although those details haven't been worked out quite yet, we've had already discussions with Motorola in helping create a full-functioned mobile version of the site.

The rest should be business as usual although we are in talks with a few other companies to sponsor individual sections of the site. Much like this Wrigley Field renaming chaos, we're not naive enough to think that everyone will jump on board and start referring to us by our proper name right away.. We understand it'll take some time to get use to it. So, to speed things along, we're imposing a $1 fine on anyone who calls us just "TCR" or "The Cub Reporter" without mentioning Motorola.

Okay...that last part was a joke...but we think the Rays are onto something.

So welcome to The New Cub Reporter presented by Motorola®! We're confident that in the end this will make us the biggest and best Cubs blog out there. I've got contest updates for later this afternoon as well.

 

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#1 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by gjdow on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 11:53pm.

I only see one Motorola logo. Plaster away!

#3 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:09am.

more will be coming...probably as soon as we decide on a web administrator.

#2 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:03am.

NOKIA OWNS MOTOROLA.
There; I said it.
Seriously now, I think this is a huge step towards the enrichment of Evan Brunell-- oh wait. This is a huge step towards the enrichment of Rob G.. I expect to see flawless bandwidth use and full-featured profiles for each and every one of us. They must include post counts and avatars, as well.
Okay, so now I'm really being serious. Congratulations to TCR and a big hug and thank you to Cubnut, who made the sponsorship possible.
Who knows where TCR would be right now if it weren't for the dark period of the bloated association with MVN.

#4 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:10am.

aw thanks Carlos...had to edit out my last name there in your response if you don't mind. They're not paying us quite enough for me to quit my day job. But yeah. some very cool stuff will be rolled out on the site because of this....

#5 Motorola Presented by The Cub Reporter®

Submitted by CUBBY on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:11am.

i think i like it better this way.

#24 Re: Motorola Presented by The Cub Reporter®

Submitted by Ryno on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:06am.

lol... me too!

#6 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:16am.

It's okay about the last name.

And I agree with Cubby -- the site header would look pretty cool with a "powered by Motorola" banner, like Sportsline's "presented by" logo, which can be found here.

Finally, an edit function would be ace :)

#7 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:18am.

HOLY SHIT. THAT WAS QUICK.

Or did we have a little mental connection, Rob?

#8 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:21am.

Or did we have a little mental connection, Rob?

too much Tequila on the brain Carlos?

if you want to be able to edit your own comments, that's been possible since we launched this site. It's only good for like 10 minutes though before it disappears for registered users. Should let you fix typos and stuff though....

#9 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by northsider on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:24am.

Yawn.

#10 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:27am.

too much Tequila on the brain Carlos?

I'm a scotch kind of man. But yeah, you can thank Bob Howry for that.

The "presented by" logo looks alright. I'd align it to the right, but it's a wash. Congratulations again...

Re: the edit function; it's pretty weird, but I can edit my next to last post, but not the most recent one -- ever. Odd stuff.

#11 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:48am.

Now am I going to have to stop all my Uni-bomber-like rants? You know how much I hate technology!

#12 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Hrothgar on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:07am.

so when do we get our free phones? and why the hell couldn't you swing a deal with apple?

#28 Dr. Joseph Hecht sponsored by Apple

Submitted by Dr. Joseph Hecht sponsored by Apple (not verified) on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:19am.

Yes! We Got Apple, Inc. Free iPhones? I'll ask the execs (how cool is it to have Steve Jobs number on my iPhone) but we HAVE been promised an XServe array for the website and a few powerbooks. Just to  put the  Apple logo next  to my  writeups.

#30 Re: Dr. Joseph Hecht sponsored by Apple

Submitted by Ryno on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:55am.

Ryno, brought to you by Ron Paul for President.

:p

#13 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:12am.

:)

#14 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Washington on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:24am.

I hope you can do better than Stretchmaster Penis Enlargement Reciprocating Machine (SPERM) to sponsor the Game Day ParaChat next year though.

#15 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Chicago Jamie on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:37am.

Let's start making the shirts! "Top 10 Ways You Know You Read TCR":

10) You know the starting third baseman for the Lugnuts because of AZ Phil

9) You just bought a Motorola phone

8) You know that MannyTrillo is Hendry's red-headed step-child

help me out here! ;)

#16 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:59am.

7) You know a writer for TCR-PBM has an Asian fetish.
6) You know the name of Chad's wife.
5) You have a strong dislike of silent towels.
4) You know that the thunder rolls every time something inappropiate is typed by certain members at Parachat.
3) You remember John Hill's book-long entries.
2) You know the name of Ruz's new blog and you read it.

and finally... top way you know you read TCR-PBM is:

1) You know "no good shall ever come from this."

#17 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 2:13am.

I see Crunch's ":)" and I raise it a ":D"

Night everybody.

#18 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Washington on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 2:27am.

There has to be a reference to Johan's mom, or is that implied in 7,5, and 4. It's definitely implied in #8.

#19 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by carlosrubi on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 2:34am.

I think I implied it in #4.

#20 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by ruz on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 5:07am.

This is a really exciting day for TCR and the culmination of a lot of hard work. Also, this is just the first in a series of announcements we'll be able to make today -- stay tuned for more!

#21 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by vorare on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 5:16am.

Very cool! Glad to see all your hard work with the new site pay off.

#22 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 5:30am.

Congrats guys. You all deserve it.

#23 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Pell Mell on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 5:48am.

I can't wait for comments on this issue by:

Silent Towel presented by Snuggle Fabric Softener ("Great, TCR is gonna steal money from Motorola now. I hope Motorola's benefits plan covers gynecologist visits. I'd trade a Motorola sponsorship for a case of the Lysol (tm) brand cleanser they use to clean out the showers in the visitors' locker room at Wrigley!")

NO presented by NOkia ("Whatever you like, I hate! Chew on that, losers!")

Graham Funk presented by Honey Maid and George Clinton ("[...]")

Congrats & thanks for slaving away at the site before the corporate behemoth took notice.

#44 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Andy on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 9:18am.

Crunch presented by Garden Claw Gold

#25 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by vorare on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:09am.

Also, let it be known that my signature space is for sale for the right price.

#35 Re: The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

Submitted by Indiana JJ on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 7:42am.


Also, let it be known that my signature space is for sale for the right price.

You might be on to something here. I'm putting the naming rights to my signature and handle up for sale. As part of the deal I will go from 97% "lurk" mode to "heatedly involved in every discussion on this site" and/or "flamewar" mode.

#50 Re: Signature

Submitted by mannytrillo on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 9:50am.

Yeah good idea...

I am trying to get Zippo to sponsor my signature.

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