#6 International Superstar

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Marco Tentacles has had a fantastic career so far and is now being seen as one of the top football talents from Canada. Projected to be one of the stars on Team Canada's World Simulation Football Classic Squad, quite a few brands have been vying for the Left Back to sign with them as an exclusive athlete. He recently announced his first international sponsorship deal and partnered with one of Canada's largest beverage brands. Tentacles announced his endorsement and partnership with Moosehead Breweries, a Canadian brewery based in Saint John, New Brunswick. Known for their Moosehead Canadian Lager, Tentacles will be the largest superstar to partner with the Canadian Brewery. With the partnership releasing limited-edition beer cans with different artworks on them for the start of the next season of the SSL, with new artworks to be released throughout the season.  Tentacles had this to say when asked about his partnership with the Brewery. "Moosehead has always been my choice of beer, whether it is a classic Lager or their lighter Cracked Canoe, it's always been one of my personal favourites and I'm just happy to support a Canadian company that I personally believe in."

The second brand that Tentacles partnered with is his largest sponsorship so far, as the confident Left Back has teamed up with New Balance to release a new line of Football Boots that the Athlete has helped design. Featuring colourways that represent all the teams he has played for, North Shore United, Reykjavik United and Team Canada. Starting in Season 18 he will be exclusively wearing New Balance cleats for every match and will be officially endorsing them. Tentacles said this about his new sponsor, "I've been wearing New Balance off the pitch for what seems like forever, their wide soles and toe box in their shoes is extremely comfortable. I tried out their boots over the offseason and loved them as much as I love their normal shoes, I'm happy to announce this partnership with New Balance and look forward to working with them on the new line of shoes."

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Duncan Maxwell is not just a name that's popular in the scottish highlands anymore, it's going worldwide.
From the suburbs of Glasgow to the coast of Dunkerque, over the Schwarzwald in Germany and all around Europe and, more importantly, the world, most football enthusiasts know this name by now.
Why that is?

Well, because Duncan Maxwell stands like noone else does for integrity, perseverance and the relentless will to defend their goal.
He is a role-model athlete/defender who managed to improve and transform his game from season to season.

While starting out as a pure lockdown defender who tried to deny as much scoring chances as possible and leaving creativity to his peers, he now is also expertly capable of delivering precision deep balls doen the field for dangerous counter attacks or surprise breakaways.

But Duncan will alwaxs be known first for his defensive prowess which made him a natural figurehead for scottish security firm IRONLOX, a big global player for security solutions like locks, doors, surveillance and other similar products.

"Choosing Duncan was really a no-brainer for me", says IRONLOX CEO Gavin McLancey. "I am watching the SSL on the regular and could not be prouder to see a scotsman driving all those high profile attackers from Rejkjavik or Tokyo mad with frustration. Duncan is a fearless bulwark for his team and also took over the role of a leader ovet the years as you can see by his vice-captainship that he has been awarded this season!
On and off the field he is a role model and stoic person, unwavering and immovable like our products promise to be.

I would be hard pressed to find....ah scratch that I wouldn't even THINK of contacting someone else to advertise our products!

SfV trusts their defence to Duncan, that's all you need to know!"

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*Author's note: Any similarities to real companies or people are coincidence and not intended.

APPROVED - what happens when a Scotsman pours IRNBRU on IRONLOX?

[Aleris]

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Shortly after the end of the season but before the World Simulation Football Classic, Viktoria’s agent (who had been helping manage her campaigns with the New Zealand baby equipment company) proposed that Viktoria should launch her own brand of workout gear for everyone. It was a busy time before the Alps camp. Viktoria spent a lot of time in boardrooms and looking at designs. Ultimately she decided to make 3 distinct designs. One for women, one for men, and one gender neutral to fit most body types. Too often she saw in comments on social media that women and men are forced into a “one size fits all” sort of situation and she was tired of it. She figured by making a gender neutral line, then people wouldn’t be pigeon holed into wearing something that doesn’t make them feel comfortable.

Viktoria struggled with a name for a bit, but eventually she settled on Victory Apparel. She of course started wearing her own stuff and it took off faster than she could ever imagine. She wore it at all her interviews for the WSFC and during training sessions. Other SSL players started wearing it and soon it felt like most of the world was wearing Victory. It became a surreal experience for Viktoria and skyrocketed her being more than a soccer player. She was a brand now. Other companies wanted a piece and she would oblige to the right companies. The offseason was a serious whirlwind of photo shoots, commercials, social media posts. Viktoria barely found time for herself. She was able to escape to help her cousin house hunt in Norway and watch a few of her WJC games in Sweden, but soon it would be back to the grind of the season. Rumor was she would be playing for Reykjavik which would only contribute to her new found stardom.

The pressure was on. She would have to perform at the top of her game at a level she never thought she would actually get to. And now millions of fans around the world were expecting her as well. But she enjoyed it, she felt her messaging and brand choices were leaving the world a better, more accepting place.

APPROVED - oh, the busy life of an international star!

[Domffl]

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One of Ali Dia's proudest moments of his football career has absolutely nothing to do with the game. For, players are often known by their stats and performances in game while they are still actively playing, but as soon as they retire, their legacy is remembered by something else...sponsorships. Who you sponsor says a lot about you as a player and as a person. The greatest player in the world can be sponsored by the crummiest company and all of a sudden, the public no longer likes them. That's why Dia knew he had to choose a sponsorship that would connect with a multi-generational audience, is well-liked by a majority, and has a rich history. Bonus points if the sponsorship also "makes sense" (for instance, Will Levis being sponsored by Duke's Mayonnaise). 
Therefore, when Dia was approached by Disney to be the primary celebrity sponsor for their new Disney on Ice show, he was instantly ready to accept. Disney checks all of the boxes. It draws a vast variety of generations, is generally well-liked, and has a history filled with magic. And the bonus points even fit, for the movie that was being adapted to the ice was Bambi! It all just made too much sense for Dia to need to deliberate. Although the phone call was originally placed to gauge interest, Dia accepted on the spot. The recruiter was floored. In their disbelieving stupor, they even admitted that Dia was their "long shot" celebrity; they thought that Dia would be too big to represent Disney or too busy with the SSL season. But they wanted to call Dia first anyways before they were forced to settle on someone like Benji Aguilera III. But Disney was thrilled that Dia made their heart's wish come true. 


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APPROVED - surely the start of Dia's hockey career.

[sliceruser]

It is funny how sometimes things just come naturally in life. As with the national sponsor with Blizzard where he happened across it, he found his next sponsor in a similar way though it would be more apt to say it found him. Alexandros does not have many brands or things he really is loyal to, but there is one, Under Armor. When it comes to movement and casual but fashionable clothing, he always chooses them. It is in this manner that after a normal stop at his local Under Armor shop that he had a representative from the company come up to him and offer to be his sponsor when it came to international events going forward. Alexandros couldn’t find himself accepting fast enough as he had long been looking for a new sponsor on the international side of things and was terrible at choosing for himself. He did not consider himself a good enough player for such a premium brand in his eyes but soon he had worked on some new custom apparel with them and had it all set up and ready to go for the next event. Considering the flop that was his last performance at international play(at least in his eyes) he knew he would have to step up his game to really earn this new international sponsor that had fallen into his lap and to say he was excited would be an understatement. Under Armor while his favorite brand was a bit more then that to him as it is perhaps the only brand he can think of off that he had any true loyalty to as they always consistently worked as intended and one of the only brands that fit his extremely simply but fashionable preference. With a quick dust off of his proudly displayed Under Armor logo on his practice jersey you could see Alexandros smiling like a child running out onto the field.
 
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[Xotcin]

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William Williams' name may already be out there in the SSL world, but it is just now getting big in a completely different market after a massive sponsorship deal with Hot Ones. You read that right, Williams and Hot Ones are collabing. After going viral as a guest on Hot Ones during the offseason Williams found himself infatuated with the heat of the show. So much so that his agent reached out to Hot Ones to do a collaboration! The new sauce comes out next month as part of a bigger series of sports inspired hot sauces. The Williams, as it is being called, is a sweet ghost pepper sauce with just the right amount of heat to make your eyes water and your tongue feel like it licked a fire. So you could say, it’s just right. Need something for your chicken wings? This will do the job.
As part of the deal, Williams agreed to do a short tour around different cities doing free tastings and offering autographs to fans. Of course this will also be for a good cause. There is a buy in of $20 (fee may vary depending on location) that goes directly to charities. So not only are you getting to try the new Williams’ Sauce, you also can claim to have donated to a good cause! Now you might be thinking, why would Williams want to be tied to a hot sauce company instead of like fancy cars or clothes or something, the answer is easy. Everyone eats and everyone loves sauce. Between milds and burning hots there is a sauce for everyone. Now with William’s own sauce, people can realize just how similar athletes are to a normal person. Taste buds are taste buds, as William himself would say. What exactly is William getting out of all of this? A lifetime supply of the sauce itself and a nice picture of himself holding the bottle up. Great deal right?

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[OrbitingDeath]

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I, Ilya Prusikin, am a superstar.  With these words Ilya Prusikin walked away angrily from another press conference on where he needed to answer useless questions about how he only got 1 assist this season for a struggling Catalunya team. You would think with an attitude like this, he would not be sponsor material for the major brands out there, but somehow he can get all the sponsors he wants, he just has that attitude that kids these days like. So while walking away from the press conference, he immediately had representatives from major market leaders trying to get his attention. But Prusikin did not just want an average deal of a company like Nike that would sign anyone these days. He wanted to represent a special brand, something that would show the fans that he was the real deal.

He needed a brand which was in touch with the new generation, as well give old people the chance to remember their youth. He needed something that would make him unforgetable, like when Michael Jordan got his own shoe. So he knew exactly what brand he needed to represent and instead of all the companies going after him, he went after the company he wanted to sponsor him himself.

He knew if he could land this sponsor deal, he would be the star of the simulation soccer league for years to come and all the other players in the league would be jealous of him. He would be on top of the world, on top of the league and show everyone that he could not be messed with.

After contacting the head office of the company, they decided to not only just sponsor him, but he could play a role for the brand in the next commercials they would bring out. True stardom is on the way for Ilya Prusikin - and no one will stand in his way as be the big superstar that is being sponsored by the Teletubbies. He made it to true stardom:  image as link to not give a spoiler while reading

APPROVED - these are the brands to covet.

[sköldpaddor]

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Jeez why is Freja this famous? She does literally nothing! But I guess somebody appreciates her, because she gets a sponsorship from Snaibsel Athletic Wear, a brand that is making a lot of really high quality athletic clothing and equipment in appealing shades of orange, white, and pink. Freja is able to work some of that pretty easily into her own Tokyo aesthetic since Tokyo's branding already incorporates all three of those colors to some degree or another. She works with Snaibsel on starting her own line of compression undergarments specifically designed to help women recover from and deal with the symptoms of sports injuries. Stage two of the sponsorship is a sports drink, which Freja appears in commercials for. The thing is, though, Freja is incredibly obnoxious and absolutely will not endorse any product that she does not regularly use herself, so she becomes somewhat obsessed with this sports drink and starts to annoy all her friends because she can't leave home without a bottle in her bag "just in case" (in case of what, Freja!? A sports dehydration emergency? who knows!). This obsession with being hands-on, though, does actually end up with her learning a lot, because she works with the sports medicine people who advise on the design of the athletic wear and compression stuff, to make sure that in addition to being very cute and orange and white and pink, the items are genuinely helpful for people like Freja as well as people who play sports only casually, or who are injured doing other stuff and want to use the products for those reasons. The final stage of the sponsorship is the creation and marketing of bundles - a selection of drinks specifically formulated to help with specific injuries, as well as the compression garments designed to help with the recovery from those injuries too. The final name of these things is pretty ridiculous, things like "SNAIBSEL X FREJA // THE ANKLE RECOVERY MASTER PACKAGE" and "SNAIBSEL X FREJA // UNBLOW OUT YOUR BACK PACK"

APPROVED - I'm picturing the sports-drink obsession ending the way of the blue girl in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

[kdr]

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Well now that Puma Superhoops has done everything that can be done on the football pitch all of the international companies have come calling to have him be their spokesperson.  There are many that he is proud to be representing and will detail them here for you all to know about.


The first one that he was proud to represent and was amazed that they came calling at his door was the World Wildlife Conservation Society.  Being a Puma himself raised in the human world he has a unique and special reason to want to speak out and make everyone understand that we are all in this together and keep this planet we all call home in the best condition and continuing to be fertile and sustainable for all of the wondrous animals that live here.  There is no reason for humans to be scared of, frightened of or even jealous of the animals that share the space with them.  We are all just trying our best to make a living.  My fellow felines and even the lupines and the rodents and insects all respect the humans, but we are very frightened sometimes of how they treat us and the environment.  We all realize that this is probably because we can’t communicate very well or at all with them and they don’t understand what we are trying to do and we are trying to live in harmony with them.


The other company that came calling that really surprised Puma was the Crayola company.  The really liked what a vibrant and unusual color of Purple his skin was and made an agreement to make a color named after him if he would be their spokesman and make interesting paintings and other artwork using their products.  Being a creative person Puma immediately agreed and asked where he should sign.  Now, you can find his amazing murals, paintings and other artifacts in almost every country of the globe, many of them highlighting other animal species.


This nicely combines these two company interactions together.

APPROVED - nice mash-up.

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Bigger and better things, literally. Hercule is moving onward and upward in his career. He’s solidified himself in the Hollywood backline and his play for club and country has captured eyeballs from continent to continent. As such he’s moved on from hocking quaint topical ointments to the big leagues and the biggest vehicles, becoming the global brand ambassador for Land Rover.
 
Hefeweizen has traveled the world plying his trade: from Stockholm to Catalunya, Cape Town to Hollywood. A television spot recreates these travels, featuring many adrenaline pumping shots of off-road adventures juxtaposed against a view of the vehicle’s interior luxuriously accommodating the lengthy Belgian. And in the passenger seat a trophy serenely sits, a monument to the defender’s greatest achievement in his career to date as part of the WSFC winning Benelux squad. The central conceit of the commercial, you see, is Hercule must move the trophy from its current home to the location of the next competition. Surmounting various and sundry obstacles with the help of his capable Land Rover vehicle, the commercial ends with a trademarked mustache twirl as the footballer closes the door after completing the delivery mission.
 
“Above and Beyond” the tagline reads as the camera pans skyward at the commercial’s conclusion. In the background you can see the Belgian heading off to his next as of yet unknown adventure. On the pitch there is no such mystery. The next goal is clear in the mind of Hercule and his Hollywood teammates. They’ve pranced along the periphery of the top of the league for long enough. The time is now for him and his team to take the next step and claim a league title. The talent is there, and the desire, but many clubs could say that. It will take an extraordinary effort, going above and beyond to capture that most desired result. As Hefeweizen drives to the training grounds at 4:30 AM in his complimentary and fully outfitted Land Rover these are the thoughts that traipse through his head. He puts the vehicle in park and starts to lace up his boots.

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