Hey Polkadot Community -
After the press release about the InterMiami sponsorship went live, Chrissy Hill from Parity got flooded with requests from other teams, agents, etc about wanting to explore possible Polkadot sponsorships. Chrissy got these as she was quoted in the story but she felt that she wasn’t the right person for follow-up. Being part of Distractive, I said I’d take the follow-up so that someone from the ecosystem could be a point of contact.
As a decentralized community-led network I felt it was important to let folks know about the conversations that took place however I’m hesitant to publish the names of the teams or agencies but I’ve done what I can to provide transparency below:
- F1 sponsorship with an “up and coming driver”
- Agency that has placed another crypto project with a large combat sport and believed they could add value to the InterMiami deal
- Napkins that could be Polkadot branded and placed in venues in southern Florida to align with InterMiami (email only)
- An NFL team that has worked with crypto projects before (email only)
- An agency that can get placement with 6+ NHL teams as well as venue placement in North America - can get placement with MLB, NBA and golf as well
- A broader F1 agency that could get placement in a variety of places (email only)
- EU-based agency that works with specific athletes across a variety of sports
- An agency that works closely with chess and the players who are top in the world
- A Florida-based university with large men’s and women’s sports departments
My take here is that InterMiami has just kicked off and is a large expenditure that needs to be monitored/supported as best as possible before entertaining any other kind of sponsorship. If the community feels differently or sees one of these as something that should be explored further, please feel free to reach out or comment here.
Nate