Good for you and of course the high horse you put yourself on. Whenever someone starts giving it am this and I do this .... i really have to question why, but each to their own......... I have also been on this rodeo with events and tshirts and by no means a spring chicken, but I don't need to tell the world about it to justify a point of view and definitely don't need to get the tattoo Sorry you feel the need to make this out as a point scoring exercise. For me, my point was that in the last 10-15 years or so IM have really gone out of their way to market themselves and their merchandise and IF, and only an IF, cycling and pro teams wanted to do the same.... which clearly they do not, then looking at Ironman or for that matter Nike, Adidas or any in vogue clothing and the way they went about it might be a consideration. It was nothing more than a point of reference. But anyway, in a nutshell we are discussing a mute point as pro teams are not interested in increasing their revenue by the clothing route. And I agree with you, it would be a whole cost exercise and team build just for the clothing and merchandise and am sure many teams have gone through it and decided not worth the capital outlay. Which perhaps is an oversight. When the likes of Beckham when to Real Madrid and LA Galaxy, the majority of his transfer fee was paid for in pre-sale shirts!! But then we are back comparing football to cycling which is like apples and oranges! And no business can make anything, slap it all over social media and expect sit back and reap the rewards! Those that do, fail as we all know any business take hard work to make a success. So lets not be patronizing!! Enjoy your weekend
