Soccer club finds success after teaming up with porn site
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An amateur soccer club near Boston has come up with a novel way to increase the popularity of soccer: it's teamed up with a porn website.
“We wanted to bring something cool to amateur soccer that would bring some attention to what we’re doing,” a player, who didn't want his full name used, tells the Boston Globe.
Washington Square FC has a sponsorship deal with the porn side, Red Tube.
Until then, players were using their own money for practice fields and equipment.
“Sure there are going to be people frowning upon what we do and I respect that, but some people use gambling websites [as sponsors] and some frown upon that,” Jon, the player who didn't want his last name used, said.
It's doing wonder for the team's merchandise sales since a London tabloid picked up on the sponsorship deal.
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