Brumbies unloved by sponsors

Huawei certainly is an interesting company.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it-old/huawei-in-asios-net/story-e6frgamf-1225770085462 and thousands of other web references.

Tinfoil hat wearers are invited to provide suitable conspiracy theories…

It’s unfortuante that the Canberra Times failed to report the full story here.

The Australian has a bit more detail:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/aru-may-be-forced-to-bail-out-battling-brumbies/story-e6frg7o6-1226229706660

“It is understood the China-based board of the company actually had signed off on the Brumbies deal and even had approved jersey designs incorporating the company logo when Huawei’s satellite board in Australia encountered a massive problem unconnected to the club and withdrew its lucrative sponsorship.

That has given rise to speculation that Huawei had been told it would be allocated no part of the National Broadband Network rollout, but a company spokesman said yesterday Huawei was still hopeful of becoming a major supplier to that project.”

However, Fagan mentioned today that the club were back in talks with the company (and other backups) as they are still looking to be a sponsoring partner in the Australian conference of the SupeRugby competition.